D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 47 
PEAS \ 
For early peas the soil should be light and warm, but for 
general crop a moderately heavy soil is better. Fresh manure, 
very rich or wet mucky soil should be avoided, as they cause a 
rank growth of vine at the cost of the quality of the peas; such 
soil is often the cause of early sorts maturing unevenly. Sow 
as early as possible a few of the earliest varieties on warm, 
quick soil, prepared the fall before. The general crop can be 
delayed until later, but we have met with better success from 
sowing all the varieties comparatively early, depending for suc- 
cession upon selecting sorts that follow each other in ripening. 
The peas will mature earlier if 
covered only one inch deep, and 
where earliness is the most im- 
portant thing, they may be 
treated in that way; but larger 
pods and more of them will be 
produced if the seed is planted 
in trenches three to six inches 
deep. covered with only one or = 
two inches of soil, and when the 
plants are five or six inches 
high, filling the trench level 
with the surface: this will 
secure deep rooting, prevent 
mildew and prolong the bearing 
season. If the peas are covered 
to the full depth at first, or if bs 
water is allowed to stand in the es 
trenches, they will not makea 
good stand of healthy plants. 
The crop should be gathered 
as fast as it is fit foruse. If evena 
few pods begin to ripen, new pods 
will not only cease to form, but those 
partly advanced stop growing. 
E ARE. BY. FAR THE 
LARGEST GROWERS 
OF. PEAS. IN . AMERICA 
AND.OUR.STOCKS 
ARE . OF. THE . HIGHEST 
QUALITY.... 
XTRA EARLY 
DEAS 
EARLIEST OF ALL ce |- 
ALASKA. ‘ee 
By careful selection and growing we have developed 
a stock of this smooth, blue pea, which in evenness of 
growth of vine and early maturity of pods is unequaled by any other 
extra early pea. Vines two to two and-one-half feet high, unbranched, 
bearing four to seven long pods which are filled with medium sized, 
bright green peas of excellent flavor. Ripe peas small, bluish green. 
Matures all the crop at once and is an invaluable variety for 
market gardeners and canners. 
Pkt. 10c; Pt. Lic; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 60c; Bushel $3.50 
ERRY’ 
FIRST AND BEST 
By Most Careful Comparison we are Convinced that this 
is the Earliest and Most Even Stock of White Extra Early 
Peas in Existence, Maturing so Well Together that a 
Single Picking will Secure the Entire Crop. 
Vines vigorous and hardy, two totwo and one-half feet high, unbranched, 
bearing three to seven straight pods, having five to seven medium sized, 
smooth peas of good quality. The dry peas are medium sized, smooth, yel- 
lowish-white. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 60c; Bushel $3.00 
D. M. Ferry & Co’s Extra Early, Rural New Yorker, and 
improved Early Daniel O’Rourke.... 
: ‘These three varieties are strains of first early, white peas similar to 
Ferry’s First and Best, and of which we offer carefully grown and selected 
stocks which are fully equal, if not superior to any obtainable elsewhere. 
Pkt. 10e; Pt. Lic: Qt. 20c: 4 Qts. 60e: Bushel $3.00 
lf Peas are wanted by mail or express prepaid. add 10 cents per pint, 15 cents 
per quart, for charges. 
Ferry’s First AnD Best PEAs, 
