. The school garden book. School gardens. i6o THE SCHOOL GARDEN BOOK think of planting sweet peas; and the smooth "sour peas," as some one called the garden peas to distinguish them from the flowering sorts, may be planted at the same time. Not many, however, for a little later one may plant the new variety called Gradus or Prosperity Pea, which is nearly as early as the smooth sorts, and of very much better quality. The chief value of Alaska and similar smooth varieties is to enable you to get a mess of home-grown peas for dinner a few days earlier than your neighbor, and thus be ab
. The school garden book. School gardens. i6o THE SCHOOL GARDEN BOOK think of planting sweet peas; and the smooth "sour peas," as some one called the garden peas to distinguish them from the flowering sorts, may be planted at the same time. Not many, however, for a little later one may plant the new variety called Gradus or Prosperity Pea, which is nearly as early as the smooth sorts, and of very much better quality. The chief value of Alaska and similar smooth varieties is to enable you to get a mess of home-grown peas for dinner a few days earlier than your neighbor, and thus be able to acquire a local reputation as a skilful gardener. There are other things also to plant early. One of the most delicious vegetables, when home-grown and gathered fresh, is spinach, but it is often sadl)' neglected. Plant the seed as early as the ground can be worked, in rows a foot apart, sowing the seed fairly thickly in the row. It will come up early, and may be gathered in plenty of time for some other crop to be planted. This first crop also will escape the attack of the leaf-miner, a \-exatious pest that is very likely to spoil later crops. We have had best success with Victoria Spinach for spring planting. Buy the seed, not by the packet, but by the ounce or pound. Carrots also may be planted early to gi\e a supplv for kitchen use in summer. Such varieties as Early Chantenay or Earliest Short Horn are best for the first sowing. Parsnip seed may also be sown very early, choosing Earl)' Round for the summer crop. Salsify, or vegetable oyster, needs. Parsnip 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 Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947; Emerson, Philip, 1865-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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