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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 21 
EVERYBODY'S GARDEN. 
IOari^t Peas.— Should early pe.as be plant¬ 
ed only one inch deep? My soil is very 
li^ht (in Camden County, N. J.), and lacks 
humus. What fertilizers and what amounts 
would you recommend for this crop on such 
soil? If I use cotton-seed meal, need I fear 
its “burning” the young plants if I use 
say 400 pounds per acre in the rows? Do 
you think one bushel of seed per acre is 
enough? As soon as peas are off, I want 
to set out my sweet potato plants, or late 
tomatoes. Would I better broadcast the 
fertilizers for the peas? k. w. o. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Growing extra early peas means that 
they must be sown very early. Select 
the earliest sorts of the smooth varie¬ 
ties. It is well to remember that while 
some of the wrinkled varieties will ma¬ 
ture as quickly as some of the earliest 
sorts of the smooth, they are none of 
them sumciently hardy to stand the very 
early planting, so the smooth seeded 
sorts are the only ones after all, that 
can really lay claim to the title of extra 
early. An inch, or perhaps a little more 
of well fined soil is plenty deep enough 
for the very early planting. I would not 
recommend.it at all, however, for later 
sowings that come into bearing in mid¬ 
summer when heat and drought are 
liable to find them and injure the crop. 
I think for late planting the deeper they 
are covered the better. For very early 
peas, in that light sandy soil, I would 
not plow over four or five inches deep. 
I w'ould, however, plow under all the 
good stable manure 1 could spare. The 
manure will do very little good at first 
until the sun gets in its work, but later 
on it will help amazingly. For an early 
effect, broadcast 125 or 150 pounds of 
nitrate of soda and harrow it in well 
just before sowing the seed. I do not 
think there would be any danger of 
burning the plants, by sewing cotton¬ 
seed meal as suggested. I would prefer 
the treatment above to the use of the 
cotton-seed meal. It will require at 
least one quart of seed to the 100 feet of 
row. Three feet apart in the row is wide 
enough for the earlier sorts, and one 
quart to the 100 feet of row will require 
two or three or more bushels per acre. 
This may seem pretty heavy seeding, but 
it pays to sow thick enough to get a good 
stand. The smaller-seeded varieties, 
however, will go considerably farther 
than the large, so the estimates will be 
considerably less for the small peas. But 
figure large enough. If you use the ni¬ 
trate of soda broadcast it; if the cotton¬ 
seed meal, I think it could be used in 
the drill for the peas. Were it my case 
1 would use the manure and nitrate of 
soda for the first crop. The manure 
w'ould then be in the most available 
form for either sweet potatoes or cab¬ 
bage, Then broadcast 1,500 pounds or 
more of a high-grade fertilizer on the 
surface, and work it in before putting 
out the second crop. 
Late Cabbage.— Last Spring I put out 
about four acres of late cabbage. Flat 
Dutch. Only part of them headed up. 1 
cut the best heads and iiut them in the 
cellar; but the solid heads are now getting 
soft. My grocer tells me he cannot handle 
home-grown cabbage on that account. 
Our gardeners have all tried the Danish 
Ball-head, but say it grows so small they 
have given it up. I would like some in¬ 
structions on managing the Danish variety, 
as to soil, time of planting and irrigation. 
My soil is a clay loam, as rich as it is 
l)ossible to make it. J. Q. m. 
liCbanon, O. 
The trouble you refer to is something 
I should say quite unusual. As the 
difficulty seems to be prevalent there, it 
possibly might be traced to a defective 
strain. I think more likely, however, 
that there is some soil defect respon¬ 
sible for the trouble. It may be a lack 
of nitrogen, phosphoric acid or potash. 
I believe the latter, as you say only 
about half of them headed. If the case 
were mine I would try an experiment 
next Summer and watch the results. 
Make four small plots of equal size; they 
need not be more than, one or two rods 
s(|iiare. Of course, they should be right 
on the cabbage ground. On one plot sow 
nitrate of soda at the rate of 300 poiiads 
to the acre. Skip a width as wide as 
your plot, then sow another plot with 
bone meal, 500 or 600 pounds to the acre. 
Skip the fourth width, and sow the next 
one with wood ashes, no difference how 
thick. Beyond the next vacant strip, 
sow air-slaked lime, two quarts or more 
to the square rod. Apply all of them as 
a top-dressing after plowing, and work 
them well into the soil before planting 
out the cabbage. The vacant strips are 
simply to prevent the mixing up of the 
various applications. Manure the ground 
as much as you like previous to plowing. 
Otherwise than the top-dressings, give 
all the plots the same treatment. Make 
notes of what you do, so that you will 
not get mixed up, and watch the results 
clear through to storing the cabbage. I 
believe you will be able to tell where 
the trouble lies. As to the Danish Ball- 
head, it will require no different treat¬ 
ment from other varieties, I think you 
will find it a first-class variety, and 
while smaller than some other kinds, 
they will weigh up equally well with 
many of the other sorts. Some of the 
seedsmen have both American and Hol¬ 
land or Danish-grown seed. Buy the im¬ 
ported, as it will doubtless be better. In 
your location I think July 15 would be 
early enough to plant out, as they head 
better with the warm days and cool 
nights of Fall. Start the plants five to 
six weeks previous to time of planting 
out. With good soil and care, they will 
get plenty large enough in that time. I 
personally know the variety, and it is 
good. As to irrigation, I am entirely 
unable to advise until acquainted with 
exact conditions, such as available sup¬ 
ply of water, how far located from cab¬ 
bage ground, and how raised or pumped 
up. The fall or slope of the ground 
ought also to be known. With all the 
facts at hand, I think we could help out 
Michigan. J. e. morse. 
Cutting Scions.— In my communication 
on page 2 It Is printed that “I cut my 
scions as usual.” It should be “cut my 
scions as used,” as this is where I do not 
do as is usual. I cut my scions on a warm 
day Just before I graft them, and the point 
I wished to learn Is whether they might 
make a taller growth if the grafting had 
been dene otherwise or earlier. Let no 
one be discouraged if he has no roots or 
scions: they can be secured most any time 
now. and the work done with success. 
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