. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. i RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEERf/i 30 Large Sugar or Hollow Crown Parsnip, Parsnips Panais, Fr. Pastinaca, Ital. Chirivia, Sp. Pastinake, Ger. Health Value of Fresh Parsnips Calories per lb. 294 Vitamins A, B Proteins Carbohydrates Fats .5% Calcium .059% Iron .00077% Culture —Sow as early in the spring as weather and soil conditions permit in drills 2 feet apart and cover 5 inch deep in light soil, less in heavy clay. Thin to stand 4 to 6 inches apart in the rows. The roots are eaten boiled and are very sweet and tender, also are
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. i RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEERf/i 30 Large Sugar or Hollow Crown Parsnip, Parsnips Panais, Fr. Pastinaca, Ital. Chirivia, Sp. Pastinake, Ger. Health Value of Fresh Parsnips Calories per lb. 294 Vitamins A, B Proteins Carbohydrates Fats .5% Calcium .059% Iron .00077% Culture —Sow as early in the spring as weather and soil conditions permit in drills 2 feet apart and cover 5 inch deep in light soil, less in heavy clay. Thin to stand 4 to 6 inches apart in the rows. The roots are eaten boiled and are very sweet and tender, also are often used for flavoring soups and stews. The quality is improved by leaving them in ground over winter for spring use. Store enough in pits or cellars in the fall for winter needs. One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 608 Large Sugar or Hollow Crown. This is the best and most productive variety and is largely grown both in the home garden and for market. The roots, which are creamy white, grow 10 or 12 inches long. They are smooth, tender, sweet, and of excellent flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; I lb. 45c; lb. $ 610 Student or Guernsey. Very similar to the above but some- what shorter. A good half-long variety with smooth white roots. This strain is the result of careful selection of roots growing to an ideal shape and having the distinct hollow crown. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; \ lb. 40c; lb. $ Pois, Fr. Pisello, Ital. Garden Peas Guisante, Sp. Erbsen, Ger. Health Value of Fresh Green Peas Calories per lb. 454 Vitamins A, B, C, G Proteins Carbohydrates Fats .5% Calcium .028% Iron .0057% One pound will plant 100 feet of drill Culture —The first sowing of peas may be made as early in March as the gardener can prepare a piece of ground because subsequent frosts do not hurt the young plants of the extra-early smooth-seeded varieties. Sow in single or double rows, 24 to 26 inches apart, covering seeds about 2 inches deep. All varieties do better with some sort of supp
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