Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-27

man. When ordering it, say for what
kind of seeds 1t is desired Full di-
rections for use will come with it.
1t will insure better peas and more
or them If rightly used. On account
of the nodules containing nitrogen
liking bacteria on their roots, never
pull up pea vines. Cut them off and
allow the roots to remain in the soil.
Garden peas should have frequent
cultivation and be kept free from
weeds. The late ones will do best if
mulched when the days get warm,
in order to keep the roots cool. Any
Strawy litter will do for the mulch
ing. Put it on and between the rows
and water freely. 1t will also keep
down the weeds.
There are a number of materials
used for supporting pea vines. The
original one was brush" the twig-
gy branches of young trees. This is
still by far the best, but difficult to
get except in certain localities where
/ there is plenty of young timber. This
| has brought about the use of poul-
| try wire netting with a wide mesh,
and probably this ranks next best.
| The use of strings, run from poles
| and brackets. is rather poor way to
| support the vines.
When brush is used the rows can
not be so close together as when
netting is used. With brush a good
way is to plant the rows eighteen
| inches apart and set the brush be-
| tween them, making a double row.
| The next row should be set three
| feet from the first, and another
double row formed and continue
thus.
AS space is generally limited and
/ brush scarce for the home garden
| it will be we'll to make provision to
use wire netting.
1t is a good plan to set the netting
even with the ground so that the first
tendrils of the pea vines can attach
themselves to it.
Best Varieties to Plant
There are many varieties of gar
den peas put out from time to time
by various firms. Many of them to
the layman seem to be the same,
and doubtless there are some being
marketed under different names
which are similar. However, there
are a number of well-known varie-
ties in first and second early, main
crop and late which have been we'll
tried out and found to be good and
it will pay the beginner to tie to
these.
The earliest, where the soil is dry
and weather settled, are the round
seeded. OF these Electric. Alaska.
/ Prolific, Pilot are all good and dwarf
| and may be sown thickly as outlined
above, to be removed later on for
following crops. Good wrinked peas
dwarf and extra early are American
Wonder, Extra Early Gradus, Thos.
Laxton, Premium Gem, Little Mar
vel, Motifs Excelsior and Blue Ban
tam.
1 For second early there are the
half-dwarf and the taller. OF the
former, good ones are Stratagem,
Senator, McLean's Advancer, Hors-
/ Hero, Carter's Daisy and British
Wonder OF the taller second early,
many prefer some of the following:
Telephone (extra good), Early Morn
and Laxton's Evolution.
For the late varieties plant any of
the following good sorts: Boston Un-
4 rivaled, Alderman and Champion of
England. These grow from four to
five feet high, and are very prolific
bearers of good quality peas.
Many of our best gardeners do not
plant the late peas. but instead plant
small successive lots of the taller
early sorts so as to nave a crop COM
ing on each week during the sea-
son. This is a good plan for the be-
ginner.
There is a kind OF pea which is not
as generally grown and used as it
should be, both on the score of ecen-
omy and quality. They are known as
Sugar Peas" and are eaten, pod
and ALL when the young peas are
about half developed. There are two
good varieties-a dwarf. Grey Sugar,
and taller one, Mammoth Melting
Sugar.