PARSNIP 
Improved Hollow Crown —The most 
popular variety of bright, smooth, white pars- 
nip. Roots are 10’’-12"’ long, 244''-3’’ at the 
shoulder, hollow-crowned and uniformly ta- 
pered, carrying good thickness from crown to 
tip. 
Parsnip Culture 
One-half ‘ounce of seed plants 100’ of row 
— 4 to 6 lbs. per acre. Sow seed in early spring 
¥%"’ deep in rows 15’’ to 18”” apart. Thin seed- 
lings to stand 4”’ apart in row. Seed is very slow 
to germinate. 
Soil should be well prepared and not over- 
balanced with nitrogen or the plants will tend 
to grow large tops but small roots. 
Hundredfold — Pods dark green, and well 
filled with large peas of high sugar content. 
Due to habit of bearing pods double, this strain 
of the variety is especially productive. 
Gilbo — An early strain in the Stride group 
with open type dwarf vines somewhat re- 
sistant to aphis attack. The pods are dark 
green, slightly curved with eight or nine large 
dark green peas. Resistant to fusarium wilt. 
Stride 40 —A popular strain of the Stride 
group, maturing in the same season as Alder- 
man. Vines are dwarf, dark green, and open, 
somewhat resistant to aphis, with dark green, 
slightly curved pods containing 8 to 9 large 
dark green peas. Resistant to fusarium wilt. 
Alderman (Dark Telephone) — The best 
of all tall, late peas for home and market gar- 

hr) Peas may all look alike in the same pod — but the pods of different varieties 
definitely do not 
(1) World Record, (2) Thomas Laxton, (3) Little 
Marvel, (4) Laxton’s Progress, (5) Hundredfold, (6) Gilbo, (7) Stride 40, (8) 
PEAS 
WRINKLED 
World Record — A good pea for the first 
early market and for the home garden. Vines 
are semi-dwarf. Pods average about 344"’ long, 
are medium green, broad and well filled with 
peas of good size and color and of good quality 
for the season. 
Thomas Laxton —A_ second-early semi- 
dwarf pea of very highest eating quality, being 
tender and sweet when at proper stage of ma- 
turity. It is the premier home-garden variety 
and is being extensively used for quick freezing. 
The vines are light green, and productive. 
While support is not essential it makes harvest- 
ing in the home garden much easier. The pods 
are large, straight, square-ended and tightly 
filled with from 7 to 9 peas. 
Little Marvel — A dwarf pea of exceptional 
quality for the home garden. Pods are dark 
green, tightly filled and borne in doubles, there- 
fore very prolific. This variety shells out a high 
proportion of peas per unit weight of pods. 
Laxton’s Progress — The largest-podded 
and most attractive pea of the Laxton group. 
Vines and pods dark green, peas are large and 
of high sugar content. Vines short. 
Alderman. 
dens. Pods are plump to round, dark green and 
well filled. The plant branches and bears pro- 
fusely over a long, late picking season. The 
vines must be well supported with tall brush 
or wire. Wider row spacing is more necessary 
than for varieties with shorter vines. Resistant 
to fusarium wilt. 
Edible Pod — These peas are not shelled 
before eating but are cooked and eaten, pods 
and all. For best quality this must be done 
shortly after the peas begin to form inside the 
pod. After the peas are fully developed the 
pods become papery and tough. When pods are 
kept picked at this early stage these varieties 
will yield large quantities of delicious pods 
over a long picking season. Both are resistant 
to fusarium wilt. 
Dwarf White Sugar (Lancaster County 
Penna. Strain) — The pods of this white blos- 
somed variety reach edible maturity at a very 
early age — about 50 days. The vines are about 
30”’ tall producing prolifically the 2 to 214” 
long edible pods. 
Mammoth Melting Sugar — These 4” pods 
are not ready for eating until about 75 days 
after planting, when they are broad, occa- 
sionally twisted, brittle, succulent, free from 
parchment and of high sugar content. Vines 
grow 60” tall and should be supported. 
Pea Culture 
Sow one pound of seed per 100’ of row — 
90 to 150 lbs. per acre — on fertile well-drained 
soil as early in the spring as soil can be worked. 
Place seeds 1’ apart and cover with 1 to 2” of 
soil. Single rows should be about 3’ apart. 
Some prefer planting twin rows 8 to 12” apart 
with 40” or more between pairs. Brush or wire 
can be put between the rows of each pair for 
support. 
Thorough seedbed preparation, high fertil- 
ity, early planting and weed control are essen- 
tial for a good crop of peas. Fertilizer must not 
come in direct contact with the seed. Tall grow- 
ing varieties must be supported by brush or 
wire and such supports makes harvesting of 
all varieties easier. 
PEPPERS 
SWEET 
Early Giant — A sweet pepper of the bullnose 
type for home and market gardens. Plants are 
dwarf, upright and very productive. Fruits 
4¥4%4"" long and 314” in diameter, are gently 
tapered, 3-lobed, of mild flavor, and deep green 
changing to bright red at maturity. 
Italian Sweet — Earlier than some strains of 
Early Giant. Plants are medium green with 
medium size leaves. Fruits are conical, nearly 
straight, 5’’ to 6’ long, 244’’ wide at the 
shoulder with the stem insertion nearly flat, 
and borne pendant. Fruits are dark green, 
maturing to a deep red with a slightly rough- 
ened skin which is not glossy. The flesh is 
medium thick. Flavor is sweet and mild, better 
than other peppers of similar wall thickness. 
This variety sets fruit heavily under conditions 
causing vegetative growth in other varieties. 
This variety should find a place in every 
home garden because of its quality, but it may 
not meet with favor in some markets because 
of its long tapering shape. 
Waltham Beauty — Developed by the Wal- 
tham Field Station as an early, heavy-walled, 
highly productive pepper of the stuffing type. 
Plants short, narrow-leaved. Fruits borne 
erect, 5’’ long by 4”’ broad, medium smooth, 
bullnosed but gradually tapering to an obtuse 
point and bright red at maturity. 
W orld Beater — A late variety popular with 
market gardeners and shippers. Fruits are 5/’ 
long, 344’’ in diameter, are 4-lobed, thick- 
fleshed, mild and sweet, glossy green, changing 
to bright red at maturity. 
California Wonder — An outstanding late 
variety used principally for market and ship- 
ping. Fruits are 41%4”’ long and 4” in diameter, 
4-lobed, chunky, smooth and deep green 
changing to bright crimson at maturity. The 
flesh 1s exceptionally thick. 
HOT 
Long Red Cayenne — An early hot variety, 
used largely for pickles, canning and drying. 
Plants are large and productive. Fruits 5’’ long, 
34"’ in diameter, tapering, frequently twisted, 
deep green changing to brilliant red at maturity 
and very pungent. 
Pepper Culture 
One ounce of seed produces about 2000 
