Archive image from page 42 of Descriptive catalogue of high grade. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds for the farm and garden . descriptivecatal1894twwo Year: 1894 Descriptive List of Choice Field Seeds. 39 PEANUTS. Virginia's noted crop. Plant in April or May, in drills three feet apart, placing the nuts twelve or fifteen inches apart in the drill. Cultivate flat and keep clean. If to he mailed add postage at the rate of ten cts. J>er qtcart. I Selected Virginia. A fine productive strain, carefully selected especially for seed purposes. I Per quart, 15 cents; peck, 50 cents; bushe
Archive image from page 42 of Descriptive catalogue of high grade. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds for the farm and garden . descriptivecatal1894twwo Year: 1894 Descriptive List of Choice Field Seeds. 39 PEANUTS. Virginia's noted crop. Plant in April or May, in drills three feet apart, placing the nuts twelve or fifteen inches apart in the drill. Cultivate flat and keep clean. If to he mailed add postage at the rate of ten cts. J>er qtcart. I Selected Virginia. A fine productive strain, carefully selected especially for seed purposes. I Per quart, 15 cents; peck, 50 cents; bushel, I Spanish. Enormously productive, small size, j but thin hull and full kernel. Per qt. 15 cts.; peck, 60 cts.; bushel, $ p (German, Erbse.) Packets Realizing the fact that the Pea crop is one of the most important, we grow our peas in such locali- ties as experience proves will produce seed of robust nature and quick growth. With this end in view, we grow them in Canada, where thev are carefully inspected while growing in order to cull out rogues, and afterward hand picked. We are therefore able to offer our customers ieas that are first-class in every particular, and such as may be depended upon to give the best of satisfaction. Culture.âA rich, light, loamy soil, which has been manured the previous season, is best adapted for peas. Plant the earliest varieties as soon in the spring as the ground can be worked, in rows three or four feet apart, covering them to a depth of two inches. For a succession, plant every two weeks, giving more room between the rows for the taller varieties. When grown as a market crop, peas are generally sown in single rows, and rarely ever staked; but when grown in small quantities for private use, it is a good plan to sow in double rows, and stake the tall varieties with brush. They should be kept clean and well worked, and the earth hoed up to them two or three times during growth. From one to two bushels are required to plant one a
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