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



PEAS. 



Pois. Chicharos o Guisdntes. ©rbfen. 

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



cellar, and plantingoutside when wellsprouted. 

 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 4 

 to 6 feet apart, according to the different 

 heights, about an inch apart in the rows (except 

 such sorts as we note to sow thinly), and 4 

 inches deep. In this elimate the O'Rourke 

 Peas, if planted from the 10th to the last of 

 August, will produce a fair crop for fall pick- 

 ing, 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 {BrucJius 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, 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 pro- 

 duce as large a crop as if free from the 

 weevil. 





EXTRA EARLY PEAS. 



Height 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 







in feet 



qt. 



^pk. 



P 



k. 



bus. 



1 141 



Thorburn Extra-Early Market. Our standard market garden extra 













2% $0 



25 



$0 75 $1 25 $4 00 



1 142 



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



2K 



20 



60 



I 



CO 



3 50 



1 143 





• 2% 



20 



60 



I 



00 



3 50 



1 144 





3 



20 



60 



I 



00 



3 50 



1 145 



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



25 



75 



I 



25 



4 00 



1 147 





2% 



20 



60 



I 



CO 



3 50 



1 148 





2V* 



30 



1 00 



I 



75 



6 00 



1149 





I 



30 



85 



I 



50 



5 00 



1 150 



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



I 



30 



85 



I 



50 



5 co 



1151 





3 



25 



75 



I 



25 



4 50 



1152 





. 1 



25 



75 



I 



25 



4 00 



"53 







25 



75 



I 



00 



3 75 



1 154 





2 



25 



75 



I 



25 



4 00 



1 162 



^Station. Extra-early wrinkled, enormously productive ; large pods, well- 



















2 



30 



85 



I 



50 



5 50 



1 164 



*Duke of York. Very large, long, full pods and Peas of finest flavor ; very 



















3 



SO 



1 75 



3 



OG 



10 00 



1 165 





1V2 



30 



85 



1 



50 



5 50 



1168 





. 1 



25 



75 



1 



25 



4 00 





EARLY AND MEDIUM PEAS. 















1 185 







20 



60 



1 



00 



3 50 



1 186 





2 X A 



25 



75 



I 



25 



4 00 



1 187 







25 



75 



1 



25 



4 00 



1 188 



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



2^ 



25 



75 



I 



25 



4 00 



1 200 





2% 



20 



60 



I 



00 



3 50 



1201 



Pride of the Market. Very large pods, green Peas ; sow thinly .... 



. 2 



30 



85 



1 



50 



5 00 



1203 





3 



25 



u 



1 



25 



4 00 



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



5 



20 





1 



00 



3 50 



