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PEAS— PLANTING FOR A CONSTANT SUPPLY 
HPO PRODUCE enough pods to give a family of five a 
fair “taste” of peas, at least six fifteen-foot rows 
should be planted. These would yield, under ordinary 
conditions, enough pods for three meals. To secure a 
full season’s supply requires considerable space, and a 
constant supply is largely a matter of selecting sorts ma- 
turing in succession rather than to make repeated sowings 
of one variety. 
The earliest peas to yield pods are the smooth-seeded 
kinds because they can be sown very early. But their 
season of bearing is short and supplementary sowings of 
both early and late wrinkled sorts are necessary for con- 
stant crops. I he following chapters contain definite 
data about the time required by the different sorts to 
produce pods. By selecting early, mid season, and late 
sorts, every planter can work out a perfect programme of 
successive crops. If your space is limited, try Little 
Marvel (illustrated above), Blue Bantam, and Potlach . 
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