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Large Sugar or Hollow Crown Parsnip, 



Parsnips 



Panais, Fr. 

 Pastinaca, Ital. 



Chirivia, Sp. 

 Pastinake, Ger. 



Health Value of 

 Fresh Parsnips 



Calories per lb. 294 

 Vitamins A , B 

 Proteins 1.6% 

 Carbohydrates 13.5% 

 Fats .5% 

 Calcium .059% 

 Iron .00077% 



Culture — Sow as early in the spring as 

 weather and soil conditions permit in 

 drills 2 feet apart and cover 5 inch deep in 

 light soil, less in heavy clay. Thin to 

 stand 4 to 6 inches apart in the rows. The 

 roots are eaten boiled and are very sweet 

 and tender, also are often used for flavoring 

 soups and stews. The quality is improved 

 by leaving them in ground over winter for 

 spring use. Store enough in pits or cellars 

 in the fall for winter needs. One ounce 

 will sow 200 feet of drill. 

 608 Large Sugar or Hollow 

 Crown. This is the best and 

 most productive variety and is 

 largely grown both in the home 

 garden and for market. The roots, 

 which are creamy white, grow 

 10 or 12 inches long. They are 

 smooth, tender, sweet, and of 

 excellent flavor. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. 20c; I lb. 45c; lb. $1.25. 

 610 Student or Guernsey. Very 

 similar to the above but some- 

 what shorter. A good half-long 

 variety with smooth white roots. 

 This strain is the result of careful 

 selection of roots growing to an 

 ideal shape and having the distinct 

 hollow crown. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 

 \ lb. 40c; lb. $1.00. 



Pois, Fr. 

 Pisello, Ital. 



Garden Peas 



Guisante, Sp. 

 Erbsen, Ger. 



Health Value of 

 Fresh Green Peas 



Calories per lb. 454 

 Vitamins A, B, C, G 



Proteins 7.0% 

 Carbohydrates 16.9% 

 Fats .5% 

 Calcium .028% 

 Iron .0057% 



One pound will plant 100 feet of drill 

 Culture — The first sowing of peas may be made as 

 early in March as the gardener can prepare a piece of 

 ground because subsequent frosts do not hurt the young 

 plants of the extra-early smooth-seeded varieties. Sow 

 in single or double rows, 24 to 26 inches apart, covering 

 seeds about 2 inches deep. All varieties do better with 

 some sort of support. Where brush is lacking, poles and 

 twine may be utilized. By selecting varieties maturing 

 in succession (and it is easy to pick them out from the 

 following pages because they are listed in about the 

 same order as they reach full size), a constant supply of 

 delicious peas may be had from early in June until middle of August. Experience has 

 proved that sowings made after middle of May are not so successful as the earlier ones 

 because hot mid-summer heat is apt to reduce both vines and pods. 



Smooth -Seeded Extra-Early Sorts 



The hardiest sorts to be planted as soon as the soil can be put in condition. 



618 Alaska. An extra-early round blue 

 pea; height 2 feet. Very uniform and a 

 favorite canning variety. Pkt. 10c; 



1 lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 

 5 lbs. $1.50, prepaid. 



635 Dreer's Eureka Extra Early. One 



of the earliest and most prolific extra- 

 early varieties which has given good 

 results wherever grown. Vines grow 

 to a height of about 20 inches and are 

 very robust, bearing an abundant 

 crop of pods which measure about 2j 

 inches in length and are well tilled with 

 peas of excellent flavor. Height, 

 20 inches. Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 



2 lbs. 65c; 5 lbs. $1.50, prepaid. 



630 Dreer's Electric Extra Early. A 



highly prolific, round, blue-seeded extra- 

 early sort. The vines grow very uni- 

 form and attain a height of 2\ feet, 

 bearing an abundant crop of medium 

 size, dark green pods which are well 

 filled with peas of good flavor. 

 Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 

 5 lbs. $1.50, prepaid. 



628 Early Eight Weeks. For the private 

 gardener who demands a really good, 

 first early, dwarf pea, the Early Eight 

 Weeks is most desirable. The vines are 

 dwarf, growing only 12 to 15 inches in 

 height. They are simply loaded with 

 beautiful, well filled pods which are 

 quite large in size for so early a variety. 

 The peas are exceedingly tender and of a 

 most delicious flavor. It is strictly a 

 quality variety and of good appearance. 

 Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 

 5 lbs. $1.50, postpaid. 



Early Eight Weeks Peas 



Pilot, Improved 



678 Pilot, Improved. A large seeded, extra-early, very prolific, smooth pea; height 

 about 3 feet. Fine dark green pods i\ to 4 inches long. Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; 

 lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 5 lbs. $1.50, prepaid. 



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