. Spring 1900. Nursery stock Oregon Salem Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. SAVAGE & REID'S CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. 29 PEAS. If ordered sent by mail, add 10 cents per lb. for postage Three quarts of seed to 100 yards of row. Peas mature earliest in a light, rich soil. For gen- eral crop, a rich deep loam is the best. They thrive better if th ; ground has been manured for a previous crop; but it the ground is poor and requires manuring, take well decom posed manure. When grown in gardens they are sown in
. Spring 1900. Nursery stock Oregon Salem Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. SAVAGE & REID'S CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. 29 PEAS. If ordered sent by mail, add 10 cents per lb. for postage Three quarts of seed to 100 yards of row. Peas mature earliest in a light, rich soil. For gen- eral crop, a rich deep loam is the best. They thrive better if th ; ground has been manured for a previous crop; but it the ground is poor and requires manuring, take well decom posed manure. When grown in gardens they are sown in double rows, six to eight inches apart, the tall ones re- quiring brush which is stuck in between the rows. Commence sowing the extra early va- rieties as early as the ground can be worked in Febru- ary or March, con- tinuing for a suc- cession every two weeks until June, then discontinuing until the middle of August, when a good crop myy be secured by sowing the extra early and early sort for fall use. The wrinkled varieties are not as hardy as the small, hard sorts, and if planted early should have a dry soil, or they are liable to rot in the ground; they are, however, the sweet, est and best fla- vored varieties. The dwarf varieties are best suited irom their dwarf habit, for small gardens, or for forcing, and can be planted in rows one foot apart. EARLY VARIETIES. * Nott's l^xcelsior. A splendid variety. Perhaps the most valuable of all the dwarf early wrinkled peas. Unsurpassed in earliness, yield and quality. It grows about one-half as tall again as the American Wonder and is much more productive ; of vigorous growth. Pkt. 10c; 1 lb. 20c; 10 lbs. $ Alaska. Extra early, and very uniform in growth. The dark green color of the pods makes it very desirable, as it can be carried long distances without losing color, which qviality, combined with its earliness and uniformity of ripening, makes it one of the most desirable extra early peas for market gardening; height, two f
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