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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 pens. As a general 

 thing the dwarf kinds require richer ground than the tall grow- 

 ing varieties. Marrowfat Peas planted iti rich ground will not 

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



The Extra Early, Tom Thumb, or 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 Marrowfats ; Jan- 

 uary 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. 



Extra Early. This is the 

 earliest Pea cultivated ; very pop- 

 ular with the small market gar- 

 deners here, who have rich 

 grounds. It is very productive 

 and good flavored. The stock I 

 sell is as good as any sold in the 

 country, not surpassed by any, no 

 matter whose name is put before 

 ''Extra Early." 



Early WasMiig ton. Ear- 

 ly May or Frame, which are 

 all nearly the same thing ; is about 

 ten days later than the Extra 

 Early. It is very productive and 

 keeps longer in bearing than the 

 foregbing kind. Pods a little 

 smaller. Very popular about New 

 Orleans, 



Tom Thumb. Very dwarf 

 and quite productive. Can be 

 cultivated in rows a foot apart j 

 requires no branches or sticks. 



Liaxton's Alpha. This is 

 a variety of recent introduction ; 

 it is the earliest wrinkled variety 

 in cultivation ; of delicious flavor 

 and very prolific. This variety 

 deserves to be recommended to 

 all who like a first class pea. It 

 will come into general cultivation 

 when better known. 



