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H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Garden or 
English Peas 
For Spring 
Planting in 
the South 
Prices Include 
Postage Prepaid by 
Packets, Pints and 
Quarts. Pecks and 
Eushels by Express 
or Freight at Pur- 
chaser's Expense. 
small, extra early, round-seeded 
WUlssai 'sk' varieties, such as John L. and Alaska, 
can be planted very early, as it takes a hard freeze 
to kill them. In this latitude (Atlanta) begin sow- 
ing early in .January and sow at intervals of ten days 
or two weeks until about March 15th; after that date 
it is advisable to sow only the taller-growing vari- 
eties with wrinkled seed, varieties like Bliss Ever- 
bearing coming into this class. The wrinkled vari- 
eties must not be planted until the ground begins to 
warm up. Wrinkled peas rot without germinating in 
the cold ground. In Florida and along the Gulf Cost 
all varieties can be planted all through the -winter 
months. The extra earlles should be sown in drills 
thickly : one nuart of seed to each 100 feet of row and 
covered about 2 inches. As soon as the weather 
warms up they will make rapid growth. They should be kept cultivated 
clean and as soon as they begin to bloom, earth should be worked up 
around the stems. Be sure and make succession sowings every two 
weeks to keep up your supply until the longer bearing varieties come in. 
None of the heavy bearers should be planted until the soil warms up, 
usually in the month of March. Many people do not plant these strong- 
growing varieties on account of the trouble of “staking” or “brushing.” 
Varieties like Bliss Everbearing, Home Delight, etc., can be planted in 
double rows about 6 inches apart and run together, leaving 2 feet be- 
tween the double rows. Being stiff in their character of growth they sup- 
port each other to a considerable degree doing away with the necessity of 
“brushing” or “staking.” Varieties like Telephone, Mammoth Podded, 
Marrowfats, etc., must be “staked” or “brushed.” 
It is customary to only cover peas 2 to 3 inches 
deep but if extra long bearing season is wanted 
it would be well to open up drills 6 inches deep ; 
plant seed at the bottom of the drill, cover 2 
inches and as the plants grow keep filling in until 
the ground is level. 
It will take a little longer for them to come 
into bearing this way but you will get nearly 
double the crop with this deeper planting. 
In manuring for peas, fresh manure should 
have been put on the ground the previous fall as 
fresh manure at planting time makes a rank 
growth of vine and few pods. In preparing the 
ground in the spring use nothing but well rotted 
manure and if this is not obtainable then use 
commercial fertilizer. In using commercial fertil- 
izer or cotton seed meal never let the seed corne in 
contact with it for if vou let seed, come in direct 
contact with cottonseed meal or high grade fertil- 
izer the seed will not germinate. In market garden 
plantings use 1(4 to 1% bu. of seed peas per acre. 
Earliest and best of 
all the extra early 
varieties either for market or home use. Pot sixteen years it has held the record for 
earliness against all of the best strains of early peas sold by prominent American seeds- 
men and during that time no pea has been introduced that equals it for earliness and pro- 
ductiveness in the extra early class. John L. is a standard with Southern gardeners, both 
for shipping and home markets, and every year we sell hundreds and hundreds of bushels 
of this variety to Florida shippers. The earliest time on record in early maturity was made 
with this variety by C. J. Montgomery. St. Augustine, Florida. He planted one peck of John 
L.. and on the 30th day from planting gathered one bushel of well developed pods therefrom. 
Packet, 10 cents; % pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, 
peck, $1.25; bushel, $4.50. . 
Alaelca Fvtra Farll/ John L., this is the best, round, extra early pea: 
^■***"»*« ■■A.ir a bai Ijr about one week later than John L. in earliness and is the 
best in quality and heaviest bearer of all the round-seeded, extra early varieties. A splendid 
shipper and one of the very best you can plant in the garden for home use for an extra 
[•Iv. Packet, 10 cents; % pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 cents; postpaid. Peck, 
Hastings’ John L. Extra Early Peas 
Hastings’ John L.— Our Best Extra Early 
not prepaid, $1.25; bushel, $4.50. 
Hastings' Extra Early Surprise Pea 
