CLIBRANS, Seed Merchants and Nurserymen, 
CLIBRANS’ TESTED 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
The following selections include the best 
and most distinct varieties in each 
section — those of doubtful quality, and 
repetitions of , the same sorts under 
different names, having been excluded. 
Garden 
Peas 
(Pisum sativum.) 
Any good, well-drained, deeply worked 
soil is suitable for peas, but a rich deep 
loam with plenty of calcareous matter 
is best. Farmyard manure should, as a 
rule, be given to the previous crop. II 
the soil be heavy, quicklime should be 
applied at the rate of to 2 lbs., to the 
square yard the previous Autumn. On a 
light soil 2 ozs. of CUbrans’ Potash 
Manure should be applied to the square 
yard some days before the peas are sown, 
and in every case the soil should receive a 
top-dressing of Clibrans’ Phosphate 
Manure at the rate of 3 ozs. to the square 
yard just after the peas are put in. The 
peas are usually sown in drills 2 to 2\ 
inches deep in light soils while on heavy 
land they should be sown almost on the 
surface and 1 to ij inches of soil drawn 
over them. Half an inch of sand or sifted 
cinder ashes at the bottom of the drill 
row will be found of great advantage in 
clay soil. They should be kept clean 
from weeds and earthed up twice during 
their growth. For an early crop a sowing 
of the Earliest varieties may be made in 
January. Sowing of Early and Second 
Early varieties may be made in February, 
and the main crops in succession from 
March to the end of May. 
The heights given are those obtained 
in an ordinary season under normal con- 
ditions, but they will be influenced 
according to the dryness or otherwise of 
the season and the nature of the soil. 
The Wrinkled Varieties are marked with an 
asterisk (♦). 
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