ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS 4 

ONIONS, Continued 
White Varieties 
Crystal Wax Bermuda—Sometimes called 
White Bermuda. Bulbs flat, medium- 
sized, clear white. 92 to 94 days. 
White Portugal or Silverskin—Excellent 
flat variety. Dependable cropper, excel- 
lent for sets, for green bunching, or as 
a pickler. 100 to 102 days. 
Red Varieties 
Red Wethersfield—Bulbs medium large, 
flat on the bottom, sloping top. Purplish 
red. Fine grained, firm flesh, white 
slightly flushed with pink. Strong 
flavor. 100 days. 
ONION SETS 
Onion sets used instead of seeds will 
produce earlier crops of green onions 
or large bulbs. Plant sets right side 
up and cover with garden rake; then 
firm the soil well over the sets. 
The quickest way to get onions early. 
We offer choice, select, dry sets, of the 
highest quality. (Prices on application.) 
ONION PLANTS 
Sturdy, hardy plants that come to you 
all ready to set out. Ask for prices. 
PARSLEY 
Does best in rich, mellow loam. Seed 
is slow to germinate, and is helped 
by soaking in warm water overnight 
before planting. Sow early and not 
too deeply. Space planis 6” apart. 
When curled varieties are about 3” 
tall, cut off leaves. The new growth 
will be brighter and curlier. 
Moss Curled or Triple Curled—Com- 
pact, dark green leaves, curled and fine- 
cut. 70 days. 
PARSNIP 
Needs rich, mellow soil for best 
growth. Must be planted as early as 
ground can be worked. Soil must be 
loose to a depth of 12” and cannot 
be heavy. Rows shoulld be 15” to 
18” apart. Cover seed ¥2” and press 
down soil. Thin out to 4” when 
plants have made a good start. Cold 
weather turns starches into sugar 
and improves flavor. Roots are hardy: 
leave in ground over winter if de- 
sired. 
Hollow Crown (fr)—The most generally 
grown kind. Roots 2¥% to 3-in, thick at 
shoulder. 12 to 14in. long, uniformly 
tapered, hollow crowned. 95 days. 
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PEAS 
Early peas need a light, warm soil; 
but general crop thrives best in mod- 
erately heavy soil. (Avoid fresh ma- 
nure and very rich or wet, mucky 
soil as this produces large growth of 
vine at the cost of quality of the 
peas.) Plant seed in rows at 2” depth. 
Peas, a comparison of shapes and sizes: 
(1) Laxtons Progress; (2) Little Marvel; 
(3) Alderman or Dark Podded Telephone; 
(4) Mammoth Melting Sugar. 

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Keep rows 21” to 28” apart for dwarf 
varieties and 28” to 42” for the taller 
types. Gather crop as fast as it is fit 
to use or new pods will cease to 
form and those partly advanced will 
cease growth. 
Plant variety Alaska as soon as 
ground can be dug. Plant wrinkled 
varieties (which have better flavor) 
when narcissus buds show color or 
when crocuses are in bloom, Peas 
are not satisfactory when weather 
turns hot. Tall varieties must be 
staked. Most home gardeners prefer 
dwarf varieties like Little Marvel. 
Peas want well-limed soil. Don't for- 
get, inoculation improves production. 
Early and Second Variety 
Alaska—Wilt resistant. Used for can- 
ning and early home garden. Blunt, 
straight, light-green, 3-in. pods. Plants 
32-in. 60 days. 
Hundredfold or Laxtonian—Exceptional- 
ly choice and prolific. Dark green, rather 
coarse vines, producing straight point- 
ed, well-filled 2¥2-in. pods. 62 days. 
Laxton’s Progress (fr)—Medium dark 
green vine, 16 to 18-in. Single pods 
almost an inch wide and 442 to 5-in. 
long, with 7 to 9 large peas. 62 days. 
Little Marvel (fr)—Outstanding, dwarf. 
Fine quality, large yield. Single and 
double, dark green, 3-in. pods—blunt, 
plump, well filled with 7 to 8 medium 
sized, light green tender peas. 62 days. 
Thomas Laxton (fr)—Medium height. 
Strong vine bears numerous dark green, 
blunt ended pods, 4 to 4¥%-in. Retains 
flavor and sweetness. One of earliest. 
57 days. 
Later Varieties 
Alderman or Dark-Podded Telephone 
(fr)—Large podded variety of the Tele- 
phone family. Excellent for home gar- 
dens, truckers, shipping to distant mar- 
kets and for freezing; resistant to 
Fusarium wilt. Vine dark green, coarse. 
Pods single, very broad, plump, straight, 
dark green, pointed; contains 8 to 10 
peas of highest quality. Seed large, 
wrinkled, light green. 74 days. 
Everbearing—Long season, wilt resist- 
ant marrowy peas. Pods plump, blunt, 
straight, 32-in. vine. 76 days. 

WHEN PLANTING PEAS REMEMBER .. . 
Since only the seed of garden peas are 
used, the food yield is small compared 
to the space they take. 
The first sowing of peas should be made 
early as possible, having in mind that the 
finer varieties, which have wrinkled seed, 
may decay if the soil remains cold and 
damp too long after they are sown. Smooth 
seeded peas will not decay so easily, but 
they are not of as high quality’ as the 
wrinkled kinds. 
When spring comes late and summer 
follows quickly, only one crop of peas is 
likely to be successful. In new gardens, 
or old ones where peas have not been 
grown before, the seed will grow better 
if inoculated with a bacterial culture 
which can be obtained for that purpose. 
Plant food should be applied at the rate 
of 4 pounds to 160 feet of row, either 
mixed well with the soil before sowing, or 
spread in trenches on either side of the 
row, a little deeper than the seed are 
sown. 
Where weather conditions are favorable 
to peas, it is possible to grow them in 
twin rows six inches apart; in the space 
between the rows the weeds are pulled, 
but the soil is not cultivated. In less fa- 
vorable sections however, single rows, 
regularly cultivated, will be found more 
dependable. 

