CHAPTER IX 



PEAS, THEIR CARE AND CULTURE 



THE garden pea is one of the first vege- 

 table seeds to be planted in the spring. 

 There are two general types, the wrinkled and 

 smooth-seeded. For the very early planting, 

 spring or late fall, such varieties as Alaska, 

 Eureka, Electric, and Dandy Extra Early all 

 smooth-seeded are good. Practically all of the 

 smooth-seeded sorts are very hardy and may 

 stand considerable frost. 



The ideal soil is a sandy loam, well drained 

 and heavily incorporated with decayed manure. 

 The practice of sowing seed in a furrow two 

 and one-half inches in depth the later part of 

 September or the first two weeks in October 

 is growing in some sections. The frost will 

 not injure the seed so long as there is no stand- 

 ing water in the furrow. Seed sown in the 



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