The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-13

short Chapters on Vegetable Culture.
ENGLISH PEASS.
There are few vegetables more generally
cultivated in southern gardens than the
rorlsh pea Whoever cultivates a gar
6an. however small it may be, grows pease
1tisa vegetable that comes early in the
srriDp. and the first dish of English pease is
always looked forward to with pleasurable
expectancy. It is very extensively planted
in the market gardens, and under ordinary
circumstances is a very profitable crop to
rrow Grown in localities where labor is
Dlantiful, and IN a reasonable distance of a
Good market, it pays very satisfactory
nrofit per acre-in fair proportion to the ex-
repse Of making the crop. 1t does not yield
the very large returns that few other veg
etabe crops do, but, where marketed in
prme condition, the profits are usually such
As to warrant the further cultivation Of it
from year to year. If put upon the mar
bet in a fresh condition while the pease are
Young and tender there is very steady de-
mand for them from April to June. 1t is a
crop more tedious to gather than many
cared this amounts to nothing. Picking is
paid for by the quart or bushel. Children
make about as good pickles as any-in fact
many of them will pick more peas than
edul 5. and be more careful to get those
that are just in right condition for the
table
Over $50 named sorts appear in the vari>
A FOL h.,
are to be found varieties of very dwarf
habit, those of medium growth, and some
that grow very tall and rank. Some have
round pease, while others are wrlnked
There are the sugar pease that have edible
pods, and that can be served in the same
manner as snap beans. And, as with most
all vegetables, there are some kinds that
succeed better on certain soils than Others
Some will make better crop on poorer soil
than others will. AS to varieties, some pre-
fer one kind and some another.
OF the early aud very dwarf sorts there
are the Tom Thumb, American Wonder
and Little Gem, the first having smooth
seed while the other two are wrinkled
These varieties we have cultivated for a
number OF years, almost to the exclusion of
all others w hether growing merely q few
rows for home use or several acres for mar
ket we should use these varieties in prefer.
enCe to the tall sorts that require to be
staked. The time required to stick peasa
and that involved III the clearing the
ground after the crop has matured is no
small matter, and we should use the dwarfs
even if the product per acre was less by 40
or % per cent. than to incur the expense and
labor OF sticking a crop. 1t is only few, it
seems, that are aware what large crops can
BE- male with these dwarf kinds, and if two
paintings are made at G proper interval the
pea season. can be extended to the extent
that is desirable. In Middle Georgia one
planting Is made before Christmas aud the
second planting FOR q succession is made in
February. The first planting Is made early
IN December or late in November, but little
or no cultivation is giveu the crop before
Feb. l, as 1t is not desired to have any blooms
before the middle or latter part of March.
II the land Is naturally rich or made rich
by the application of suitable manure. aud
the distance between the rows made lust
wide enough for a narrow sweep, say
twenty inches, to run through freely, and
the SEED sown thlckly enough to secure a
plant every two inches, and the cultivation
Just what 1t should be, the resulting crop of
pease will very likely be surprise to the
novice who has rested under the belief that
the dwarf kinds yield small crops compared
- the tall-growlng kinds ANY where from
seventy-tive to 200 bushels of pods can be
made per acre, according to the quality of
the soil and the cultivation given to the
crop.
Inc writer has frequently had desire to
try an acre of rich land broadcast with
these dwarf varieties, but so far has not
Gratlfed the desire. An acre of rich, clean
land well prepared and seeded the latter
part OF November or early December with
four to six pecks of good seed narrowed in
and the land rolled would doubtless produce
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fair quantity of vegetable matter to be
given to the soil for its enrichment. Asa
practice, however, drilling and cuitiYating
Will be found the most satisfactory. Ii is
only on rich, clean land-something hard to
find, by the Notwithstanding would be
permissible.
A mixture of bone dust and hardwood
ashes-half and half-make a very fair fer~
tLlzer for pease-as for nearly everything
else. One to two thousand pounds of the
mixture narrowed in lightly in the fall will
put an acre of fair soil in good condition
Tor heavy crop of peas aud several other
crops to follow.
1t the soil is cold and continuously wet
Tor some time after planting the wrinkled
peas are very liable to rot and fail to give a
good stand, where there would be no trouble
at a.; all with the round seed, such as the Tom
va ACVJ L VIZ W DuTe6 IQCl6S Is
sufficiently deep for the dwarf kinds.
Among the tall-growing kinds which re-
qllre to be staked, and which are preferred
oy great many gardeners, especially for
home use, are the Champion of England,
the biack-eyed Marrowfat and the White
varieties long known aud still valued, though
not equal in quality to some of the newer
sorts. The Telephone is a fine VARIETY.
growing five feet in hight and producing
very large pods, enclosing tremendous pesse
OF excellent flavor. There are so many
synonyms it is quite possible to get this
ana other superior varieties under other
names: When southern gardener gets
hoId OF a variety that does we'll on his soil
He should use care in saving bis own seed
ana improve its qualities if possible by a
proper selection.
a VeryTine variety of pea having vine
Vi medium growth, and about as productive
1s a pea need be is the "Stratagem.n The
N vines are strong and stocky, rarely growing
nlgner than twenty-elght or thirty inches,
auu pears profusion of pods ranging in
length from four to five inches. The pease
are "rlnkled and of excellent flavor.
S. A. c.