. . The Home Garden In Kentucky. · 47 ` _ ii
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This popular vegetable is a long season root and because 4 ·_  
of its large tap root development requires a deep, friable soil. M  
For this crop seed are sown as early in the season as possible, i . i
for the seed are slow to. germinate. They should be planted V T · _
_ , in rows eighteen to twenty-four inches apart and the young.   I
plants should be thinned togstand four to six inches apart in i` T  
the rows. . I i ` i·  · » .—
Unlike some of our other root crops, parsnips improve with * ’ f * [
freezing and may be left in the ground all winter. For con- — ‘- li T
venience, however, it is desirable to dig them in the fall and ii .v   i
, store in earth covered piles near the house. ’—  Q =
Variety: Hollow Crown. I T < v_    
rms. .    
There are two types of peas with which the home gardener ~ °    
is chiefly concerned, namely: (1) the smooth, round-seeded ',    
kinds, and (2) the wrinkled-seeded kinds. Peas may be grown   V   _  
with a fair degree of success on nearly all soils and should be ` _  
planted at intervals of ten days or two weeks to furnish a .  
succession thruout the season. (  ifi?.}
The smooth-seeded varieties may be sown as early in the *‘ fp  
spring as the ground can be put in shape, which time, in this ` ;    
state, ranges from February to April. .  
· The wrinkled-seeded varieties are not as hardy as the » ·  
smooth sorts and should not be planted as early as the latter. 4  
Peas may be planted in single or double rows in the home °  
V garden. Double rows should be six inches apart and two and  
a half feet apart between the double rows. .  
The dwarf kinds require no trellising and may be planted r  
in rows eighteen inches apart. Seed in the row should be 4  
planted about two inches apart and at a depth of four or five  
inches. Deep planting helps to prolong the bearing period. _  
The tall growing sorts require some support aud this may be  
given by using chicken wire or brush. The tall varieties yield  
much longer and more heavily than the dwarf kinds and, where  
feasible, should be planted for the main crop. The bush peas ·  
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