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



PEAS. 



Pois. Chicharos o Guisantes. ©rbjen. 

 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 

 heights, about an inch apart in the rows (except 

 such sorts as we note to sow thinly), 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 tall 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 (Bruchus 

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

 but, as usual with such pests, hasspread 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, destroy 

 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 







a feet 



qt. 





pk. 



bus. 



1141 



Thorburn Extra-Early Market. Our standard market garden extra- 















$0 75 $1 25 $4 50 



1 142 



Rural New-Yorker. Very early ; prolific and uniform in ripening 



•2H 



25 



75 



1 10 



4 OO 



1 146 





. 2^ 



25 



75 



1 10 



4 00 



1 147 





. 2>2 



25 



75 



\ 25 



4 50 



1 143 







35 



1 25 



2 OO 



7 CO 



1 149 





. I 



30 



1 00 



1 75 



6 co 



1 150 



*Xott Excelsior. A splendid extra early wrinkled new sort ; very prolific 



. I 



40 



1 25 



2 25 



8 co 



1151 





3 



30 



1 00 



1 75 



6 00 



1152 





. 1 



30 



90 



1 50 



5 50 



1153 







30 



90 



1 5" 



5 00 



' '54 





. 2 



25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 



1 161 



Daniel O'Rourke Improved. Extra-early ; favorite market gardener sort 





25 



75 



1 25 



4 50 



1 162 





2 



35 



1 25 



2 00 



7 50 



1 163 







30 



90 



« 50 



5 50 



1 164 





• 3 



85 



3 25 



6 00 





116: 





. *% 



30 



1 00 



1 75 



6 -0 



1 1 66 







25 



75 



1 10 



4 OH 



1 167 







30 



90 



1 50 



5 5" 



1 1 68 





I 



30 



90 



1 50 



5 50 





EARLY AND MEDIUM PEAS. 













11S6 





2K 



25 



75 



» 25 



5 co 



11S7 



^Abundance. Long, round, well-filled pods ; sow thinly 



I % 



25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 



1 188 



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





25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 



1200 







25 



75 



1 25 



4 50 



1201 





2 



35 



1 25 



2 00 



7 50 



1203 





3 



25 



75 



1 25 



5 00 



1204 







30 



1 00 



1 75 



6 50 



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



5 



25 



75 



1 10 



4 00 



