D Landreth Seed Company D. Landreth Seed Company : [catalog] DLandrethSeedCo00LandA Year: 19uu SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED D/i/,a WE DO NOT PAY ICUO POSTAGE ON PEAS Six Pounds of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Ninety to One Hundred and Fifty Pounds to the Acre. Peas are among the first seeds that may be sown at close of Winter, frequently being planted before sharp frosts are fully over. The drilling of Peas may be safely commenced when the Peach is m bloom or as soon as the land can be plowed, and continued at intervals up to withm sixty days of frost tor the early kinds, or seventy days for the interm
D Landreth Seed Company D. Landreth Seed Company : [catalog] DLandrethSeedCo00LandA Year: 19uu SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED D/i/,a WE DO NOT PAY ICUO POSTAGE ON PEAS Six Pounds of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Ninety to One Hundred and Fifty Pounds to the Acre. Peas are among the first seeds that may be sown at close of Winter, frequently being planted before sharp frosts are fully over. The drilling of Peas may be safely commenced when the Peach is m bloom or as soon as the land can be plowed, and continued at intervals up to withm sixty days of frost tor the early kinds, or seventy days for the intermediate varieties, or eighty days for the later sorts. Late-sown Peas are never as productive as those sown in the Spring, and often are found to be subject to mndew. Landreths' Extra Early will be found to be the best for August and September sowings, because ot tte earlv ripening habit and its ability to resist mildew. The dwarf varieties may be drilled at 2 feet it culti- vated by horse power, or 15 inches if to be hoed by hand. The varieties of medium length should be drilled not closer than 3 feet, and the tall-growing sorts at 5 feet apart. The number of Peas m a row may vary from 10 to the foot, in the case of the very dwarf kinds, to 8 to the foot of the medium tall varieties, and 6 to the foot of the very tall kinds. Yield of green pods 100 to 300 bushels per acre. Alaska or Earliest of All, 49 days.—Green-seeded Extra Early. 24 inches. One oi the best. Equal to White Extra Early, that is saying a great deal. 10 Lbs., $ Lb., 30 Lb., 20 Ameer, 50 days.—Somewhat resembling the Gradus; not so large in pod, but quite near it, and more prolific. A very desirable variety for the Market Gardener. 24 inches high. 10 Lbs., $ Lb., 35 f 25 American Wonder, 52 days.—Vine 8 to 10 inches high and very prolific in pods of striking form and size. In maturity it is among the first earlies. 10 Lbs., $ Lb., 40 § Lb., 25 Daisy or Dwarf Telephone, 55 days.—So named
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