. Landreths' seeds : American-grown. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Pennsylvania Philadelphia. PEAS. 43 I'inum Miticum—I'uix—Uuimnlr—Gxbftn—llavexrt. Three Quarts of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Two Bushels to the Acre. Peas arc among the first seeds that may be sown at close of Winter, frequently bciiiK planted before sharp frosts are fully over. The drilling of Peas be safely commenced when the Peaeh is in bloom, and continued at intervals up to within sixtv be subject to mildew-. Landreth
. Landreths' seeds : American-grown. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Pennsylvania Philadelphia. PEAS. 43 I'inum Miticum—I'uix—Uuimnlr—Gxbftn—llavexrt. Three Quarts of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Two Bushels to the Acre. Peas arc among the first seeds that may be sown at close of Winter, frequently bciiiK planted before sharp frosts are fully over. The drilling of Peas be safely commenced when the Peaeh is in bloom, and continued at intervals up to within sixtv be subject to mildew-. Landreths' Extra Early will be found to be the best for August and September sowings because of its early ripening habit and its ability to resist mildew. The dwarf varieties may lie drilled at two feet if cultivated bv horse power, or fifteen inches if to be hoed by hand. The varieties of medium length should be drilled not closer than three feet, and the tall-growing sort-s at live feet apart. The number of Peas in a row may vary trout ten to the loot in the case ol the very dwarf kinds, to eight to the foot of tne medium tall varieties and six to the foot of the verv tall kinda 1 leld lDO to :»i bushels. At Philadelphia the highest average price paid bv commis-i,,n merchants for Karly Peas is from ?:l to «1 per bushel, and the highest price paid lor late varieties is $ to S2 per bushel, w hile the price sometimes is as low as 50 to 80 cents per bushel Earlv Peas are not grown profitably at less than SO cents per bushel, nor late Peas at less than (ic cents per bushel. The Pea thrives best in light, loamv soil; the early and dwarf sorts demand rich ground. Landretns' Extra Early Peas. Sold only In Itril Cloth Bag1 anil under Seul in Cardboard Packages, THE EARLIEST SORT (48 DAYS FROSI SOWING).—In Lan- dreths' Garden Seed Catalogue of 1833 appeared tin- flrst notice of tills now famous Pea, tllut year named a ml ottered for tin- first time. The other early Pens of tlin
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