The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
291 
Six Superb 
Sweet Peas 
For 25 cts. 
King White — eiisten- 
inR pure white flowers. 
George Herbert— 
giant - flowered bright 
rosy-carmine. 
Elfrida Pearson—a lovely shade of 
pink with a delicate tinge of salmon. 
Mrs. Townsend—white with a clear 
and delicate edge of light blue. 
Royal Purple-rich rosy purple. 
Burpee Blend—the finest and most gorgeous mix¬ 
ture of Spencer Sweet Peas ever offered. 
This Superb Collection contains one packet each 
of the Superb Spencer Sweet Peas listed above, 
together with the Burpee leaflet on ‘‘How to Grow 
Sweet Peas.” If purchased separately the Superb 
Collection would cost 60 cts. It will be mailed to 
your door complete for 25 cts. 
If you are fond of Sweet Peas or interested in 
gardening of any kind write for a copy of 
Burpee’S Annual 
THE LEADING AMERICAN SEED CATALOG 
Burpee’s Annual is a complete guide to the vege¬ 
table and flower garden. It will be mailed to you 
free. Write for a copy to today. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE CO..Seed Growers, Philadelphia 
Record Garden 
*> * _ . 
V - «8»*: 
Yields 
I 
\ 
W Non 
V Thus a 
Plant 
Northern Seeds 
Thus assure yourself of 
the biggest yields —the best 
your garden can grow. Use the 
Isbell Catalog as your guide. It shows 
varieties almost unlimited of the finest 
vegetables, many prize winners of interna¬ 
tional reputation—all produced from 
NORTHERN GROWN 
IsBol. 
"As They Gr< 
Time Grows 
TRADE* MARX. 
Plant only the best, hardiest, earliest maturing 
seeds. 41 years growing seeds in Michigan- 
ceaseless experimenting, 
careful selection, and per¬ 
fect cleaning have made 
more than 200,000 eatislied Isbell 
customers. You buy direct from 
the grower and save money. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Write Today 
Get the 1920 Isbell seed book. It’s 
a valuable guide for growing great 
crops. Gives complete cultural di¬ 
rections. Post card brings it,/ree. 
S. M. Isbell & Company 
243 Mochonlc St., Jackson, Mich. 
s 
Good judgment 
brings good crops 
Experienced farmers depend as 
little as possible upon luck. Re¬ 
wards follow effort based on good 
judgment—and a heavy crop is a 
mighty fine reward. Storrs and 
Harrison sturdy-growth trees, 
seeds and plants represent 66 
years’ conscientious work in skill- 
iul breeding and careful selection. 
On our 1200-acre grounds the type 
and vigor of all strains are proven 
— many originate there. Plant 
S. & H. varieties—it’s good judg¬ 
ment. 
You may have good luck if you 
buy before you see our 1920 
catalog, but —why risk a sea¬ 
son ’s work ? You’ll enjoy 
looking this book 
over — send 
postcard to¬ 
day. 
Notes From a Maryland Garden 
The great value of organization and co¬ 
operative work to farmers is well shown 
by the report of the Eastern Shore (Va.) 
Produce Exchange. This exchange han¬ 
dles the greater part of the produce of the 
two small counties at the end of the Del- 
marva Peninsula. This selling exchange 
has always felt that efficient management 
was the mainspring of their enterprise, 
and lias paid liberally for the best men. 
The general manager has had $5,000 a 
year, and is now raised to $6,000. and in 
like manner with the other valued officers. 
The main crops of these two counties 
are early Irish potatoes and sweet po¬ 
tatoes. with some early cabbages in North¬ 
ampton, and bunch onions. While the ex¬ 
change does the greater part of the busi¬ 
ness, there are large amounts sold in the 
field to Northern and Western buyers, 
who sometimes buy au entire field before 
it is dug. The exchange sold 6.000 car¬ 
loads of early Irish potatoes, and the 
total sales for Spring, Summer and Fall 
of 1919 were $13,281,269.24. The ex¬ 
change sells by carloads only and to every 
town in the North where there is a dealer 
who can handle a carload at once or more. 
The exchange sells for anyone whose pro¬ 
ducts pass inspection and receive the red 
star brand. They charge .l per cent com¬ 
mission, and at the end of the season the 
surplus, after setting aside working capi¬ 
tal for the next season, is divided among 
the stockholders according to the amount 
of their shipments. The exchange has 
brought prosperity to these small counties 
and has made good truck land very valu¬ 
able property. 
