258 GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



prices. However, the average price is just about that of 

 Carrots. 



The varieties are confined to the 



Hollow Crowned, Mostly used by market gardeners. 



The Student. Grows a little smaller, but has a more 

 delicate flavor. 



Early Round. A small round early sort. 



PEA. (Pisum sativum.) 



The Pea is grown largely for market purposes in nearly 

 every State in the Union, the time at which it is sown 

 and matures being at widely different dates in Northern 

 and Southern sections. In any district its highest de- 

 gree of perfection is attained under a comparatively low 

 temperature, hence it is one of the many vegetables de- 

 scribed as best to be sown in " early spring." True, it is 

 sown for a succession crop throughout the summer 

 months, even as late as August, but the first sowings 

 ever} where always produce the best results, and it is 

 from the first sowings only that it is mostly offered in 

 market. For market purposes it is more a crop of the 

 farm than of the garden, and many hundred acres are 

 cultivated in Southern Jersey and Long Island for the 

 New York market. 



Warm, light soils, moderately enriched by stable ma- 

 nure or bone dust, are best adapted to its culture, but if 

 the ground has been manured the previous year, no ma- 

 nure is needed. The whole crop is marketed by July, and 

 is usually followed by a second crop of Late Cabbages or 

 Turnips. The two crops together average a profit of 

 from $100 to $200 per acre, according to earliness, con- 

 dition of soil, etc. There is an important matter con- 



