. Currie's farm & garden annual : spring 1922 47th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. •28 CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, PEAS Culture—For first early Peas sow smooth seeded varieties in a light, rich soil, as early in March or April as the ground can be worked. Sow both smooth and wrinkled seeded varie- ties in April or May for later crops. Discontinue sowing from June to Au- sust. after ^vhich, by sow- ing an extra early
. Currie's farm & garden annual : spring 1922 47th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. •28 CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, PEAS Culture—For first early Peas sow smooth seeded varieties in a light, rich soil, as early in March or April as the ground can be worked. Sow both smooth and wrinkled seeded varie- ties in April or May for later crops. Discontinue sowing from June to Au- sust. after ^vhich, by sow- ing an extra early sort, a sood crop can generally be secured. As Peas suffer considerably from drought during the hot summer months, it will be found of great benefit to sow in a trench six inches in depth, covering the Peas to a depth of two inches. As soon as sufficient growth has been made, draw^ the earth about the vines. In this way more moisture is kept about the roots than if sown on the level. The wrinkled varieties are not as hardy as the smooth sorts, and should be plant- ed later, owing to their liability to rot in the ground. One pound to 75 feet of drill. Two bushels, about 120 lbs. to an acre, In drills. Sutton's Excelsior. EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. Those marked * are wrinkled. OURRIE'S EXTRA CHAH-EA'GE:—No extra early Pea has ever given the universal satisfaction that this one has. It is an enornious bearer and very early. The vines may be cleared off in two pickings and the ground pre- pared for another crop before other early varieties come into use. The pods are large and well filled with round peas of fine flavor. Pkt. 10c; ^ lb. 20c (by mail 26c); 1 lb. 35c (by mail 42c); 2 lbs. 65c: 5 lbs. $; 10 lbs. $ •SUTTON'S EXCELSIOR, or Melting MarroTV—A new, early wrinkled sort, superior to the old Nott's Excelsior. Its light green, square-ended pods, long and broad, are uniformly well filled, averaging six to eight immense, rich green delicious peas. The vines
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