. Dreer's garden calendar : 1897. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 38 DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS. GARDEN PEAS. One quart will plant about 100 feet of drill ; one and a half bushel for one acre. Peas mature earliest in a light, rich soil; for general crop, a rich deep loam, or inclining to clay, is the best. When grown for a market crop sow in single rows, 1 inch apart and 2 to 3 inches deep, the rows from 2 to 4 feet apart, according to the variety, When grown in gardens sow i
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1897. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 38 DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS. GARDEN PEAS. One quart will plant about 100 feet of drill ; one and a half bushel for one acre. Peas mature earliest in a light, rich soil; for general crop, a rich deep loam, or inclining to clay, is the best. When grown for a market crop sow in single rows, 1 inch apart and 2 to 3 inches deep, the rows from 2 to 4 feet apart, according to the variety, When grown in gardens sow in double rows, 6 to 8 inches apart, the tall ones requiring brush. Commence sowing the "extra early varieties as early as the ground can be worked in February or March; continue for a succession every two weeks until June, then discontinuing until the middle of August, when a good crop may be secured by sowing the extra early and early sorts for fall use. They should be kept clean and earthed up twice during the growth. The wrinkled varieties are not as hardy as the small round sorts, and if planted early should have a dry soil, or they are liable to rot in the ground; they are, however, the sweetest and best flavored varieties. The dwarf varieties are best suited for small gardens or for forcing, planted in rows 1 foot apart. " Dreer's Open Air Vegetables " is just to the point in notes on Peas—for rotation. Eeady March 1st. 25 cts. Packets of all varieties of Peas at io cts. each. Add for postage on Peas 8 cts. per pint, 15 cts. per quart. Larger quantities sent by express or freight at purchaser's expense. EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. Dreer's Eureka Extra Early. The earliest and most pro- lific variety. This sort has given the best results wherever grown, and is a standard for earliness and quality. It is an even cropper, and can be gathered clean in two pickings. This is an important item when the space is wanted for re- peated cropping. For a late fall crop it h
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