. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. Fo7' the Farm and Garden. 9^ PEAS. \ sativum^ Lix. Pois. Fr. Erlse, Gee. , Sp.] CULTUEE.—Tlie plantin
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. Fo7' the Farm and Garden. 9^ PEAS. \ sativum^ Lix. Pois. Fr. Erlse, Gee. , Sp.] CULTUEE.—Tlie planting for an early crop of garden Peas should lie made in the Spring, as soon as the gronnd can be -svorked, in a Tvarm, dry situation, and covered about three inches. The ground must be manured the year prerious, or the Peas will be apt to grow too much to straw. Use thoroughly decomposed manure, if any, just before planting. The height to which all Peas grow depends in a great measure upon the richness of the soU and the wetness of the season. They are usuaUy planted in double rows from three to four feet apart, and. tliose requiring it. bushed when about six inches high. The large and later sorts do better at a greater distance apart, leaving a broad space for planting low-growing vegetables between. They should be kept clean, and earthed up twice in their growth. As soon as the Peas are gathered the straw must be pulled and removed. In dry weather the Peas should be soaked five or six hours before planting, and if the ground is very dry they should be watered in the drills. From one to two bushels are generally required to an acre; one quart of the smaller sorts will sow about 120 feet, and of the larger sorts about 200 feet of drill. 15c. jperpint, Z5c. per quart, extra for postage on Peas if sent by mail. 1. V-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illu
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