. Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds & Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 35 PEAS. German, Krbse. â French, Pois. â Spanish, Chtcaros. Peas come earliest to maturity in light, rich soils, but for a general crop a deep loan-, or moderaieiy heavy soil is better. For early crops decomposed leaves or leaf mould should be used ; if the soil is very poor stronger manure may be applied. The first sowing will be earlier if covered only one inch deep those following sh
. Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds & Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 35 PEAS. German, Krbse. â French, Pois. â Spanish, Chtcaros. Peas come earliest to maturity in light, rich soils, but for a general crop a deep loan-, or moderaieiy heavy soil is better. For early crops decomposed leaves or leaf mould should be used ; if the soil is very poor stronger manure may be applied. The first sowing will be earlier if covered only one inch deep those following should &e covered two to six inches deep, the deep planting preventing mildew and prolonging the season. Fresh manure, and wet, mucky soil should be avoided, as they cause the vines to grow too rank and tall. All wrinkled Peas are superior to, more delicate in flavor, and remain longer in season than the smooth sorts, but should not be sown until the ground becomes warm, for, as in sugar-corn, the wrinkled appearance indicates the greater amount of saccharine matter. EXTRA EARLY SORTS. Greek's Excelsior, the best extra early for market and private garden P. & W. Maud S., a valuable extra early variety . Alaska, a smooth, blue, prolific, sweet extra early variety Improved Dan'l O'Rourke, a standard extra early variety Early Dexter, one of the best round white-seeded varieties . Qt. Peck. Bu. â¢H $ $5-oo .25 â¢25 1-25 â¢25 15 .25 IS â¢25 Pint. â¢15 Qt. â¢25 15 Kentish Invicta, resembles Alaska, but a little later . Tom Thumb, very early, ex- cellent quality, grows onh about nine inches high . Bliss' American Wonder, earliest wrinkled sort Carter's Premium Gem, a dwarf prolific green wrinkled early variety . McLean's Little Gem, 8 variety similar to ths pre- ceding .... Alpha, a fine-flavored early wrinkled variety . .15 .25 i SECOND EARLY SORTS Bliss' Abundance, strong dnes of medium height chat bear an enormous number of well
Size: 1396px × 1789px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggilbertnurserya, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
