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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



WE PAY POSTAGE on packets, pints and quarts. PECKS AND BUSHELS go by EXPRESS 

 AT PURCHASER'S EXPENSE. When pints and quarts are ordered by Express or Freight at 

 Purchasers Expense, deduct 7 cts. per pint, 15 cts. per quart from Catalogue Prices. 



German, ©rbje. 



PEAS. 



French, Pols. 



For first early Peas sow in a light rich soil, as early in March or April as the ground can t 

 worked ; for later varieties, sow in April or May. Discontinue sowing from June to August, aft< 

 which, by sowing an extra early sort, a good crop can generally be secured. As Peas suffer consi< 

 erably from drought during the hot summer months it will be found of great benefit to sow tl 

 Peas in a trench six inches in depth, covering the Peas to a depth of two inches. As soon as su 

 ficient growth has been made draw the earth about the vines. In this way a great deal more mois 

 ure is kept about the roots than if sown on the level and afterwards hilled up. The wrinkled vari 

 ties are not so hardy as the smooth sorts and should be planted later, owing to their liability to v 

 in the ground, but are much superior in flavor to the smooth Peas. Dwarf varieties sow in ro> 

 one foot apart, and the taller sorts from 2 to 3 feet apart. 



One quart to 75 feet of drill. Two bushels to an acre in drills. 



EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 



Those marked thus * are wrinkled. 



Ourrie's Extra Early Challenge— No extra early 



CUBBIE'S EXTRA. EARLY CHALLENGE. 



•Laxton's Alpha— One of the earliest wrinkled 



Peas; of fine quality and very prolific; pods 



large and well tilled ; 3 feet. Pkt., 5 cts,; pint, 



20 cts.; quart, 40 cts.; peck. $1.10; bushel 84.00 



Improved Daniel O'Rourke— A favorite extra 



early variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 



35 cts.; peck, 90 cts.; bushel - 8.00 



•American Wonder— One of the earliest wrin- 

 kled Peas in cultivation, of the fiuest quality 



and flavor, and very productive. Its great dis- 

 tinctive feature, however, is its compact and 



dwarf growth, seldom exceeding ten inches in 



height. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 40 cts.; 



peck,$1.25; bushel 4.50 



■William Hurst — A handsome dwarf variety com- 

 ing iu as early as American Wonder, with 



stocky vines bearing a profusion of well filled 



ports containing six to eight Peas oi a rich 



sugarv flavor. Pkt., 5 cts. ; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 



45 cts.": peck, 81.25; bushel 4.50 



*Nott's Excelsior — This new Pea has already al- 

 most entirely superseded American Wonder. 



The vines are more vigorous than that variety, 



and much more prolific, while the pods are 



fully one-third larger, and closely packea with 



large Peas of very five flavor ; 1 foot. Pkt., 5 



Cts., pint, 25 cts. ; quart, 45 cts; peck, 81.50; 



bushel 5.00 



*PremiUm Gem — A dwarf Pea of the Little Gem 



type, on which it is a great improvement ; V/ 2 ft- 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 40cts.; peck, 



8100; bushel 8.75 



'McLean's Little Gem— An early dwarf, green, 

 wrinkled Pea, of superior flavor, and very pro- 

 lific; lfoot. Pkt.. 5 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 40 



cts.; peck, 81.00; bushel 3.75 



McLean's Blue Peter— A larger, better and earlier form of Tom Thumb, having blueseed. Verydwarf 

 and early; a good bearer and of excellent quality; 14 foot. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 20 cts.: quart, 40 cts.; 



peck, 81.10; bushel 



Tom Thumb— Very dwarf and early; of excellent quality: yields abundantly; 1 foot. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 

 20cts.; quart, 40 cts. ; pecs, SI. 10; bushel 



SECOND EARLY VARIETIES. 



"■McLean's Advancer — An excellent varietv of very fine flavor ; 2 feet. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 20 cts. quart, 

 40 cts.; peck, 81.00; bushel 



miss' Abundance— Remarkably productive and of excellent quality. The plant is of a branching hab- 

 it, each branch often producing as maDy pods as an entire plant of some of the other varieties , 1% 

 feet. Pkt., 5 cts.. pint, 20 cts.; quart, 40 cts. ; peck, 81.15; bushel 



•Stanley— The earliest of all the large podded varieties, coming in soon after Premium Gem. It resembles 

 the Stratagem, but more compact in growth. Very hardy and prolific ; \]/ 2 feet. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint. 30 

 cts.- quart, 50 cts.; peck, 81.50; bushel 



♦Sutton's Satisfaction — A new English Pea, possessing excellent qualities, and is the most delicious 

 flavored of all varieties, either of American or foreign origin. The vines grow vigorously, and are 

 literally covered with large, -well-filled pods; 2)4 feet. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 40 cts.; 

 peck. 81-35; bushel 



*Horsford's Market Garden — A good wrinkled varietv; verv prolific and sweet. The vines grow about 

 2 fret high. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint. 20 cts.; quart, 40 cts.; peck, 81.00; bushel 



"Bliss' Everbearing— The vines grow about 18 inches high, throwing out from the axil of each leaf 

 branches which in turn bear pods, thus prolonging its duration of bearing. Peas are of superior 

 flavor and very tepder. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 40 cts.; peck, $1.00; bushel 



French Canner — Tb's is the genuine small Pea used so extensively in France for canning 

 purposes. Pods long and slim containing eight to ten Peas of delicious flavor. Is an abuflBant 

 bearer. Pkt.,5ets.; pint, 20 cts.: quart, 40 cts.; peck, 8100; bushel 



Paragon — This grand medium early variety grows from 2% to 3 feet in height, coming into use along with 

 Abundance. The long, straight pods are borne in pairs, each with eight or nine Peas of delicious fln- 

 vor. Pkt., 5 cts.: pint. 25 cts.: quart, 40 cts.: peck, $1.35; bushel 



Pea has ever given the universal satisfac- 

 tion among market gardeners that this 

 one has. Grown alongside of other ex- 

 tra early varieties the Challenge not 

 only proved earlier, but much more pro- 

 ductive. It is an enormous bearer and 

 ripens very early, so that th« vines may 

 be cleared off in two pickings, and the 

 ground prepared for another crop before 

 other early varieties come into use. The 

 pods are very large and well filled with 

 round Peas of fine flavor. In our large 

 Pea-growing districts the Challenge is 

 now planted for an extra early, to the 

 tota' exclusion of other early varieties. 

 Pkt., 6 cts.; piui, 25 cts.: quart, 40 cts.; 

 peck, $1.00 ; bushel -.$3 



Alaska — An extra early variety of supe- 

 rior quality. The vines grow to a height 

 of about 2)4 feet and produce abundant- 

 ly. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart. 40 

 cts.; peck, $1.00; bushel 8 



Blue Beauty— A dwarf extra early vari- 

 ety, coming in a little later than Ameri- 

 can Wonder. It grows to a uniform 

 height of about 1% feet. The pods aro 

 of medium size and are produced abund- 

 antly. Pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 

 40 cts.; peck, $1.10; oushel 4 



NOTT S EXCELSIOR. 



4.00 

 4.00 



8.75 



4.00 

 5.50 



5.00 

 S.75 



8.75 

 3.75 

 5.00 



CURRIE'S CHALLANGE AND NOTT'S EXCELSIOR ARE THE CRACK EARLY PEAS. 



