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REOUIRErtENTS AND METHODS OF GRQ^fflNG PEAS 

 (Dry, Green, and Cannery) 



Tiiae to Maturity- 6 to 8 months. 



Life- Annual 



Soil Requirements- Clay loans best, clays next, light soils not good 



producers. Soils should be at least 3' in depth. 



Climatic Requirements- Cool temperature and abundance of humidity (as 



fogs). Usually grown as a. rvinter crOiJ. 



Water Requirements and Irrigation- Abundance of water v/ithout over-supply. 



Calendar of Operations- 



Preparing Seed Bed : November -February, PloT^ed and worked dov/n 



to seed bed. 



Planting : ... 



Time : Ilovember- February, early planting preferred. 

 quantity: 60 - 100# 



Method and Distance: Rows 30" apart. Seed 2- 4" deep, dropped 



2" apart in the row 



Care of Grov/ing Crop: 



Cultivated until vines cover the ground. No irrigation given. 



Varieties : 



For seed : Canada cr Niles 



For Canning: Saxtonia (smooth), Stratagon (smooth) Telephone 



Harvest : 



Whon : March - June for market 

 June for cemncry, 

 July and August for seed 



How ^For market - picked by hand 



For seed - Cut with horjc dra-vn knife cutters 



(simi3a_i- to bean harvest) 



Operations: 



Cannery - Hauled immedia.tely 



Seed - Piled, cured, and later threshed into 



lOOf sacks (formerly 10^) 



