Show REPORT OF THE ON vegetables CHAP I 1 PEAS AD AND BEANS WITH DE dei 1 LIST first Dir din division ision culture of peas with list t the pea is well adapted to the territory produces good crops on almost any kind of soil and deserves a more extensive cultivation I 1 in the garden and field as a general crop it ia is one of the earliest and best varieties of vegetables for the table coming into use as green peas the first week in june and with good management by sowing different varieties in succession green peas may be continued to the latter end of august indeed until very late in the fall but as a late lale crop the pea is not so profitable as it generally mildews after the latter end of august the pea is also a profitable rohi profitable table tabie field crop being excellent feed for t hogs 0 s when ground into meal with wheat or barley it may be very profitably cultivated for this purpose if sown early on dry upland b enches benches as the crop is generally off the ground early in the season I 1 GARDEN CULTURE early peas may be sown in in the springy spring go so soon as the ground is in good condition for working the ile ground should first be well dug when double drills maybe drawn with thedoe from two to three feet apart between the double drills and one foot apart between the two drills the distance that peas should be 1 sown apart in the drills all depends in a measure on the length of th the vines which may be ascertained by referring to the descriptive list drawing the drills and sowing the peas the drills for early may be drawn from two to three inches deep but for late sowing they may mav be made from three to four inches deep in 0 order that the peas have good hoid of the ground in dry hot weather crops 0 of f peas are often materially injured by b being planted too near the surface of the ground late in the season as the roots do not then take good hold of 0 the ground and the vines are not so thrifty nor is the crop so good as when planted a moderate depth I 1 when the drills are drawn the peas may be sown at a rate of one pint to each drill of i fifteen or twenty rods long iong in this matter the cultivator must judge a little of the different j varieties the small smail dwarf varieties as the early june and bishops dwarf requiring to be sown thicker in the rows than the marrowfat and strong lon ion long iong 0 vine varieties when the peas are sown they are to be covered with fine earth by the hoe the planter I 1 being careful to keep away hard lumps or i i clods from covering the peas which retard the coming coming up of the young plants and of ofte ten n cripple them so that they never make their appear i ance above ground after being covered if I 1 the ground is very dry and loose tread the earth gently down over the peas to make it compact this is always essential in late sowing to keep in the moisture around the pe peas as in order that they may germinate freely the culture of peas is simply to keep the ground loose and mellow between the rows by hoeing often when the vines are six or eight 0 inches high they are to be up each side the d double 0 uble ubie row two or three inches and a drill drawn between the double rows for the purpose of caterin wa watering terin 1 watering pea peas care should be taken not to commence watering too early in the spring and when the first water is applied not to soak the soil ta too 0 much As a general rule no watering should be done in the spring until the soil becomes comes somewhat dry and the plants begin to wilt peas should be watered most freely when in bloom saving saying peas for seed when peas are to be b saved for seed it should be a general rule never to eick pick ck off the best pods which ia is often the case pi but ut on the contrary gather the late pods if any by this method the stock may be be kept pure and vi vigorous lorous but by taking odd off the first and best befit pods the peas saved for seed will be na naturally weak and if the system is followed the stoy stock will be much impaired in time when the peas are in bloom look over the vines and if any appear of a weak meagre growth pull them up or if on the contrary any appear of a gross strong growth pull them up also and always keep away the red blossom or gray pea from every other variety descriptive LIST OF PEAS NO I 1 EARLY JUNE A 41 1 it I 1 1 ay this is a little improvement on the old early ar y frame and bears the name in the sta states tes of efta extra early it has small slender vines about two feet in length bearing small 1 I 1 1 i round pods of peasi well weil filled and is ready for picking the first week jn bilu june ne NO II 11 BISHOPS EARLY IW DWARF ATti 0 this is an excellent pea for small gardens being only one foot high flowers thick on the t vines and bears good crops of peas which are ready for picking about the second week in jupe june this varie varle variety t y is is both useful and ornamental in small gardens where it gives a lively appearance when in bloom when sown in in single rows eighteen inches