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THE 
GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Marcu, 1908 
FLINTKOTE 
ROOFING 
Can Be Laid Single-Handed 
The clean, quiet, easy way of laying Rex 
Roofing is in strong contrast to the smoke and 
smell and muss of putting on a tar and gravel 
roof, or to the clatter and bang of laying tin; 
and the contrast is further emphasized in the 
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workman’s time is compared with that of the 
crew of skilled mechanics necessary to lay 
other kinds. Rex is the easiest roofing to lay, 
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Planters’ Ready Reference to the 
Best Peas 
| A Re hard-seeded, smooth, round peas may 
be planted as early in the spring as the 
ground can possibly be worked; the wrinkled 
seed must not be planted until the ground 
has become warmed. Otherwise, they will rot, 
| with the results that the seeding simply has 
| to be done over again. The round seeds are 
so hardy that for several years I have planted 
them in well drained ground late in the fall, 
there to lie dormant all winter, germinating 
| early in the spring. This fall planting 
gives the earliest supply of fresh peas. 
HOW MUCH SEED? 
A larger quantity of pea seed must be 
planted to produce a good supply than with 
any other vegetable, with the possible excep- 
tion of spinach. Fifty feet of row is about 
a minimum quantity for family use. This 
will take one pint of seed in the round sorts, 
and more of the larger wrinkled sorts. Put 
the seed well down in the ground (three to 
four inches is not too deep) after the soil 
has become well warmed in the spring. 
Work the ground between the rows frequently 
and deeply. If the vines lie on the ground, 
| work one side of the row, then turn the 
| vines over and’ work the other side. Where 
space will permit, plant in long rows and 
work the soil between the rows with a ma- 
| chine tool at least once a week. Space 
may be economized by sowing a low-growing 
variety in two rows a foot apart with a three or 
four-foot space between each double row, so 
that the soil may be thoroughly stirred 
with the cultivator. Double rows of the 
taller sorts may also be planted in the same 
manner, leaning the two rows of brush 
together at the top to support them more 
firmly. A perfect succession can be kept 
up in the home garden by successive plant- 
ings of the extra early and second early 
| varieties, omitting the very tall later kinds 
which are somewhat more troublesome to 
grow. 
THE BEST VARIETIES 
Extra Earlies, requiring about sixty to six- 
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“Best” Extra Early, First in the Market, 
| Lightning and similar stocks of Philadel- 
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_2 feet; pods round, 2 to 24 inches long; 
smooth, hard white seed. Very sweet flavor 
if gathered young. 
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