Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLES. 
YOU OUGHT TO COME AND CAST YOUR 
THEY ARE ^ 
S OVER THE BEST VARIETIES WHEN 
GROWING. 
THE GERMINATING QUALITIES OF ALL OUR SEEDS ARE TRIED BEFORE SENDING THEM OUT 
Those of our esteemed Patrons who have proved the value of our Collections of “ Perfect Seeds, 
we respectfully request to acquaint their Friends of our Firm. 
PEAS. 
(Pisum Sativum.) Leguminos^i;. 
CULTURE. — Trenching or deep digging is highly necessary for Peas, in 
fact, all vegetable culture ; even this is nearly always done as unwisely as 
can be. Take all the top good soil off and throw in on the second trench, 
keeping the top on the top, and then thoroughly break up the lower spit (adding 
plenty of manure), which is generally very inferior, another foot : this done, the 
ground is then of double value — in fact, every inch of soil should be done thus, and 
then our crops would be for ever considerably more productive. The ground should 
be well pulverised and enriched with good manure, burnt rubbish, and lime. The 
earliest varieties may be sown about the second or third week in November, or first 
week in December, another sowing in January, and continuous sowings in the order 
they stand, every three weeks, up to the end of July. Sow in rows four to seven feet 
apart (according to height, which varies wonderfully) : for instance, when about five 
or six inches above ground, thin out if required, and properly stick. We find boards 
edgeways along the rows on the windward side capital protection. In a dry summer 
like 1893, when the Pea season was brought to a premature close, the advantages 
that may be derived from planting them in trenches were more apparent than usual. 
On soils of a light and burning nature, this is the only way whereby good crops 
of this vegetable may be ensured. If the trenches are taken out in the wintertime, 
and the soil laid up on each side of them, it will sweeten, and when the time comes 
for sowing, be in a much better condition than digging can bring it to. If the refuse 
from the rubbish heap, mixed with its own bulk of manure, be laid in the bottom of 
the trenches, the roots will find their way into it, greatly to their benefit, when dry 
exhaustive weather comes. The difference in the yield of peas grown in this way is 
great compared to the ordinary method. 
The general height is here given of the various kinds of Pens, but, of course, 
the season and quality of the soil will cause a difference. 
SECTION I., or EARLIEST VARIETIES. 
Height Perqt. 
in feet. s. d. 
Cannells’ “English Wonder.”— in again offering this new 
and valuable first early Pea we have no hesitation in repeating 
all we said of it last season. It is, without doubt, the finest dwarf 
wrinkled early Pea, as we think the accompanying unsolicited 
testimonials and extracts from the various gardening papers will 
prove. The haulm grows from 1 ft. to 1G ins. high, and is 
covered with beautiful curved dark green pods, produced in pairs, 
literally packed with 8, 9, and in many cases IU and 11 peas of 
first-class flavour when cooked ... ... ... .. ... ... 1 3 0 
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