PEAS 



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are sold on the winter market in the Central States much more 

 extensively than flat turnips. The flesh is dense, yellow and sweet. 



PEAS 



Common garden peas are of two general types, smooth-seeded 

 and wrinkknl. The smooth-seed varieties are the hardier; their 



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Fig. 61.— a vvrinklcMi pea i,i luyh quality. 



seeds will germinate when the soil is so cold and wet that the seeds 

 of wrinkled varieties would rot. They are therefore the more 

 reliable for extremely early planting. On the other hand the 