I am now about to sow seed for the 
early tomatoes. I will as usual sow Bon¬ 
ny Best for the earliest; Earliana is a lit¬ 
tle earlier and suits a market gardener, 
but for my home garden I would rather 
wait a few days and get a better tomato. 
The seeds are sown in Hats fu the green¬ 
house in a night temperature of 60 de¬ 
grees, transplanted twice «in the green¬ 
house and again to the cold frames, for I 
have proved* that every transplanting 
makes better plants and earlier ripe to¬ 
matoes. I have had "ripe ones June 12. 
but -usually June 20 to 25. Seed of the 
Everblooming begouinsr—for bedding are 
sown at the same time, February 1. 
February is a good time to apply raw 
bonemeal to the lawn. Some use stable 
manure, but I do not want ehickweed and 
coarse grasses, and prefer the bonemeal. 
and to put it on early, so that it may be¬ 
come more available later. In this way 
the grass is kept clear of weeds and no 
unsightly mass to rake off. It. is easy, 
with proper cate, to maintain a Blue 
grass lawn in our sandy soil, but many 
fail to do so simply because they do not 
give the grass a chance. 
My supply of garden seed for the sea¬ 
son is now on hand. I have found it wise 
to lay them in while the stocks of the 
seedsmen are full, for late orders will 
often fail to he filled with seed that for 
the season are scarce, and there are usu¬ 
ally some things that are not in full sup¬ 
ply. Early ordering also aids us by giv¬ 
ing time to test the vitality of any seed 
that needs to he fresh, like onion seed, for 
instance. 
As soon as the soil can be had iu good 
condition for work I get in the extra early 
pens of the Alaska type, usually here 
early in February. A little later would 
probably be as well, blit I get them out of 
the way. But the later and finer peas sel¬ 
dom go in before the last of February 
and iu early .March. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
Bos 13 
VICK’S and Floral GUIDE 
Field-grown Peas 
T was much interested in the greeu pea 
article on page 1874, and wish to know 
I if these growers of quantities used hushes, 
or what was used to keep the vines off 
the ground. e. c. 
Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
No supports are used. The early 
varieties being short, require no support. 
The late tall varieties are grown in rows 
3 ft. apart, and the plants support each 
other to some degree. A given area with 
supports will yield slightly more than au 
equaj area without, but with large areas 
of 15 and 20 acres, such as are grown in 
this section, supports are not practical. 
T. II. I’. 
“Billy’s only four years old,” said the 
indulgent mother, "hut he’s getting a verv 
expensive little hoy. He used to be good 
going to bed for a penny, hut now he ex¬ 
pects sixpeuce.”—I.oudou Morning Post. 
FERRY’S 
pure bred 
SEEDS 
■‘I 
\ 
PC 
-\m 
' -A. 1 ' 
vV] 
T 
.-A ? 
l\J 
vm 
% 
S' 
Give Mother Earth 
pure-bred seeds 
T HERE’S a big difference be¬ 
tween seeds that just grow and 
seeds that produce bountifully and 
true to type. You cannot always tell 
the difference until harvest time. Then, 
you have exchanged your money, 
time, labor for—what? 
This spring, profit by our sixty 
years’ experience in growing pure-bred 
seeds for successful professional and 
amateur gardeners. By “pure-bred 
seeds” we mean seeds that to our 
knowledge came from seed families 
which for many generations have pro¬ 
duced vegetables of fine flavor and 
tenderness or flowers of supreme color 
and vigor. 
Sixty-thousand tests a year are 
made to determine the vitality of 
Ferry’s Seeds. A great trial garden 
proves whether specimens from every 
crop can do more than grow; for here 
they must mature true to type. This 
is one of the ways we employ to take 
the guesswork out of gardening. 
V ou. have only one chance each sea¬ 
son. Mal^e the most of it. Start 
now by writing for Ferry’s Seed 
A nnual. It gives autho ritative advice, 
D. M. FERRY & CO. 
Detroit, Mich. 
(and Windsor, Ontario) 
Dealers everywhere sell 
Ferry’s pure-bred seeds. 
:p 
v 
te 
'STuwfi 
i - - * t o *. •» v w*2 
i 
Mr 
