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CURR1E BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



IF WANTED BY MAIL, 

 Add 8c per Pint, 15c per 

 Quart, to cover postage. 



THOMAS LAXTON. 



NEW LARGE PODDED FIRST EARLY PEA. 

 The Earliest Wrinkled Pea. Equal in quality 

 to the best of the late wrinkled sorts. 

 Peas as large as Telephone, Unsur- 

 passed in quality. Coming into 

 use as soon as the small 

 round early sorts. 



This is certainly the finest Wrinkled Pea 

 yet introduced, coming- in with the First Ear- 

 lies with pods double the size. In earliness 

 it is within a day or two of "Challenge Extra 

 Early." The pods are a rich dark green, 

 straight and square ended, and contain on 

 the average 7 to 8 very large marrow Peas of the richest flavor. We consider it supe 

 rior to that fine -early Pea, "Gradus," being hardier in constitution, darker in color 

 and a better yielder. Pkt. 10c; pint 20c; quart 30c; % peck $1.15; peck $2.00; bus.$7.50 



* GRADUS OR PROSPERITY. 



As early as Challenge or Alaska. Equal in quality to Telephone or Strategem. Pod* 



equal in size to Telephone. 



In Gradus we have a Pea coming in with Extra Early Challenge and Alaska, 

 producing dark green handsome pods as large as Telephone, containing 8 to 10 

 large Peas with that rich, sugary flavor found only in the wrinkled sorts. 

 2% feet. Pkt. 10c; pint 20c; quart 30c; % peck $1.15; peck $2.00. bushel $7.50 



♦Nott's Excelsior — The sweetest and most prolific of all the Early Dwarf Peas; 

 outyields Premium Gem or American Wonder. The best sort for the market 

 or home garden. The vines are vigorous and very prolific, while the pods are 

 closely packed with large Peas of very fine flavor; 1 foot. Pkt. 10c; pint 15c; 

 quart 25c; % peck S5c; peck $1.60; bushel $6.00 



♦American Wonder — One of the earliest wrinkled Peas in cultivation, of the 

 finest quality and flavor, and very productive. Its great distinctive feature, 

 nowever, is its compact ami dwarf growth, seldom exceeding 10 inches in 

 height. Pkt. 10c; pint 15c; quart 25c; % peck 85c; peck $1.60; bushel $6.00 



♦Premium Gem — A Dwarf Pea of the Little Gem type, on which it is a great im- 

 provement; 1% feet. Pkt. 10c; pint 15c; quart 25c; % peck SOc: peck $1.50: bush. $5. 50 



♦McLean's Little Gem — An early dwarf Pea, of superior flavor and very prolific. 

 1 foot. Pkt. 10c; pint 15c; quart 25c; % peck SOc: peck $1.50; bushel $5.50 



Improved Daniel O'Rourke — A favorite early. Pkt. 10c; pint 15c; quart 25c; % 

 peck 60c; peck $1.10; bushel $4.00 



German, Erbse. _L Jlixxio* French, Pols. 

 For first early Peas sow in a light, rich soil, as early in March or April 

 as the ground can be worked; for later varieties, sow in April or May. Dis- 

 continue sowing from June to August, after which, by sowing an extra early 

 sort, a good crop can generally be secured. As Peas suffer considerably 

 from drought during the hot summer months, it 'will be found of great benefit 

 to sow in a trench six inches in depth, covering the Peas to a depth of two 

 inches. As soon as sufficient growth has been made draw the earth about the 

 vines. In this way more moisture is kept about the roots than if sown on the 

 level. The wrinkled varieties are not so hardy as the smooth sorts and should 



be planted later, owing to their liability to 

 rot in the ground. 



One quart to 100 feet of 

 drill. Two bushels to an acre 

 in drills. 



EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 



Those marked thus ♦ are 



wrinkled. 



CURRIE'S EXTRA EARLY 



CHALLENGE. 



No extra early Pea has ever 

 given the universal satisfac- 

 tion that this one has. Grown 

 alongside other extra early 

 varieties the Challenge not 

 only proved earlier, but much 

 more productive. It is an 

 enormous bearer and very 

 early, the vines may lie 

 cleared off in two pickings 

 and the ground prepared for 

 another crop before other 

 early varieties come into use 

 The pods are large and well 

 filled with round Peas of fine 

 flavor. Pkt. 10c; pint 15c; 

 quart 25c; y 2 peck 70c; peck 



$1.20; bushel $4.50 



Alaska — Extra early of supe- 

 rior quality. The vines grow 

 about 2% feet and produce 

 abundantly. Pkt. 10c: pint 

 15c; quart 25c; % perk 70c; 

 peck $1.20; bushel $4.50 



NOTTS EXCKLSIOB. 



