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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : the largest collection in the world, 1899
Identifier: CAT31284170 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: J. M. Thorburn & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: New York : J. M. Thorburn & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PEAS. Chicharos o Gui sanies. (srbfen. Cultuke.—A week may be gained in earli- ness by sowing a quantity in moist sand placed in a box in the cellar, and planting outside when well sprouted. Light, dry soil, not over rich, suits the Pea. Sow as early as the ground can be worked, and again every ten days for succession. Peas may be sown in this vicinity as late as 20th of August. Sow in single or double rows, from 4 to G inches apart, according to the dif- ferent heights, about an inch apart in the rows (except such sorts as we note to sow thinly), and 4 inches deep. In this climate the O'Rourke Peas, if planted from the 10th to the last of August, will produce a fair crop for fall picking, when Peas will be most acceptable. Hoe often, and keep the ground clean and fine. The tall sorts can be made to bear more freely by pinching-in. The dwarf varieties may be grown in beds like bush beans, with rows about the same distance apart. The holes which are sometimes found in Peas are caused by the pea weevil (It melius pisi). This insect is a native of this country, but, as usual with such pests, has spread rapidly, and is now found nearly all over the world. The beetles lay their eggs on the young pods, and the larvae, as soon as hatched, make their way through the pods into the nearest Peas. They do not, as is sometimes supposed, destroy the germ, for Peas will grow if they are infested, but the plant is likely to be more feeble, and for this reason will not produce as large a crop as if free from the weevil. EXTRA EARLY PEAS Height Per Per Per Per in feet qt. pk. bus. 1141 Thorburn Extra-early Market. Our standard market - garden extra $0 25 $0 75 $1 00 $3 50 1143 2Y2 25 75 1 00 3 50 1114 3 20 60 1 00" 3 25 1145 Daniel O'Rourke Improved. Extra-early; favorite market-gardener sort 2)4 25 75 1 00 3 50 1146 ?'% 20 60 1 00 3 25 1147 Cradus. "Without doubt the finest extra-earlv Pea vet introduced; it ripen? almost as earlv as our Extra-earlv Market. The pods are large, and well-filled 3 60 1148 *Exonian. A new extra-early wrinkled sort; very productive; finest quality... 35 1 25 2 25 8 00 1149 1 25 75 1 25 4 50 1 25 75 1 25 4 50 3 25 75 1 25 4 00 1152 1 25 75 1 25 4 00 1153 IK 25 75 1 25 4 00 1154 2 25 75 1 25 4 00 1156 2 35 1 25 2 25 8 00 1162 ^Station. Extra-earlv wrinkled, verv productive; large pods, well-filled, and 25 4 50 2 25 75 1

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