OF ONE ACRE. 
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will better withstand the hot weather. For the very 
earliest planting the seed should only be covered 
about an inch deep, and more soil can be drawn 
around them when well started. The successive 
plantings of peas should be kept up until the middle 
of June; those planted later than this will mildew, 
and not fill out the pods, unless in a cool and shady 
situation. The plantings should be resumed about 
the first week in August, and three successive plant¬ 
ings, about ten days apart, should be made. The 
vines and pods of these peas will most likely mildew, 
but the peas that you will get in the cool days of the 
fall will be the finest in quality, of the whole season. 
In selecting the sorts to plant, the wrinkled varieties 
will be found of better quality than the smooth kinds, 
the latter requiring to be picked while quite young, 
as they become hard, while the wrinkled ones remain 
longer in good condition. 
VARIETIES OF PEAS. 
Burpee’s Extra Early.— This is a remarkably 
early selection of the well-known Philadelphia Early. 
It is the first variety to ripen, ripens nearly all its 
BURPEE’S EXTRA EARLY PEA. 
pods at one time, and is very sweet and tender when 
cooked; the vines grow about two feet in height, but 
can easily be supported by driving stakes every few 
