The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
DANIELS’ NEW PEA— GEM OF THE SEASON. 
Peas. 
Cultivation.— The Pea is one of our most important crops, and to bo 
successfully grown, must be liberally treated. A deep rich soil, well pulverized 
and incorporated with a fair allowance of well-decayed manure, should bo chosen 
for the principal crop in summer. For early Peas the ground does not require 
to be so rich. Sowings of William the First, Gem of the Season, and 
other first early varieties should bo made in November, December, and January, 
'l’ho second early sorts, including Lye’s Favorite, Supreme, and 
Gladiator, three splendid varieties, may bo sown in February, and others 
including Daniels’ Matchless Marrow, Yorkshire Hero, Veitch’s 
Perfection, Ne Plus Ultra, and Mainerop Marrow for main crops, 
from March to the end of May. For last crop sow a few of the first early 
varieties in June or July. 
In sowing Peas those of ordinary height should bo in drills three or four 
feet apart; the taller varieties five or six feet. They can also be grown to 
advantage in rows twelve feet apart, and some other crop between them, as by 
this means both sides of the row get the full benefit of light and air, and yield 
a greater abundance of pods, when a crop is grown between the rows, the 
rows should run, if possible, from north to south, to give both the Peas and the 
intervening crop free access to the sunlight. 
Staking up should be commenced when they are three inches high. The 
dwarf varieties may bo grown without sticks, but all are benefited by being kept 
from the ground. Peas, w'hen making their appearance above ground, arc very 
subject to the depredations of sparrows, &e. ; this may be easily prevented by 
placing a short stout stick at each end of the row, and then leading from one to 
the other a single black thread or cotton at a distance above the ground of two 
or three inches. We have found this by experience to be at once the most 
simple and efficacious remedy that will apply with equal benefit to any kind 
of seed subject to the depredations of birds, whether sown in drills or seed beds ; 
if the latter, the threads should be stretched from end to end at intervals of 
about nine inches. 
Section I.— Earliest Varieties. 
bt. pr quart, 
in ft. 8. d. 
DANIELS’ NEW PEA- Gem of the Season. 
The earliest Pea in cultivation. Height three feet, and very 
prolifio. This magnificent early Pea is the most valuable for 
general use ever sent out. Is always the earliest, whether sown 
in Autumn, Winter, or Spring. Is also the hardiest, resisting 
frost better than any other kind, and is not affected by mildew. 
Being very prolifio and of a most delicious flavour, will be 
found most desirable for marketing, and invaluable for the 
private garden ... ... ... ... ... ... — 2 0 
“ I have much pleasure in stating 1 that considering the late heavy frosts and the dry 
weather we have had, the Gem of the Season Peas have done extraordinarily well. 
1 gathered over three pecks of splendid Peas last week, and there are none in this 
neighbourhood to equal them.”— Mr. E. HENDERSON, Cosham. 
“ I planted your Gem of the Season Peas at the same time with several other 
sorts, and gathered the Gems seven days before any of the others, and I find them very 
heavy croppers, and of delicious flavour. I shall always grow them as a iirst early.” — 
Mr. J. BAKER, Chilham. 
American W onder. A first early Pea, some days in 
advance of William the First. For small gardens it is unsur- 
passed, owing to its earliness, productiveness, and the small space 
it occupies 
Lightning (Carter’s). Very early variety 
Dillistone’s First Early. Very early. Known also as 
Carter’s First Crop and Sutton’s Ringleader 
Early Sunrise (Day). Very hardy and prolific ... 
Earliest of All (Laxton). A round blue-seeded Pea of 
excellent and rich flavour ; is dwarfer than Ringleader, more 
prolific 
Early Paragon. A blue wrinkled Marrow of fine flavour. 
It is the earliest of the large wrinkled marrows 
Kentish Invieta. A fine early blue Pea 
Little Gem (McLean’s) ... 
Sangster’s No. 1 
Sangster’s No. 1 Improved. Extra select stock ... 
William Hurst. An early blue wrinkled variety, similar 
to American Wonder. An abundant bearer, of first-rate quality : 
as an early Pea it should be grown in every garden ... 
William the First. One of the finest early green 
Marrows, combining flavour, earliness, and productiveness 
William the First, selected stock 
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