PARSNIP PEA. 71 



Seeds are produced in heads, two seeds being formed 

 together, flat against one another; ripening is known 

 when these twin seeds begin to separate. 



Harvest, Cleaning, Etc. These operations are 

 similar to those given for celery, to which refer. 



Market. Parsnip seed follows carrot in order of 

 consumption; at least fifty per cent, of the quantity 

 handled at present by the trade is purchased in Europe, 

 the rest is produced here, in New England, the Middle 

 and Western States and in Eastern Washington. In a 

 favorable season a seed yield is from five hundred to 

 six hundred pounds per acre, at from eight to ten cents 

 per pound to the grower. 



PEA. 



The best soil for a crop of pea seed is that of a light 

 character, moderately rich, less manure being actually 

 required than for most other crops. Moreover it 

 should be in good mechanical condition, as peas are not 

 cultivated. The pea self-fertilizes, and different varie- 

 ties may be grown near each other without admixture. 



To have perfectly matured seed, sowing for a seed- 

 crop should be deferred until the most favorable period 

 for the uniformly progressive development of the plant, 

 which in the present favored seed-pea growing sections 

 of the United States Central Michigan and Northern 

 New York is about May 15th; in fact, as soon as frost 

 is entirely out of the ground, sometimes a week or more 

 earlier than date given. 



Sowing is made in drills, J to 1 inch apart in the 

 row, the rows 8 to 12 inches apart; about three bushels 

 of seed are sown per acre. 



Stock or planting seed should be pure and have been 

 grown with careful attention to roguing; but roguing 



