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PEAS— THE SMOOTH-SEEDED KINDS 
TTROM seeds sown middle of April, Pedigree Extra 
Early will be ready by middle of June. Under 
normal conditions, the twenty-four-inch vines will 
yield, on an average, five two and a half-inch pods con- 
taining five to six medium-sized peas each. A week later. 
Prolific Extra Early perfects a much more abundant setting 
of pods and the peas are of better flavor. Where earli- 
ness is not entirely the object, Prolific Extra Early will be 
found more acceptable than Pedigree Extra Early. Three- 
inch pods are borne on vines two and a half feet tall and 
the average fifteen-foot row yields eight quarts, in twc 
pickings, a week apart. 
Market Surprise, as illustrated here, is easily the best of 
the three, considering earliness, yield, and quality. It is 
not a strictly smooth-seeded sort, but may be planted as 
early as any of them. Average time to yield pods, fifty- 
five days. Pods are about three and a half inches long, 
well-filled, and the peas surpass those of either of above. 
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