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variety is the most popular. In the fall of the year the bulbs are divided and set out in rows a 
foot apart, and four to six inches in the rows. They grow and multiply very fast, and can be 
divided during winter, and set out again. Late in Spring, when the tops become dry, they have 
to be taken up, thoroughly dried, and stored in a dry airy place. 
PARSLEY. 
Persit (Fr.), PErersrc1e (Ger.), Pers (Sp.). 
Plain Leaved. | Improved Garnishing. 
Double Curled. | 
Parsley can be sown during the fall from August to October, and during spring, from the 
end of January to the end of April. It is generally sown broad-cast. 
Plain Leaved. This is thekindraised | Improved Garmnishing. This is the 
for the New Orleans Market. best kind to ornament a dish; it has the same 
Double Curled. The leaves of this | flavor as the other kinds. 
variety are curled. It has the same flavor as 
the other kind, but is not so popular. 
PARSNIP. 
Panais (Fr.), PasTiInake (Ger.), Pastrnaca (Sp,). 
Hollow Crown, or Sugar. 
Should be sown in deep, mellow soil, deeply spaded, as the roots are long, in drills twelve 
to eighteen inches apart; when the plants are three inches high, thin out to three inches apart 
in the row. Sow from September to November for winter, and January to March for spring 
and summer crops. 
The Hollow Crown, or Sugar, is the kind generally cultivated; it possesses all 
the good qualities for which other varieties are recommended. 
PEAS. 
Pots (Fr.), Ersse (Ger.), GuISANTE (Sp.). 
EARLIEST. 
Cleveland’s Alaska, 2% feet. | Early Tom Thumb, 1 foot. 
Extra Early, or First and Best, 23 feet. | Laxton’s Alpha, 3 feet. 
Early Washington, 3 feet. i American Wonder, 1a feet. 
SECOND. CROP. ~: 
Bishop's Dwarf Long Pod, 13 feet. — fe McLean's Little Gem, 14 feet. 
Champion of England, 6 feet. . | Laxton’s Prolific Long Pod, 3 feet. 
McLean's Advancer, 3 feet. Eugenie, 3 feet. 
Carter’s Stratagem, 25 feet. | Carter's Telephone, 5 feet. 
GENERAL CROP. : 
. Dwarf Blue Imperial, 3 feet. Large White Marrowfat, 4 feet. 
Royal Dwarf Marrow, 3 feet. Dwarf Sugar, 23 feet. 
Black Eyed Marrowfat, 4 feet. Tall Sugar, 6 feet. 
Peas are a fine vegetable, and therefore are very generally cultivated. It is best to plant in 
ground manured the previous year, else they will make more vines than peas. As a general 
thing the dwarf kinds require richer ground than the tall growing varieties. Marrowfat Peas 
planted in rich ground will not bear well, but they produce finely in sandy light soil. 
The Extra Early, Tom Thumb and Laxton’s Alpha will not produce a large crop without 
being in rich ground. Peas have to be planted in drills two inches deep and from two to three 
feet apart, according to the height they may grow. Tom Thumb can be planted one foot apart, 
whereas White Marrowfat or Champion of England require three feet. The Extra Early, Alpha 
and Tom Thumb can be planted during August and September for fall. During November and 
December we plant the Marrowfat; January and February, as late as March, all kinds can_ be 
planted; but for the latter month only the earliest varieties should be used, as the late varieties 
will get mildewed before they bring a crop. Peas will bear much better if some brush or rods 
are stuck in the drills to support them, except the very dwarf kinds. 
Early Alaska. This is an extra early | 
Pea, blue in color, the earliest by a few days of 
any other kind; very pure and prolific, the best 
Alaska was introduced; very popular with the 
small market gardeners here, who have rich 
grounds. It is very productive and well. 
flayored pea among the Extra Early smooth | favored. The stock I sell is as good’ as any. 
podded kinds. Recommend it highly. other in the country, not surpassed by any, 
Extra Early, or First and Best. | no matter whose name is put before *‘Extra 
This was the earliest Pea cultivated, until the | Early.” 
