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R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



GARDEN PEAS. CMcaros-o-Ginsantes, (Sp.) 

 All prices in tiiis Catalogue are subject to change without notice owing to fluctuations of the market. 



Culture. Smooth round-seeded varieties for early crops, should 

 be sown as early in Spring as the ground can be worked; the sweeter 

 wrinkled sorts from the middle of April until July. Sow in rows 3 feet 

 apart, 3 inches deep, using of the smooth, round-seeded sorts one quart 

 to 100 feet of drill, of the wrinkled sorts, one quart to 80 feet. 



Those marked with an asterisk (*) are wrinkled marrows and are the 

 sweetest and best flavored Peas. 



Packets of all Varieties of Peas at 25 cents each, postpaid. {Except 

 where olhenvise jniced.) 

 Ifhij Parcel Post add postage at zone rates; tnailing weight, 2 lbs. per quart. 



VERY EARLY VARIETIES. 



Farquhap'S Prolifle Early. The earhest of the early varieties. 

 Vines are strong and hardy, each bearing 4 to 7 straight pods, well 

 filled with Peas of fine quality. Height, 2^ ft. 



Pt., 45 cts.; qt., 85 cts.; | pk., S3.25 

 First and Best. One of the best of the early sorts. Vines are vigorous 

 and produce an abundance of pods, weU filled with Peas of superior 

 quality. Height, 2i ft. 



Pt., 40 cts.; qt., 75 cts.; ^ pk., $2.75 



Earliest of All, or Alaska. A valuable early, round blue Pea, with 

 slender vines, producing a large number of dark green pods, well 

 filled and of excellent flavor. Height, 2 ft. 



Pt., 40 cts. ; qt., 70 cts. ; i pk., S2.60 



Petit Pois. This is the small, deUcate Pea so highly prized by French 



chefs. It grows well here, producing an abundance of long, slender 



pods, well filled with extremely small Peas, which should be used when 



verj^ young. Height, 3 ft. 



Pt., 40 cts.; qt., 75 cts.; i pk., S2.75 



The Pilot. One of the earhest sorts. The vines are ver>' robust and 

 carry a heavy crop of large pods, well filled with richlv flavored Peas. 

 Height, 3 ft. Pt., 60 cts.; qt., Sl.OO; i pk., S3.75 



Farquhar's Prolific Early Pea 



SECOND EARLY AND MEDIUM VARIETIES. 



*Little MaPVel. Very early and a heavy cropper; pods large, 

 dark green in color and frequently borne in pairs. Peas quite 

 large, even in size and of dehcious flavor. Height, I5 ft. 



Pt., 65 cts.; qt., $1.25; i pk., $4.75 



*Laxtonian. One of the earliest of the wrinkled peas; robust 

 in habit and bearing an abundance of handsome dark green 

 pods well filled with large Peas of fine quahty. Height, li ft. 



Pt., 80 cts.; qt., $1.15; | pk., $4..50 



Early Morn. An early variety, producing a large number of 

 well-fijled pods, each containing 8 to 10 wTinkled marrow Peas 

 of the highest quality. Height, 3 ft. 



Pt., 60 cts.; qt., -Sl.OO; i pk., .$3.75 



*SuttOn'S ExeelsiOF. A dwarf early Marrowfat Pea, growinc 

 about 18 inches high. Pods large and well filled with dehciously 

 flavored Peas. Ready for picking with Nott's Excelsior. 



Pt., 65 cts.; qt., $1.25; | pk., $4.75 



*Thomas Laxton. An early variety similar to Gradus, but hardier 

 and pods large and long with square ends; quahty being unsur- 

 passed. Height, 3 ft.. Pt., 60 cts.; qt., $1.00; | pk., .$3.75 



*GpadUS OP PPOSperity. An extra early large-podded marrow 

 Pea. 'I'lic iiods resemble Telephone in size and shape, and aro 

 well filled with lar^e Peas of delicious flavor. Height, 2^ ft. 



Pt., 60 ct.s.; qt., $1.15; i pk., $4..J0 



Pea Gradus. 



