
Parsnips, Hollow Crown 
Parsnip 
e HOLLOW CROWN (Guernsey) 
Uses: One of the most popular varieties. 
Hardy and vigorous. 
Roots: About 12 inches long, approximately 3 
inches in diameter at the shoulder, tap- 
ered to a point, smooth hollow crowned. 
White flesh of fine texture. 
Peas 
CULTURE: Sow in early spring in rows 2 to 3 feet 
apart and 1 to 2 inches deep. Smooth varieties may 
be planted earlier than the wrinkled. Home-garden 
varieties may be sown in double rows 12 inches 
apart. One pound will plant 100-foot row; 2 bushel 
per acre. A bushel of smooth peas weighs 60 pounds 
and wrinkled peas 56 pounds. 
@ ALASKA (Wilt Resistant) 
(Days to Maturity, 54) 
Uses: Widely used for canning, also for market 
and home garden. 
VinEs: 26 inches tall, slender, light green. 
Pops: 234 inches long, smooth, blunt, light 
green. 
SEED: Smooth, light green. Dry seed is bluish 
grey-green. 
Smmitark VARretres: Alaska, Earliest of All, 
Long-Pod Alaska, Wis- 
consin No, 19, Maryland 
Alaska. 
e BLUE BANTAM 
(Susceptible to Wilt) 
(Days to Maturity, 64) 
Uses: Shipping and home and market gardens. 
Vines: 16 to 18 inches tall, medium green and 
sturdy. 
Pops: 4 to 41% inches long, medium dark green 
pointed, slightly curved. 
Seep: Large, green and wrinkled. 
SmaLar VARIETIES: Laxtonian, Laxton’s Pro- 
gress, Peter Pan, Morse 
Market, Pioneer. 
Richmond, Virginia 
e LAXTON’S PROGRESS 
(Susceptible to Wilt) 
(Days to Maturity, 64) 
Uses: Market and home gardens. Also satis- 
factory for freezing. 
Vines: 15 inches tall, dark green and sturdy. 
Pops: 4 to 4% inches long, dark green, pointed, 
borne singly. 
SEED: Large, creamy green, wrinkled. 
SmaLar VARIETIES: Hundredfold, Laxtonian, 
Morse Market, Peter Pan, 
Pioneer, Blue Bantam. 
@ LAXTONIAN 
(Days to Maturity, 66) 
Uses: Early market and home garden. Good 
freezing qualities. 
VinEs: 18 inches tall, light green and sturdy. 
Pops: 4 to 4% inches long, medium green, 
pointed and slightly curved. 
SEED: Large, creamy green, wrinkled. 
Smauar VARIETIES: Hundredfold and Blue 
Bantam. 
Peas, Laxtonian 

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