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frost, and it is usual to take up in the fall a certain quantity for winter 
the ground until spring, to be dug up as required. 
Long Smooth, or Hollow Crown, best for general use. 
The Student, a fine flavored variety. 
Early Round, an early variety, but of small size.. 
use, leaving the rest in 
Pkt. Oz. 
.05 .10 3 -oo 
.05 .10 *6° 
.05 .10 *6° 
BRECK’S EXCELSIOR PEA. [See Nwellies.) 
PEAS. 
German, Erbse. —French, Pois. —Spanish, Chicaros. 
The planting for an early crop of garden peas should be made in the spring, as soon 
as the ground can be worked, in a warm, dry situation, and covered about three inches. The 
ground must be manured the year previous, or the peas will be apt to grow too much to straw. 
Use thoroughly decomposed manure, if any, just before planting. The height to which all peas 
grow depends in a great measure upon the richness of the soil and the wetness of the season. 
They are usually planted in double rows from three to four feet apart, and those requiring it, 
bushed when about six inches high. The large and later sorts do better at a greater distance 
apart, leaving a broad space for planting low-growing vegetables between. They should be kept 
clean and earthed up twice in their growth. As soon as the peas arc gathered the straw must be 
pulled and removed. In dry weather the peas should be soaked five or six hours before planting, 
and if the ground is very dry they should be watered in the drills. From one to two bushels are 
generally required to an acre; one quart of the smaller sorts will sow about 120 feet, and of the 
larger sorts about 200 feet of drill. 
Pt. Qt. Pk. Bu. 
Caractacus, (extra early) a very early productive pea, of good flavor; 
one of the best early round kinds.15 .30 $1.50 $5.00 
Carter’s First Crop, an English variety; very early, productive, good 
flavor ; grows 2j^ feet high, the haulm being literally covered with 
pods.. . 1.15 .30 1.50 5.00 
