For the Southern States. 



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become dry, they have to be taken up, thoroughly dried, and 

 stored in a dry, airy place. 



PARSLEY. 



Persil (Fr.), Petkrsillie (Ger.), Perjil (Sp.) 



Plain Leaved. I Improved Garnishing. 



Double Curled. | 



Parsley can be sown during the fall from August to October, 

 and during spring, from end of January to end of April. It is 

 generally sown broad-cast. 



Plain Leaved. This is the kind raised for the New Or- 

 leans market. 



Double Curled, The leaves of this variety are curled. It 

 has the same flavor as the other kind, but is not so popular. 



Improved Garnishing". This is the best kind to orna- 

 ment a dish J has the same flavor as the other kinds. 



PARSNIP, 



Panais (Fr.). Pastinake (Ger.), Pastinaca (Sp.) 

 HALLOW CROWN, OR SUGAR. 



Should be sown in deep, mellow soil', deeply spaded, as the 

 roots are long, in drills twelve to eighteen inches apartj. when 

 the plants are three inches high thin out to three inches apart in 

 the row. Sow from September to November for winter, and Jan- 

 uary to March for spring and summer crops. 



The Hallow Crown, or Sugar, is the kind generally cul- 

 tivated ; it possesses all the good qualities for which other va- 

 rieties are recommended. 



PEAS. 



Pois (Fr.), Erbse (Ger.),.GuiSANTE (Sp.) 

 EARLIEST. 



Extra Early, 2| feet. 

 Early Washington, 3 feet. 



Early Tom Thumb, 1 foot. 

 Laxton's Alpha, 3 feet. 



SECOND CROP, 



Bishop's Dwarf Long Pod, 1^ feet. 

 Champion of England, 5 " 

 McLean's Advancer, 3 " 



McLean's Little Gem, 1^ feet. 

 Laxton's Prolific Long Pod, 3 ft. 

 Eugenie, 3 feet. 



GENERAL CROP. 



Dwarf Blue Imperial, 3 feet. 

 Royal Dwarf Marrow, 3 feet. 

 Black Eyed Marrowfat, 4 feet. 



Large White Marroavfat, 4 feet. 

 Dwarf Sugar, 2^ 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 grow- 

 ing varieties. Marrowfat Peas planted in rich ground will not 

 bear well, but they produce finely in sandy, light soil. 



