262 VEGETABLE GROWING PROJECTS 



Extra Early Wrinkled Peas : Gradus, Thomas Laxtoti, Nott's 

 Excelsior, Blue Bantam, Little Marvel. 



Medium and Late Peas: Improved Stratagem, Telegraph, 

 Telephone, and many other good varieties. 



Edible-Podded : Giant Sugar, Dwarf Gray Sugar, and Mammoth 

 Melting Sugar. 



1. What varieties do you intend to plant and why have you selected 



them? W-VG : 409-410. C:339. Catalogues. 



2. How may peas be classified ? 



W-VG : 409-410. C : 332. S-P : 1-4. 



3. What are the chief varieties grown for canneries ? S-P : 45. 



4. Obtaining seed. — It is customary for growers to rely almost 

 wholly upon dealers for their supply of seed. 



1. Where can you obtain good seed of the varieties desired ? 



6. Preparing soil. — W:261. As peas thrive best in a cool, 

 moist soil, and as they should be planted very early in the spring, 

 it is desirable to plow the land in the fall and harrow it just as 

 soon as it is dry enough in the spring. 



Land which has been highly manured for the preceding crop is 

 likely to furnish ideal conditions for the growing of peas. Fresh 

 stable manures should never be applied immediately before plant- 

 ing peas, but well-decayed mamu-es may be used freely and this 

 is a great advantage in heavy soils. 



Inasmuch as the pea is a legume and acquires nitrogen from 

 the atmosphere, this element is never used in large amounts for 

 the growing of peas. It is believed that applications of potassium 

 are beneficial and there is no doubt about the necessity of liberal 

 amounts of phosphorus. If the soil is in first class condition, it is 



