Be Sure You Plant Enough Garden Peas to Can 

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Two pounds will plant 100 feet of drill, le Me 
84 pounds one acre. eeu TO Ne 

For first early crop, sow Improved East Hartford Extra 
Early as soon as the ground can be worked in spring. Select 
a rich, light, sandy soil, dry and well sheltered. 
For the general crop, a deep, rich loam is best; the soil 
cannot be too rich for the dwarf varieties. Avoid using 
coarse, rank manure, as it drives the plants to vines with- 
out pods. 
For market crop, sow in rows 2 to 4 feet apart, according 
to the variety. In the kitchen garden, sow the tall varieties 
in double rows 6 to 8 inches apart, and stick brush fi:mly 
between the rows when the vines are about 6 inches high. 
Sow the dwarf varieties in single rows a foot apart; cover 
2 to 4 inches, according to the character of the soil and the 
time of planting, deepest on light soils and in late planting. 
Deep planting prevents mildew and prolongs the bearing 
season, yet in cold, heavy soils the seed is liable to rot if 
planted deep. If drills are made 5 inches deep and the seed 
covered only 1 or 2 inches, the earth can be gradually 
drawn into the trench as the plants grow; in this way a 
good stand can be had at a good depth. The wrinkled 
varieties are not so hardy as the hard, smooth sorts, and 
cannot be planted so early; they are, however, the sweetest 
and best flavored. 

A succession may be had by sowing two weeks after the 
first early, the early, medium early, medium late, and late 
varieties at one time, so that they will follow for use one 
after the other. 
One pound equals heaping pint: 
two pounds equal heaping quart. 

ALL VARIETIES, 15c PER PKT. 
USE NOD-O-GEN 
BACTERIA 
INOCULATION 
FOR A LARGER 
YIELD OF PEAS. 
See page 46. : ! 
Laxtonian (Hundredfold) 


EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES DWARF VARIETIES 
Hawley’s Improved East Hartford Extra Sutton’s Excelsior. Earliness and habit 
Early. The very earliest market Pea of growth same as Nott’s Excelsior, 
in cultivation; of good quality and with the added merit of producing 
great productiveness, vines growing abundantly much larger and hand- 
to a uniform height of 214 feet and somer pods than any other dwarf 
Peas maturing in two pickings; the early, wrinkled sort. Peas large, ten- 
very best variety for early market der and delicious. Height, 12 inches. 
cultivation. Lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 714 Lb., 30cs 2 Ibs., 55c; -7 Ibs., $1.50; 
Dey $1.50; 15 Ibs., $2.25; 60 Ibs., 14 lbs., $2.25; 56 Ibs., $9.00. 
8.40. 
i ‘ ‘ Laxton’s Progress. One of the best new 
Gradus. World's Record Strain. The dwarf wrinkled varieties. Its fine 
vines grow 3 feet in height, with quality and production cannot be 
heavy stems and large, light green excelled, growing 14 inches high with 
leaves. Hardy, productive pods 4 to large well-filled pods. Lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 
4ly inches long, filled with tender 55c; 7 lbs., $1.50; 14 lbs., $2.25; 56 
Peas, rich in flavor, with all the good lbs., $9.00. 
qualities of the later marrow sorts , 
yet only a few days later than the Laxtonian (Hundredfold). This variety 
East Hartford. Lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c; is best described as a dwarf Gradus. 
7 Ibs., $1.50; 14 Ibs., $2.25; 56 lbs., The vines grow about 14 inches high, 
$9.00. bearing a profusion of dark green 
pods, with eight or nine large peas 
in each, of a quality equal to the 
Gradus, and in season fully as early. 
Alaska. A blue Pea of excellent qual- 
ity. The earliest of all the blue sorts. 


A desirable early Pea for market gar- i < a 
deners, growing from 2 to 21% feet Pouca nea ce sect a a $1.50; 
and very productive. Lb., 30c; 2 lbs., See aee he Ser s-UUs 
50c; 714 lbs., $1.50; 15 Ibs., $2.25; 
60 lbs., $8.40. Have a succession of Peas 
; Thomas Laxton. Excepting color of fo- throughout the entire season by 
Gradus liage and pods, in growth this is planting every two weeks up to 
identical with the Gradus, two or May 25th. ; 
is three days later, but much more pro- Peas planted August Ist will sup- 
ductive. Lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c; 7 Ibs., ply delicious peas before frost. 
$1.50; 14 lbs., $2.25; 56 lbs., $9.00. is ane Le aia NPR oe Saami 

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