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fore, for home use, it is well to confine one's self to 

 the early dwarf wrinkled kinds. If one is supply- 

 ing a demand he cannot do better than to educate 

 his regular customers and his grocer into a just 

 appreciation of high quality. This may seem like 

 wasting time, but each succeeding year the demand 

 will increase, and people will be asking for peas 

 weeks before they can be secured. 



" Anybody who can grow anything can grow 

 peas, because they will do well on any kind of soil, 

 even rather poor, if it is well drained. The ground 

 should be plowed deeply, harrowed smoothly, and 

 the rows struck off 3 feet apart for the dwarf 

 kinds ; tall kinds should be planted in rows 

 5 or 6 feet apart, because very frequently 

 they grow 6 feet tall. The seeds are gen- 

 erally dropped about an inch apart and covered 

 about 4 inches deep. Unleached wood ashes or 

 some other fertilizer rich in potash are usually 

 applied before harrowing. Phosphoric acid is also 

 needed, but no nitrogen is needed, because the peas 

 secure sufficient from the tubercles on the roots. 

 Clean cultivation is all that is necessary until the 

 vines would be injured by the cultivator. 



" With strains of peas that have been carefully 

 selected for market gardeners practically the whole 

 crop can be gathered at one picking and the vines 

 pulled up and fed to stock. In such cases the 

 ground may be at once fitted for a crop of late 

 cabbage, string beans, or other vegetable that ma- 

 tures in short time. Thus, the ground may be used 

 for two crops in the season." 



PENNSYLVANIA PEA GROWING 



According to T. L. Wall of Clearfield county, 

 Pennsylvania, a good clover sod makes an excellent 



