ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS 



UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED 



PARSLEY 



Does best in rich, mellow loam. Seed 

 is slow to germinate, and is helped 

 by soaking in warm water overnight 

 before planting. Sow early and not 

 too deeply. Space plants 6" apart. 

 When curled varieties are about 3" 

 tall, cut off leaves. The new growth 

 will be brighter and curlier. 



Moss Curled or Triple Curled — Com- 

 pact, dark green leaves, curled and fine- 

 cut. 70 days. 



PARSNIP 



Needs rich, mellow soil for best 

 growth. Must be planted as early as 

 ground can be worked. Soil must be 

 loose to a depth of 12" and cannot 

 be heavy. Rows should be 15" to 

 18" apart. Cover seed 1/2" and press 

 down soil. Thin out to 4" when 

 plants have made a good start. Cold 

 weather turns starches into sugar 

 and improves flavor. Roots are 

 hardy: leave in ground over winter 

 if desired. 



Hollow Crown (fr) — The most generally 

 grown kind. Roots 2V2 to 3-in. thick at 

 shoulder. 12 to 14-in. long, uniformly 

 tapered, hollow crowned. 95 days. 



PEAS 



Early peas need a light, warm soil; 

 but general crop thrives best in 

 moderately heavy soil. (Avoid fresh 

 manure and very rich or wet, mucky 

 soil as this produces large growth of 

 vine at the cost of quality of the 

 peas.) Plant seed in rows at 2" 

 depth. Keep rows 21" to 28" apart 

 for dwarf varieties and 28" to 42" 

 for the taller types. Gather crop as 

 fast as it is fit to use or new pods 

 will cease to form and those partly 

 advanced will cease growth. 

 Plant variety Alaska as soon as 

 ground can be dug. Plant wrinkled 

 varieties (which have better flavor) 

 when narcissus buds show color or 

 when crocuses are in bloom. Peas 

 are not satisfactory v/-hen weather 

 turns hot. Tall varieties must be 

 staked. Most home gardeners prefer 

 dwarf varieties like Little Marvel. 

 Peas want well-limed soil. Don't for- 

 get, inoculation improves production. 



Early and Second Variety 



Alaska — Wilt resistant. Used for can- 

 ning and early home garden. Blunt, 



Peas, a comparison of shapes and sizes: 

 (1) Laxtons Progress; (2) Little Marvel; 



(3) Alderman or Dark Podded Telephone; 



(4) Mammoth Melting Sugar. 



straight, light-green, 3-in. pods. Plants 

 32-in. 60 days. 



Laxton's Progress (fr) — Medium dark 

 green vine, 16 to 18-in. Single pods 



almost an inch wide and AV2 to 5-in. 

 long, with 7 to 9 large peas. 62 days. 

 Little Marvel (fr) — Outstanding, dwarf. 

 Fine quality, large yield. Single and 

 double, dark green, 3-in. pods — blunt, 

 plump, well filled with 7 to 8 medium 

 sized, light green tender peas. 62 days. 

 Thomas Laxton (f r) — Medium height. 

 Strong vine bears numerous dark green, 

 blunt ended pods, 4 to 4V2-in. Retains 

 flavor and sweetness. One of earliest. 

 57 days. 



Later Varieties 



Alderman or Dark-Podded Telephone 

 (fr) — Large podded variety of the Tele- 

 phone family. Excellent for home gar- 

 dens, truckers, shipping to distant mar- 

 kets and for freezing; resistant to 

 Fusarium wilt. Vine dark green, coarse. 

 Pods single, very broad, plump, straight, 

 dark green, pointed; contains 8 to 10 

 peas of highest quality. Seed large, 

 wrinkled, light green. 74 days. 

 Hundredfold or Laxtonian — Exception- 

 ally choice and prolific. Dark green. 

 Rather coarse vines. Straight pointed, 

 well-filled 21/2" pods. 62 days. 



Edible Podded or Sugar 



Mammoth Melting Sugar — V/ilt resistant. 

 Coarse light-green vine, 54-in. Single 

 4V2-in. pods, broad, indented light, 

 blunt, stringless, without fiber, fleshy. 

 Contains 7 peas. Seed large, round, 

 creamy-white. 74 days. 



PEPPERS 



Need long growing season: start in- 

 doors 8 weeks before plants are 

 wanted. Set plants 15" x 24" and 

 feed liberally for bigger fruits. 

 Warm, mellow soil in sheltered loca- 

 tion is best. Cultivate regularly, 

 drawing soil up around stems. When 

 plants are 7" to 8" tall, hoe in light 

 dressing of commercial fertilizer. Do 

 not plant hot peppers near sweet; 

 they are apt to cross. 



Hot 



Hungarian Wax — Slender, waxy yellow 

 fruit about 6-in. long, turns red when 

 ripe. Very hot. 65 days. 



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V/HiN PLANTING PEAS REMEMBER . . . 



Since only the seed of garden peas are 

 used, the food yield is small compared 

 to the space they take. 



The first sowing of peas should be made 

 early as possible, having in mind that the 

 finer varieties, which have wrinkled seed, 

 may decay if the soil remains cold and 

 damp too long after they are sown. Smooth 

 seeded peas will not decay so easily, but 

 they are not of as high quality as the 

 wrinkled kinds. 



When spring comes late and summer 

 follows quickly, only one crop of peas is 

 likely to be successful. In new gardens, 

 or old ones where peas have not been 

 grown before, the seed will grow better 



if inoculated with a bacterial culture 

 which can be obtained for that purpose. 



Plant food should be applied at the rate 

 of 4 pounds to 100 feet of row, either 

 mixed well with the soil before sowing, or 

 spread in trenches on either side of the 

 row, a little deeper than the seed are 

 sown. 



Where weather conditions are favorable 

 to peas, it is possible to grow them in 

 twin rows six inches apart; in the space 

 between the rows the weeds are pulled, 

 but the soil is not cultivated. In less fa- 

 vorable sections however, single rows, 

 regularly cultivated, will be found more 

 dependable. 



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