apart will be a good goad distance from one row to another NO III lir EARLY WARWICK an early variety of the old english frame the vines grow about two and a half feet bears good crops of 0 peas and comes into use about the second week in june NO IV BLUE surp SURPRISE RisE this is one of the best peas in cultivation coming into use early earbin in the season being very hardy and bearing hine fine crops of 0 peas the blue surprise has vines from two and a half to three feet long bearing double pods well filled with a medium sized blue pea of f excellent flavor for the table as green peas and makes good soup in the winter it is quite early and in season about a weel weed week after the early june NO V BLUE IMPERIAL this pea is a dwarf variety its vines never exceeding two feet bears a number of pods in pairs yielding fine large blue peas of an excellent cellena flavor it is also an excellent pea for winter use the peas aas branch out into several vines and require lo 10 to be planted tolerably thin ili in the row NO VI VZ SWORD LONG POD this is a good white pea free bearer and comes cornea into use about a week or ten days after the early june NO VII BLACK blace EYE MARROWFAT this ills is an italian variety and rather tender however it serves an excellent purpose as a i summer pea in the garden or field and when 1 slanted planted late bears fine crops of rich peas with glack black lack eyes when ripe theoines Th the vines evines ar are estron strong growing on rich ground efrom from two to three thre e feet in ieng feng length th bearing pods in pairs well filled i with fine jarge peas of an excellent flavor indeed it is one of the best beat pas peas we have for the I 1 table late in the season FIELD CULTURE OF THE PEA the pea deserves a more general culture as a field crop as it thrives well if sown early I 1 on dry up upland ueland land bench land and the crop is I 1 generally fit for harvest before the hot season commences there are several methods of growing field peas the most simple is to plow the ground and sow the peas broadcast at the rate of from two to two and a half bushels per acre on high mellow ground it will be a good method to sow on the ground and plow in the peas three or four inches deep but the best method is to sow the peas in single drills two and a half feet apart and sow ruta baga turnips or carrots carrots over the ground broadcast defore before earth ing up the rows by this method the turnip seed will generally come up at the first watering in p and by good management a good cr crop croe 0 may nay be obtained after aften the crop of peas is off off the ground the after culture will be the same as recommended mer mei idel for the garden pea in keeping clean by hote hoeing g g watering etc the best varieties for field culture are the black E eye marrowfat blue surprise and white marrowfat indeed most kinds may be brought into field culture but those above named are the besh beat second division culture of pf the bean with list the bean requires in this country a light lights rich soil to grow to perfection it rarely does well on poor dry sandy bandy soil poll on buch such locations the plants lose their young pods by shedding off the flowers when first opening SOWING beans may be planted from the of may alay to the of june when planted early in the seasons season the young plants are generally injured by late frost and even if this is not the case little growth is made until the warm nights i and days commence there are two methods adopted of planting beans in hills and in ain single le rows the former me r is the best for aiels field culture and running i varieties and the latter for the garden in the garden single drills maybe may be drawn about twenty inches apart and three inches deep planting the beans from two to three inches apart ili in the row when planted earth the beans lians by drawing in the fine mellow earth I 1 with a hoe keeping out all nubs bubs or clods which will retard the plant plants 8 in in I 1 camle coming up if the ground is dry and alid mellow tread t the rows so as to keep in the moisture that the beans may germinate freely THE GENERAL CULTURE ilg ils Is to keep the ground light and mellow by hoeing boeing and keetin keeping it clear of weeds when the tho planta pianta are hive five v e 0 or r six inches high the they r are arc to be up the same as the pea by drawing fine earth each side the tie row two or three inches high 0 THE WATERING beans too early is injurious to the crop beans require tobe watered about the time they come into blossom and again when the young pods begin to form beans the watering maybe continued as ag often as seems needful until the beans bears are ripe 1 r PE descriptive LIST OE BEANS s noi ngi pine PINK EYE G ohina CHINA this beathas bean has several hames harness as ha the pink eye the pheasant eye china dwarf ac we adopt the above as most applicable the pink eye china is the bert best early dwarf bean for this locality the bean is 18 white with a f ank eye ofa roun doval shape wb