OF ONE ACRE. 
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PEPPERS. 
The seed should be sown about the middle of 
March, in the hotbed, if wanted for summer use, 
and as soon as the nights are warm they should be 
planted out. They can be sown in the open ground 
if the fruit is not wanted for use before fall. As 
they are used in preparing various kinds of pickles, 
etc., it would probably be the better plan to plant 
some at both times. When about six inches high, 
they should be transplanted to the rows where they 
are to fruit, and should be set about two feet apart in 
the row. Where room is scarce, I usually set two 
pepper plants between each hill of cantaloupes, as 
they grow well above the vines and are not at all in 
the way, while having the ground shaded from the 
hot sun by the vines of the melons, the surface being 
kept cool and moist by their broad leaves, is of great 
advantage to the peppers. In choosing varieties, 
while also very productive, it excels other varieties in its peculiarly rich, 
sugary flavor. Both varieties grow two and a half feet high, but will well 
repay brushing, and both are main-crop peas,—Burpee’s Quantity being 
ready for the table in about two months, and Burpee’s Quality in seven 
weeks from planting. 
Probably no one in America is better posted as to the relative value in the 
garden of the different peas than Mr. William Falconer, Glen Cove, N. Y., 
the well-known writer on garden topics. A few peas of Burpee’s Quantity 
(then known as No. 75) were sent to Mr. Falconer for trial. On Oct. 28th, 
1887, he writes, “The pea, No. 75, I had from you this year has given me 
much satisfaction; indeed, so well pleased am I with it that I wish to grow 
it next year as a main crop. ; Season medium to late, grows two and a 
half feet, and in the way of Abundance ; peas large, closely packed together 
in tight pods, and, when cooked, of capital quality. Without any exception f 
the heaviest cropper among all my peas this year ”— Ed. 
