FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



I>warf Blue Imperial. A very good bearer if planted 

 early, pods are large and well filled. 



Royal Dwarf Marrow. Similar to the large Marrow- 

 fat, but of dwarf habit. 



Black-eyed Rlarrowfat. This kind is planted more 

 for the market thaji any other. It is very productive, and 

 when young, quite tender. Grows about four feet high. 



Large White Marrowfat. Similar to the last 

 variety, except that it grows about two feet taller, and is 

 less productive, 



I>w^arf Sug'ar. A variety of which the whole pod can 

 be used after the string is drawn off from the back of the 

 pod. Three feet high. 



TaJI Siig:ar. Has the same qualities as the foregoing 

 kind, only grows taller, and the pods are somewhat larger. 

 Neither of these two varieties are very popular here. 



THE PEA BUG. 



All peas grown near Philadelphia have small holes in 

 them, caused by the sting of the Pea Bug, while the pod. is 

 forming, when it deposits its egg in it. Later the insect 

 perfects itself and comes out of the dry pea, leaving the 

 hole. 



The germ of the pea is never destroyed, and thej^ grow 

 equally as well as those without holes. Market gardeners 

 in this neighborhood who have been planting these Extra 

 Early Peas for years, will not take them without holes, 

 and consider these a trade mark. 



FIELD OR COW PEAS. ra^er. Telephone 



There are a great many varieties of Cow Peas, different in color and growth. 

 They are planted mostly for fertilizing pur{)o&es and are sown broad-cast; when 

 in a good stand, and of sufficient height, they are plowed under. The Clay Pea is 

 the most popular. There are several varieties called crowders, v/hich do not grow 

 as tall as the others, but produce a great many pods, which are used green, the 

 same as snap-beans, and if dried, like dried beans, make a very good dish. The 

 crowders are of an oblong shape, almost pointed at one end ; they are on an aver- 

 age larger than the other Pieid Peas. Lady Peas are small, white, with a blac-k 

 eye ; they are genera! ly [>Iante(l between corn, so that they can run up on it. Dry, 

 they are considered the very best variety for cooking. 



PEPPER, 



PiMENT (Fr.), SPANiaciiER Pfeefer (Grer.), Pimento (Sp.). 



Bell or Bull Nose. Red Cherry. 



Sweet Spanwii Monstrous. Bird Eye. 



Sweet Rubij Kiug. Chili. 



Golden Bawn Mango. * Tabasco. 



Long Red Cai/etnte. Red Cluster. (New.) 



Peppers are tender and require to be raised in the hot-bed. Seed should be 

 sown in January, and when large enough transplanted into the ground in rows 

 from one a'ld a half to two feet apart, and a toot to a foot and a half in the rows. 



