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PEAS THE SMOOTH-SEEDED KINDS 



FROM seeds sown middle of April, Pedigree Extra 

 Early will be ready by middle of June. Under 

 normal conditions, the twenty-four-inch vines will 

 yield, on an average, five two and a half-inch pods con- 

 taining five to six medium-sized peas each. A week later, 

 Prolific Extra Early perfects a much more abundant setting 

 of pods and the peas are of better flavor. Where earli- 

 ness is not entirely the object, Prolific Extra Early will be 

 found more acceptable than Pedigree Extra Early. Three- 

 inch pods are borne on vines two and a half feet tall and 

 the average fifteen-foot row yields eight quarts, in two 

 pickings, a week apart. 



Market Surprise, as illustrated here, is easily the best of 

 the three, considering earliness, yield, and quality. It is 

 not a strictly smooth-seeded sort, but may be planted as 

 early as any of them. Average time to yield pods, fifty- 

 five days. Pods are about three and a half inches long, 

 well-filled, and the peas surpass those of either of above. 



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