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Title: R.H. Shumway : garden guide
Identifier: CAT31285863 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: R. H. Shumway Seedsman (Firm)
Subjects: Nursery stock Illinois Rockford Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Rockford, Ill. : R. H. Shumway

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HORSFORD'S MARKET GARDEN PEAS, ProduMHl by CIâ osH^ll^ Alpha with American Won- der, It is sibu.60, qt.33, pt.l7 ^^i>t.lO. The proper soil; culture ana, Jiow to grow Peas successfully. Peas will do well m any good garden soil. There is no product of the garden more popular and desirable than the pea. A moderately rich soil is preferable, and the smooth seed varieties can be planted as soon as the ground can be well worked. The wrinkled varieties are less hardy and will not bear so severe weather. They should not be sown until moderately warm as they some- times rot If too cold and wet. The distance between the rows should depend on the system used m their cultivation. If a hand cultivator is used, fifteen to twenty inches will suffice, and wider It a horse cultivator is to be used. I'lant about one uwh deep, and! drill the seed two to three in- ches apart m the row. 1 all varieties require little more diRtan(« apart A succesion of sowincrs from earliest s ring to August will -ive a continuous supply during summer and fall. They are Wisconsin and Michigan, near the great lakes. The cool; moist air keeps the pea weavers away from them^y stock of peas (three car loads^ is without doubt, the best grown in this country.
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ABIER> Premium (Jem Carter's Premium Gem PEAS. Very earlv; green wrinkled sort growing 12 to 15 mches, bearing large well idled pods with sM eet de- licious peas. All Market Gardeners use this sort exten'^ivelv for first Fme for family. bu44, bu.$2, ^bu.l.lO, ibu.fiO, qt.a3, pM7, Apt 10 STRATAGEM PEAS. L fioiii hnjilimd, and it has «l .Ik, tu (1 f^row-s 20 to 24 in- (>iistn>ii.s i>of;H,andof en. cry sweet. Early Dan O'Rourko PE AS. Gardeners plant largelv of it PftpuUir, and i» weU known In every locality ot tins country, .sure ci-opper. An extra earlv^ quick ^owmg variety, which matures evenly.-and can all be marketed at ojfe picking. Will grow about JM to 20 inches in hei^rht. lm.:(.SSS. j<;bii 1.7.^ Vl)".9(».

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