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HAND-PICKED PEAS.— Earliest Varieties. 
FIRST EARLY PEAS. 
The Cultiuation of Peas.— Early round Peas may be sown out of doors any time from November onwards, but the Spring is generally the season when the largest 
quantities ol Second Early and Main Crop Marrow Peas are put in, extending to June for the latest crops. They thrive best in ground that has been deeply 
trenched and manured for a previous crop ; the seeds should be planted from to 3 inches deep, in either single or double rows, and the taller varieties must 
be staked when they are from 4 to 6 inches high ; the tallest kinds should not be less than 6 feet apart in rows, and the dwarfest varieties half this distance. Peas 
will stand a good deal of drought if the roots find their way into some nice rich soil. (For full particulars see Carters’ Practical Gardener, price is., 
enclosed with goods, or is. pd. post free.) 
Carters’ “Re-selected Lightning.” 
Carters’ Lightning is the Earliest White Round Pea.— This 
opinion is continued by the testimony sent us from time to time by some of the best 
growers in the country. It is particularly level and neat in habit of growth ; it is also 
more robust in the haulm than any other Early Round Pea, and a prodigious cropper, 
the pods being long for Peas of this character, usually hanging in pairs, and well filled 
—distinct both in outline and seed—height about feet. A great favourite with 
market gardeners in the Southern Counties, who plant it before Christmas to give their 
first pickings in the Spring. It is also very useful in gardens where the soil is cold 
and heavy. With a view of obtaining a stock from the earliest and most robust plants, 
we have for several years gathered seed from such selected plants only in our annual 
crops as have given evidence of their forwardness in reaching maturity. Our stock 
is very limited. 
Per quart. 
s d. 
In sealed packets . per pint, 2s. feet 3 6 
Carters’ Springtide. 
A first early Marrow Pea.— We were certain this fine I’ea would 
please all who grew it. It combines the hardiness and forward character of the 
round early sorts with the habit and best points of the marrowfat class. 
“This Pea I consider quite in the front rank. It is very early—we gathered 
on June 15th. The pods are well filled, and the Peas are of most excellent flavour. 
Very prolific bearer, about 2 ft. 6 in. high. One of the very best Peas for early 
work I have ever grown.”—W. A. C. 
“ I sowed Carters’ Springtide Pea at the end of February, and gathered the 
third week in June. I consider this quick work in this district after an unfavourable 
Spring.”—J. C. in The Garden. 
In sealed packets, price 2s. per pint, 3s. 6d. per quart. 
Carters’ Forcing Pea will be found one of the most valuable Peas for under-glass culture Its stocky growth is rarely more than one foot 
in height. The fine pods are numerously borne, and contain from six to eight large peas, possessing the true marrowfat flavour when cooked. This Pea will commend itself 
not only to professional gardeners who are required to produce Peas nearly the year round, but also toamateurs having a greenhouse or vinery doing practically nothing through 
the winter months, and who can, with this sturdy Pea, raise supplies for their table very early in the year. 
In sealed packets, price 2s. per pint, 3s. 6d. per quart. 
“The best forcing Pea I know; 
the flavour of the best marrowfats.”—H. W. 
dwarf habit, immense cropper, 
“It forces well, and turns in quickly; good cropper, excellent 
flavour.”—Mr. J. II. McII. 
CARTERS’, 237. 238. & 97. HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.—1900. 
