PEAS 
Early peas need a light, warm soil; but gen- 
eral crop thrives best in moderately heavy soil. 
(Avoid fresh manure and very rich or wet, mucky 
soil.) Plant with the first spring flowers, as Peas 
are not satisfactory when weather turns hot. 
Tall varieties must be staked. Most home gar- 
deners prefer dwarf varieties. Innoculation im- 
proves production. 
FIRST EARLY VARIETIES 
11 Ibs. to 100 ft., 90 to 180 Ibs. per acre 
Alaska. (55 days.) This variety is ex- 
tremely early. The round pods, 212 inches 
long, contain 5 to 8 pears which are ready 
for use in about 55 days. The peas are 
small, round, and tender. The vines are 
2% to 3 feet tall. 
Gradus. (55 to 62 days.) A very popular 
second early, large podded variety for 
home use and market. Vines 36 inches 
tall, medium green, stocky. Pods single, 
broad, plump, pointed, medium green; 
contain 8 to 10 large, delicious peas. (Fz.) 
Laxton’s Progress. (60 days.) A little 
earlier than other dwarf large podded 
peas, this variety is generally considered 
the best of its class. The blue green pods 
are often more than 4 inches long and 
contain 8 dark green peas of finest qual- 
ity. The seeds are large, wrinkled green 
and cream. (Fz.) 
Little Marvel. (64 days.) Outstanding 
among dwarf peas for the exceptional 
quality and yield. Valuable for home gar- 
den and early market. Vines dark green, 
18 inches tall, stocky. Pods single and 
double, dark green, blunt, plump, well 
filled with 7 to 8 tender peas. 
Thomas Laxton. (62 days.) Excellent all- 
purpose variety. Plant deep green and 
medium heavy. The single, deep green 
plump pods contain 7-8 large, tender peas 
of high quality. Seeds of medium size, 
cream and green. 
PEAS, GRADUS 
MAIN CROP 
Mature to pick in about 75 days 
Tall Telephone or Alderman. A _ hand- 
some, large podded variety. Unexcelled 
for home gardens, for local market and 
for shipping. Bears immense crops. Wilt 
resistant. Pods single, very broad, plump, 
straight, dark green, pointed, contain 8 
to 10 peas of highest quality. (Fz.) 
Dwarf Telephone. Only about 2 feet tall, 
otherwise like Alderman. The pods are 
well filled with peas of the same good 
quality. An excellent variety to follow 
the early peas. Seeds large, green, 
wrinkled. 
FERTILIZING THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 
If you are growing all the vegetables that 
space permits in your food garden, you must 
provide FERTILIZATION and IRRIGATION 
to fit the extra demands of your intensive 
planting. Either a cover crop or winter 
dressing of manure to be spaded in when 
the ground is prepared, or good commercial 
fertilizer broadcast over the ground (6 lbs. 
to 300 sq. ft.) before spading, gives foun- 
dation for your plants’ food. This can be 
supplemented throughout the season with 
liquid fertilizer or side dressing. In sowing 
peas, etc., make trench deeper than you 
sow them, put in fertilizer (1 to 1¥ Ibs. 
per 100 feet); cover with soil before sow- 
ing. Either liquid or commercial fertilizer 
may be applied, during growing season, 
along the rows, 12 to 2 inches away from 
plants, at 10 day to two weeks intervals 
PEPPER 
V4 oz. to 100 ft., 1 to 2 Ibs. per acre 
Culture, soil and temperature requirements 
are about the same as for eggplant. A mod- 
erate dressing of guano, poultry manure, or 
complete commercial fertilizer, hoed into the 
soil after the plants are 6 to 8 inches tall, will 
be very beneficial. 
California Wonder. Thickness of flesh 
alone, which is often % of an inch, places 
this sweet pepper above all others. It is 
crisp and juicy, too, without a trace of 
pungency. Vigorous growing plants bear 
a heavy yield of blocky fruits as much as 
5 inches long and 4 inches wide. 
Long Red Cayenne. This well known, 
medium early pepper is especially good 
for drying purposes. The fruit is 4 inches 
long and 1 inch thick, twisted and 
pointed. It is deep green when young 
and bright red when ripe. The flesh is 
strong and pungent. 
Perfection Pimento. A splendid canning 
variety, adapted to home and market gar- 
den culture. Plants large, erect, prolific. 
Fruits heart shaped, very smooth; flesh 
exceptionally thick, sweet and mild. 
PEPPER, CALIFORNIA WONDER 
Concern over acidity of garden soil has 
been to the fore in recent years. Practically 
all garden vegetables will thrive in soil only 
slightly on the acid side. Unless your soil 
is markedly acid or alkaline it needs no 
special correction, and ordinary good fer- 
tilizing practice will take care of it. Starter 
solutions for transplanted items, such as 
tomatoes, are good. Mixed fertilizers (1 Ib. 
to 10 gals. of water) or commercial booster 
solutions work nicely and may be continued 
at intervals, as liquid fertilizers through the 
season. For single plants, a ring of fertilizer 
around each will take care of requirements. 
Organic material should be worked into 
the vegetable garden each season to keep 
the soil texture and friability, and balance 
the effect of chemical fertilizer used. 
PRICE LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ON PAGE 25 
PUMPKIN 
4 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre 
Pumpkins are typically American, and 
pumpkin pie is one of our truly American 
dishes. 
Pumpkins are less sensitive to unfavorable 
conditions of soil and weather than melons or 
cucumbers, but they are cultivated in about 
the same way. 
Kentucky Field or Dickenson. Fruits 
very large, flattened, furrowed. Skin 
creamy buff; flesh extremely thick, deep 
salmon-yellow and of good quality. De- 
pendably early and heavily productive. 
Good for canning. Squash bug resistant. 
Large Yellow or Connecticut Field. This 
sort is grown largely in the corn field for 
stock, but the flesh is moderately fine 
grained, highly flavored, and very good 
for pies. The fruits weigh about 20 
pounds and are a deep orange yellow. 
Sugar or New England Pie. The earliest 
and best variety for pies. Fruits com- 
monly 6 inches long and 8 to 9 inches in 
diameter; flattened, furrowed. Skin 
smooth, of a rich, reddish-orange color; 
rind hard. Flesh thick and orange-yellow. 
Winter Luxury. The fruit of this variety 
matures in 75 to 80 days, weighs 8% 
pounds, and is nearly round. The skin is 
light yellow with a russet tinge and 
finely netted; the flesh is rich creamy yel- 
low, thick, sweet, and finely flavored. 
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