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Parsnip 
CULTURE —Sow as early in the spring as the weather will permit, in drills 
15 inches apart, covering half an inch deep. When well up, thin out to 5 or 6 
inches apart in the rows. Unlike carrots, they are improved by frost, and it is 
usual to take up in the fall a certain quantity for winter use, leaving the balance 
in the ground till spring, to be dug as required. 
1 ounce for 200 feet of drill; 5 to 6 pounds in drills for an acre 
GUERNSEY —Our stock of this variety is not quite so long as Hollow 
Crowned, but of greater diameter; clean skinned, with fine grooved neck. 
HOLLOW CROWNED—LARGE SUGAR —Better known and more gener¬ 
ally grown than any other sort; roots smooth, usually 15 inches long by 3 
inches in diameter at the top; tender and sugary. 
Garden Peas 
Rice’s Pedigreed Stocks 
We pride ourselves on the quality of our seed Peas. We are one of the 
largest and oldest American growers of these seeds. The care devoted to 
developing, raising and testing our stocks insures that they are unsurpassed 
either in America or Europe. Our crops during the past adverse growing seasons 
have amply proved the quality of our stocks. 
CULTURE —Early varieties of peas are best grown in a light, rich soil, but 
for general crop a rich loam or clay loam is best. Peas respond especially well 
to a very fertile soil and it is advised that one use a liberal amount of a com¬ 
plete fertilizer, rich in phosphorus, before sowing the seed. When grown as a 
market crop peas are seldom staked. For the home garden it is a general 
practice to sow in double rows, staking the tall varieties with brush. For an 
early crop sow as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring and make 
repeated sowings every two weeks for succession. 
1 quart for 75 feet of drill; 2 to 3 bushels in drills for an acre. 
Wrinkled Peas are marked *, averaging 56 lbs. per measured bushel , being 
bagged 112 lbs. net, unless otherwise ordered. 
Smooth Peas average 60 lbs. per measured bushel, being bagged 120 lbs. net, 
unless otherwise ordered. 
We shall be pleased to quote special prices for future contract orders on request. 
Extra Early and Early Dwarf Varieties 
^AMERICAN WONDER, BLISS (59 days)—Standard, well-known extra 
early dwarf sort. Height U/i ft- 
