HO JOHNSON & STOKES 
Mildew is a field enemy of the pea, resulting from un- 
favorable weather. The weevil often attacks the seed, but 
does not injure it for market purposes. 
The canning of green peas is now an industry of enor- 
mous extent in America. The peas are shelled and sorted 
by machinery, and thousands of bushels are annually dis- 
posed of in this manner. 
The wholesale market price of peas in the pod varies 
from 50 cents to $3 per bushel at Philadelphia. The latter 
price is for the early product. The usual retail price is 15 to 
25 cents per half peck. The crop of green pods per acre may 
be rated at 100 bushels, more or less. 
RHUBARB. 
In some parts of the United States rhubarb or pie plant 
is grown in very considerable quantities for market pur- 
poses, and with profit. Its culture is extremely simple. It is 
merely necessary to plant seed or roots, and to have the 
plants about 4 feet apart each way in a permanent bed. The 
plant is a perennial, lasting for many years. It is a rank 
feeder, and the more manure given it, the larger and more 
succulent will be the young shoots. The roots should be 
divided every five years, as they finally become too large. 
The demand for rhubarb continues through the spring and 
into summer, and large quantities are canned for pie-mak- 
ing. Five leaf stalks make a large bunch. It is worth 
$2 to $3 per 100 bunches, wholesale. 
Farmers who retail their produce should raise radishes. 
Rich ground and abundant moisture are the requisites for 
quick growth, and upon quick growth depends good quality. 
Slow-growing radishes are hot and pithy. The early sorts 
are best for spring, but the so-called summer radishes are 
