32 
KENDALL tj WHITNEY, PORTLAND, MAINE 
Peas for Canning and Table 
Two pounds will plant 75 to 100 feet of drill; from 84 to 112 pounds to the acre. 
Peas, for an early crop, should be sown as soon as the 
ground is in working condition. The soil for their re' 
ception should be light, dry and well sheltered. Mild 
manure has a beneficial effect, but for many of the va' 
rieties the soil cannot be too rich. For general crops the 
ground should be welbmanured the previous year, 
which causes them to yield more abundantly. When 
grown as a market crop, peas are never staked, and are 
grown in single rows, two or three inches deep, and 
from 2 to 3 feet apart, according to the variety or 
strength of the soil. When grown in small quantities 
for private use, they are generally sown in double rows, 
six or eight inches apart and the tall varieties staked up 
by brush. 
Variety. 
Height 
of 
Vine. 
Length 
of 
Pod. 
Days to 
First 
Pick’g. 
Color of Vine 
Shape of Pod. 
Quah 
ity. 
Price. 
Extra Early 
Inches 
Inches 
1 lb. 2 lbs. 
14 lbs. 
Blue Bantam . 
20 
4l/ 2 
77 
Med. dark green 
Pointed 
Fine 
$0.30 $0.50 
$3.00 
Early Eight Weeks . . 
14 
3 
55 
Dark green 
Blunt 
Good 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Early Morn. 
36 
4 
73 
Med. light green 
Med. pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Gradus. 
36 
4 
73 
Med. light green 
Med. pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Laxtonian . 
19 
4/ 2 
76 
Med. dark green 
Med. pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Laxton’s Progress . . . 
18 
4 
72 
Med. dark green 
Pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Little Marvel . 
18 
31/ 
76 
Med. dark green 
Blunt 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Nott’s Excelsior . . . . . 
15 
3 
72 
Med. light green 
Blunt 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Peter Pan . 
18 
4 
76 
Med. dark green 
Pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Sutton’s Excelsior . . . 
18 
4 
78 
Med. dark green 
Blunt 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Sutton’s Pioneer . . . . . 
16 
4 
76 
Dark green 
Pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Thomas Laxton. 
32 
334 
73 
Med. light green 
Blunt 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
World’s Record . 
36 
4 
69 
Med. light green 
Med. pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Second Early 
Bliss’ Everbearing . . . 
36 
3 
80 
Light green 
Blunt 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Dwarf Telephone . . . 
30 
434 
79 
Med. light green 
Med. pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
General and 
Late Crop 
Admiral Dewey. 
60 
434 
87 
Dark Green 
Pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Carter’s Telephone 
Fine 
(Imp. dark pod). . 
63 
4/2 
83 
Dark green 
Pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Carter’s Quite Content 
48 
4/2 
83 
Dai k green 
Pointed 
Fine 
.30 .50 
3.00 
Mammoth Sugar 
(Edible pods) . . . . 
48 
4 
95 
Med. green 
Med. pointed 
.35 .60 
Field Varieties 
15 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
Black-Eyed Marrowfat 
48 
3*/2 
98 
Light green 
Blunt 
Fine 
$2.40 
$9.00 
White Canada . 
48 
3 
95 
Light green 
Blunt 
Poor 
1.25 
5.00 
White Marrowfat . . . 
48 
Wz 
98 
Light green 
Blunt 
Fine 
2.40 
9.00 
