. The beginner's garden book; a textbook for the upper grammar grades. Gardening. 354 PLANTING LIST. Fig. 195. — Large pods and full. inches. As the plants grow, fill in tion until the ground is level. With such deep roots the plants should not lack moisture. If they do, mildew will result, against which there is very little help. On rich soil the plants will mostly make leaves and stalks, and will give few peas. If peas are sown suffer from lack of moisture, and their whole culture is based on this fact. The round-seeded peas should be sowed first; south of New York they may even be sowed in
. The beginner's garden book; a textbook for the upper grammar grades. Gardening. 354 PLANTING LIST. Fig. 195. — Large pods and full. inches. As the plants grow, fill in tion until the ground is level. With such deep roots the plants should not lack moisture. If they do, mildew will result, against which there is very little help. On rich soil the plants will mostly make leaves and stalks, and will give few peas. If peas are sown suffer from lack of moisture, and their whole culture is based on this fact. The round-seeded peas should be sowed first; south of New York they may even be sowed in the fall (November) for spring sprouting. Aft er them in spring the wrinkled sorts are sown, the dwarfs first, and taller kinds next, at in- tervals of about a week, until early June. Begin again in August to sow the dwarfs for a fall crop. In order that they may not suffer from drought, peas should be sown in trenches, six inches deep y cover them for a couple of the trenches with each cultiva- ' mBkSS ^^^^.^^2^^ ^vl ^JJjfif •^SbSSi^1 /A:^D| $7 ^xBP'B^t! 3Ei Fig. 196. — Dwarf psas need no Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original French, Allen, 1870-1946. New York, The Macmillan Co.
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