when en ripe ils Jis a good bearer and is good for either snaps or for bean soup in winter 1 NO II 11 REFUGEE OR THOUSAND TO ONE this ibis one of our dwarf beans when ri ripe pe is a dark red speckled is a prolific bearer and ia is well adapted for snap or winter use it iii ili be well to plant this variety in hills on account 0 of f its running habit to the above may be added several varlet varieties varieties les ies of dwarf beans as the early quaker eally eaily early mohawk eary earny and late valentine these varieties are however all very much inferior to the above i NO ill III WHITE DWARF KIDNEY ridney this variety has several names as the royal dwarf kidney large white kidney or royal ac of different catalo cataio catalog ies tes in this place it is known as the canterl canterbury ury white this variety is superior to an any th thing N we e have in the valley as a a L bush bea bean n 1 keffie being na hardy ady and bearin bearing excellent crops of fine large long white kidney shaped beans which are eam excellent for winter use the green beans are also excellent as knaps snaps or shelled beans green th the pods are long iong and rather flat and generally well filled with beans they have the good quality of not bursting 0 open en when r ipe ripe and le scattering cartri the beans on the ground grounds as s most varieties are subject to RUNNING OR POLE BEANS NO I 1 LARGE LIMA LIBYA OR BUTTER BEAN i j Is a rich variety and red to all others as a table variety of shelled beads when green it is however very tender in this place liia and does not come to maturity unless very great care is taken in cultivation to bring it forward at an early season NO II 11 SMALL MALL LIMA LIBYA OR SIVEA resembling the large lima but bat a smaller bean which is white and quite flat this is better adapted to this location than the large lima it being hardier and has been cultivated for several years in the city with good pvc success by mr W C staines I 1 NO lir ilo iio horticultural CULTURAL CRANBERRY this is the best bean we have for general culture as a running bean it being very haid hala hardy haray a and nd bears excellent crops of beans in alifi almost ost any locality the beans are round and ahl speckled of a medium size pods striped with red used as snaps or in pods or shelled ENGLISH LONG POD AND WINDSOR these beans may be cultivated by those who wish to have them as a luxury but they should be planted early on a rich deep soil to pra pro dice duce a moderate crop on poor ground the en english lish bean is not worth cultivation owing to ge the young 0 pods dropping a off prematurely RUNNING BEANS are generally cultivated in hills two or three feet apart and trained up pales but where toles ioles poles are not handy to be obtained running i keans beans babs do well by often n nipping apin off ff the tops tapi of the vines and al allowing lowin them tolover to cover the them ground the same as the cucumber and andi other othier running ling 0 vines FIELD CULTURE the culture of beans in the field is similar to that of the green greens with the difference that for the field it is best planted in about two feet apart the best varieties for plant 1 ing are the pink eye eve and white dwarf kidney sidneyi as as recommended for fr the garden REMARKS ON THE descriptive LIT LIST OF BEANS AND PEAS we have recommended those only oily of good quality bality few b aaers and those which have mn been cultivated several years to the pea list many might be added as the skinless or eat pod of which almost every variety of pea has a skinless bearing the same in quality color size ac there theli e ayre acre are also a great variety of red blossom peas called grey rey peas which do ve for field fiela culture fut tut but bould should never be grown in the garden 0 ow ing in to their mingling with and spoiling 0 any an y other variety they are growing hear bear t IN THE nomenclature nomenclature OR NAMES we have in some cases made some alteration that the name may apply to some color or qu quality allty in the bean for this reason we have adopted the name pink eye ey china bean beany in inconsequence consequence of the bean having a pink eye and the white dwarf kidney kidneys ier for the one known here as the Canterbury White it must be obvious to any observer that all ali names of vegetables are the most proper kallin applied to some quality which can be reil rell readily ily lly seen to identify the and in this the names of many vegetables are very imperfect as for instance the prince alberts albert queen victor and champion of england peas are high SO sounding di zai nai na names mes to be sure but they give no inform information of the qualities as color good goodar pr bad or any other clue by which ther thee clinti vya lya tor can re conise 0 the variety 1 E SAYERS sig big JS IV 0 A second crop of apples measuring 0 six inch inches es in circumference was grown this season near stockton cal the same tree from k which the two crops were gathered was in 1 blossom oct 27 for the third crop |