The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-29

Ia nv estimation green peas are q
luxury especially when grown early
"a luxury that the owner of every
garden may enjoy, end yet there are
bat few who do SO. To grow peas
very early the soil must be light and
sandy ,(1ot poor and the location
warm and sunny. In such soil and
location | usually have green peas
for the table by the first of June. In
growing early peas nothing is gain
ed by planting too early. The first
Of April is early enough in this lat
itude for planting. | do this in the
following manner:
After manuring and spading up
the ground, it is raked fine and
smooth, elevating il a little tor thu
rows and make a depression be-
tween them to draw off water. l
then plant two drills to the row, five
inches apart, leaving a space between
the rows Of TWO and a bali feet. The
peas are covered with two inches Of
fine mold. Should a change in the
weather for colder take place, | COW
er ie over the drills with three or four
inches of fresh horse manure aud lit
ter; and when a change to armer oc-
curs in the weather | scratch off the
manure from the drills, being careful
not to break the young shoots of the
peas, which are probably coming
through the ground. The manure
and litter keep the peas and ground
warm aud the peas coon come up.
Cultivate frequently with the hoe,
and draw up a little mold to the side
Of the drills. When the peas are
about six inches tall, | give q good
hoeing, and stick with brush, pushed
into the ground along the outside
OF the drills. In about two weeks
after the first planting | plant again,
aud continue the paintings at like in
tervals until done.
| sometimes grow two crops of peas
in oce year OF the same ground. Vi
late years | grow celery after the
peas are done growing. 1t is not a
good plan to save the scattering pods
that may be left on the vines after
picking, for seed. Better buy new
seed every year, or leave a portion
Of a row until they are fully ripe fol
the purpose. The rows for early Of
late peas should invariably u nortf
and south, SO as to let the sru shine
on both sides Of the row. The space
between the t~all-growing kinds should
be three feet. After the first anC
second paintings | put three drills tt
a row, and cultivate and stick thu
same as when there are but TIVE
drills. When | want to grow pea
extra early, | plant as first indicated
and set long, narrow boards, ubout
inches wide, close on the outside o
the drills, putting little pegs on tn
inside Of the boards, to keep then
from falling inward, and bank up
little on the outside of them with
little stable-manure, and cover thu
box or trough thus formed with 3xl'
glass. The boards mus, be level Of
the top, so as 20 allow the glass t
lay down closely. This trough is GOV
cred at nigh. aud 10 stormy, COLI
weather with strips of old carpet
which are removed when the SUI
shines. When the peas have grown
to the top of the trough the glass an
boards are removed, and the pea
cultivated and stuck like the others
Heavy clay land may be greatly i'm
proved for growing pess by copiou'
applications of leached ashes.
deem it unnecessary to give the nam
of the early and late peas. | vii
say, however, that, while wrinkles
varieties are in general the softes
and sweetest peas when cooked, To
hard smooth-skinned pea is preferra
bic for early planting, being less liza
bic to rott 10 the ground.-Countr
Gentleman.