VEGETABLES PEA. 59 



nected "with growing Peas, that confines their culture to 

 the vicinity of a town or village it is the necessity of 

 being able to get a large number of hands to pick at the 

 time they are marketable. The variation in one day in 

 the market is not unusually from $2 to 50 cents per 

 bushel, which shows the great importance of an early 

 crop. From the soft condition in which it is required to 

 be gathered, it is a vegetable not very manageable to 

 ship, and the packages, which should be latticed boxes 

 or baskets, should never exceed the capacity of a bushel, 

 when shipped from distances requiring from two to three 

 days in the transit. But even this expense and care are 

 well repaid by the high rates for which the first lots are 

 sold. When grown as a market crop, Peas are rarely ever 

 staked. They are sown in single rows about two inches 

 deep, the rows two to three feet apart, according to the 

 variety or the strength of the soil. When grown in small 

 quantities for private use, they are generally sown in 

 double rows, six or eight inches apart, and staked up by 

 brush, for the taller growing kinds. 



The varieties are very numerous, but are in a great 

 state of confusion, the same kind being often sent out 

 under a dozen names. The following varieties are well- 

 defined, arranged as our experience gives the order of 

 merit for this locality. 



PEAS EXTEA EARLY. 



First of All, (See figure 75.) One of the best types 

 of the Extra Early Class, and unsurpassed as a market 

 variety. The pods are of good size and well-filled. A 

 very heavy bearer, and can be picked clean in two pick- 

 ings, thus making it the best sort for early planting in 

 market gardens. It is also very hardy, and when 

 planted in the fall or early spring, as is done in some 

 parts of the South, usually stands the cold better than 



