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HIGGLE GARDEN BOOK 



Early plantings of peas are usually covered about 

 three inches deep ; later sowings, when the ground is 

 drier, are often covered four or five inches deep in 

 mellow, light soil. Personally, I favor deep planting 

 for all peas in the well-drained garden- — five or six 

 inches if soil conditions will permit. If this is prac- 

 tised, it is safer to cover the seed only about three 

 inches at first, putting the remainder of the covering 

 into the furrow when the pea sprouts are just com- 

 ing through the first covering. This double-covering 

 precaution insures the ability of the sprouts to push 

 through to the surface, and is especially necessary 

 in heavy soils. One quart will sow about lOO feet of 



HAND-SOWING OF PEAS IN FURROWS. COUrSC, plaut wltll 2L 



rot, cutworms, etc., may get part of it. 



Keep down weeds. When the plants are two 

 or three inches above ground, furnish some support 

 for them to climb on- — ''brush," sticks, wire-netting, 

 wires, cord, or whatever is handy. Continue to 

 cultivate until the crop is gathered, then pull out and 

 remove the vines and trellis, loosen up the ground, 



single drill ; about 

 one and a half 

 bushels to an acre. 

 Thinning is seldom 

 necessary. Open the 

 furrows with a hoe 

 or a plow or a culti- 

 vator rigged as a fur- 

 rower, and drop the 

 seed by hand in a 

 continuous row. (Ex- 

 tensive growers, of 



('tis better TO SOW LARGE 

 AREAS WITH A SEED DRILl) 



seed drill.) Use 

 plenty of seed, for 



