. The diseases of the sweet pea ... Sweet peas. apart between the rows and three inches in the row will insure the de- sired amount of air and light. Care of the Growing Plants. Frequent cultivations with the hoe or with the cultivator will provide sufficient aeration of the roots to insure a vigorous growth of the vine. It is in baked and ill-drained soils that saprophytic fungi assume the nature of semi parasites, since it is in these soils that the plants are often weak and consequently yield readily to the attacks of disease. Moreover, frequent cultivations destroy the weeds which may act
. The diseases of the sweet pea ... Sweet peas. apart between the rows and three inches in the row will insure the de- sired amount of air and light. Care of the Growing Plants. Frequent cultivations with the hoe or with the cultivator will provide sufficient aeration of the roots to insure a vigorous growth of the vine. It is in baked and ill-drained soils that saprophytic fungi assume the nature of semi parasites, since it is in these soils that the plants are often weak and consequently yield readily to the attacks of disease. Moreover, frequent cultivations destroy the weeds which may act as disease carriers or disease trans-. A convenient way of trailing sweet peas mitters. Irrigation wherever possible will no doubt benefit the plants, but irrigation should not replace cultivation. The plants should be kept free from the insect and the fungus pests. This will be dis- cussed under methods of control. With the sweet pea, contrary to many other flowering plants, the blooms should be gathered freely as the more we do this the longer the vines will continue to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Taubenhaus, Jacob Joseph, 1886- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia
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