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J. M. Thorburn & Co., 15 John St., New York. 



PEAS. 



Pois. Chicharos o Guisantes. (Srbfen. 

 Culture. — A week may be gained in earliness by sowing a quantity in moist sand, placed in a box in the 



cellar, and planting outside when well sprouted. 

 Light, dry soil, not over-rich, suits the Pea. Sow 

 as early as the ground can be worked, and again 

 every ten days for succession, up to the first of 

 June, after which there is danger from mildew. 

 Sow in single or double rows, from four to six 

 feet apart, according to the different height-, 

 about an inch apart in the rows (except such 

 sorts as we note to sow thin), and four inches 

 deep. In this climate the O'Rourke Peas, if 

 planted from the 10th to the last of August, will 

 produce a fair crop for fall picking, when Peas 

 will be most acceptable. Hoe often, and keep 

 the ground clean and fine. The tali sorts can 

 be made to bear more freely by pinching-in. 

 The dwarf varieties may be grown in beds like 

 Bush Beans, with rows about the same distance 

 apart. The holes which are sometimes found 

 in Peas are caused by the Pea Weevil (B melius 

 pisi). This insect is a native of this country, 

 but, as usual with such pests, has spread rapidly, 

 and is now found nearly all over the world. 

 The beetles lay their eggs on the young pods, 

 and the larvae, as soon as hatched, make their 

 way through the pods into the nearest Peas. 

 They do not, as is sometimes supposed, de- 

 stroy the germ, for Peas will grow if they are 

 infested, but the plant is likely to be more 

 feeble, and for this reason will not produce as 

 large a crop as if free from the weevil. 



EXTRA EARLY PEAS. 



Height 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 





in feet. 



qt. 





pk. 



bus. 



1 141 Thorburn Extra-Early Market. Our Standard Market garden extra 















. 2% $0 



25 



$0 75 Si 25 $4 50 



1142 Rural New-Yorker. Very early : prolific and uniform in ripening > . . . 



2% 



25 



75 



1 10 



4 00 





. 2% 



25 



75 



1 10 



4 00 



1 147 Alaska. One of the very earliest blue Peas ; quite productive 



. 2% 



25 



75 



1 25 



4 50 







35 



1 25 



2 25 



8 00 





■ 3 



30 



1 00 



1 75 



6 00 





. 2 



25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 



1 161 Daniel O'Rourke Improved. Extra-early ; favorite market gardener sort 2^ 



25 



75 



1 25 



4 50 





. 2 1 



00 













30 



1 00 



1 75 



6 00 





• 3 



25 



75 



1 10 



4 00 



EARLY AND MEDIUM PEAS. 















. 2% 



25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 



1 188 *Horsford Market-Garden. On the style of Advancer ; very prolific . . . 



. 2% 



25 



75 



I 25 



5 00 





. 2% 



25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 





. 2 



35 



1 25 



2 25 



8 00 





• 3 



25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 



1206 *Champion of England. A well-known, standard variety ; sow thick . . 



5 



25 



75 



1 10 



4 00 



1 210 *Duke of Albany. Immense pods on style of Telephone ; very superior. . 



• 5 



35 



1 25 



2 25 



8 00 





. 2% 



35 



1 25 



2 00 



7 50 





2% 



25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 



1 214 *Shropshire Hero. Very productive ; fine flavor, ; long, handsome pods . 



. 2% 



35 



1 25 



2 00 



7 SO 



1216 ^Yorkshire Hero. A spreading variety ; very productive ; sow thin . . . . 



. 2% 



25 



75 



1 25 



4 50 





• 4 



40 



1 50 



2 5° 



9 00 





• 5 



25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 





• 5 



50 



1 75 



3 00 



11 00 



1230 *Dwarf Wrinkled Sugar. Large, well filled pods ; very productive . . . 



. 1% 



50 



1 75 



3 00 



11 00 





• 4 



25 



75 



1 10 



4 00 



