. A. W. Livingston's Sons seed annual : "true ;. Seeds Catalogs; Seed industry and trade Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Vegetables Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Fruit Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Flowers Ohio Columbus Catalogs. PEAS mature earlier in a light rich soil; for a Keueral crop, a rich, deep loam, or iiicliuing to flay, would be best. They tlirive better if the grround lias been manured for a pre- vious crop, but if the ground is poor and requires manur- ing, use well rotted manure; for the dwarf varieties you /â can hardly make the soil "too jj rich. WliVn grown fora mar- lc< t
. A. W. Livingston's Sons seed annual : "true ;. Seeds Catalogs; Seed industry and trade Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Vegetables Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Fruit Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Flowers Ohio Columbus Catalogs. PEAS mature earlier in a light rich soil; for a Keueral crop, a rich, deep loam, or iiicliuing to flay, would be best. They tlirive better if the grround lias been manured for a pre- vious crop, but if the ground is poor and requires manur- ing, use well rotted manure; for the dwarf varieties you /â can hardly make the soil "too jj rich. WliVn grown fora mar- lc< t crop they are never staked, I lilt are sown in single rows one inch apart and three , inches deep, the rows from llirce to four feet apart, ac- ; ((irding to variety or soil. When grown in gardens they g aresnwn in douljle rows, six g orciglit inches ajiart. the tall ones requiring brush, which is stuck in between the rows. Commence sowing early vari- eties as early as the ground can be worked in spring, and continue for a .succession every two weeks tip to June, discontinuing until the middle of Aug- ust, when a good crop can be secured by sowing tlie extra early and early sorts. They should be kept clean with tlie cultivator or hoe, and earthed up twice during growth. Wrinkled varieties are not as hardy as the small, hard sorts, and if jilant- ed early should have dry soil or they are liable to rot in the grouud ; they are, however, the sweetest and best flavored varieties. One quart sows 80 feet of drill. Two to three bush- els to the acre. NEW JUNO- : OUR QUART AND PINT PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE. If to go by Express, at : buyer's expense, deduct 15 cents from, the quart or 8 cents from, the pint prices herein quoted. _This new Pea is from one of the largest pea growers iu America, and we reprint below what ho says about it: " Height, three feet; double podded; medium late; long, straight pods; six to nine peas; stul)bed, stalky vine, witli luxuriant foliage ; pods light
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