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



GARDEN PEAS. Sibsen, (Ger.) Chicaros-0-Ginsantes, (Sp.) 



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 Juh'. 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 10 cents each, postpaid. 



// by Parcel Post add -postage at zone rates; mailing weight, 2 lbs. per quart. 



VERY EARLY VARIETIES. 



VarquhaP'S Prolific Early. The earliest of the early varieties. 

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

 filled with peas of fine quality. Height, 2i feet. 



Pt., 30"^cts.; qt., 50 cts.; | pk., S1.75; pk., $3.25 

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

 and produce an abundance of pods, well filled with peas of superior 

 quaUty. Height, 21 feet. 



Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; i pk., $1.25; pk., $2.25 

 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 feet. 



i Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; i pk., S1.25; pk., S2.25 



retit Pols. This is the small, delicate Pea so highlj' 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 



very young. Height, 3 feet. 



Pt^arts.; qt., 50 cts.; i pk., $1.75; pk., $3.25 



The Pilot. One of the ea'ro^^orts. The vines are very robust and 



carrj' a heavy crop of large pods, well filled with richly flavored peas. 



Height, 3 feet. Pt., 35 cts.; qt., 60 cts.; 4 pk., $2.00; pk., $3.75 



Farquhar's Prolific Early Pea. 



SECOND EARLY AND MEDIUM VARIETIES. 



*Little Marvel. 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 delicious flavor. Height li feet. Pt., 

 25 cts.; qt., 40cts.; i pk., S1.50; pk., $2.50. 



*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, l-J- feet. 

 Pt., 30 cts.; qt., 60 cts.; -J- pk., $2.00 

 •Witham Wonder. An early dwarf wrinkled sort, producing an 

 abundance of long, curved pods, well filled and of delicious 

 flavor. Height, IJ feet. 



Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; i pk., $1.00; pk., $1.75 

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

 wcll-flllcd pods, each containing 8 to 10 wrinkled marrow peas 

 of the highest quality. Height, 3 feet. 



Pt.,30cts.; qt., 60cts.; J pk., $2.25; pk., $4.25 



♦Sutton's Excelsior, a dwarf early Marrowfat Pea, growing 

 aboul 1<S inches liigh. Pods large and well filled with deliciously 

 flavored peas, lieadv for picking with Nott's Excelsior. 



Pt.,"25cts.; qt.,40cts.; ipk., $1.50; pk.-, $2.50 

 *Thomas Laxton. .^n early vjiriety similar to Gradus, but hardier 

 and Pods large and long with square ends; quality being unsur- 

 pa,s.sed. Heighl, 3 feet. 



Pt.,30cts.; qt., 50cts.; ipk.,$1.85; pk., $3.50 



♦Sutton's Harbinger. One of the best varieties for early use. 



The plant is of dwarf liahit and covered with pods similar to those 



of American Wonder, but broader and more prolific. For flavor 



it is unsurpassefl. Height, 1 foot. 



Pt.,35ct«.; qt.,60cts.; Jpk.,$2.25 



♦Gradus or Prosperity. An extra early large-podded marrow 

 Pea. 'Die pod.s rcscnibic Telephone in size and shape, and are 

 well filled with large peas of delicious flavor. Height, 2^ ((yet. 



Pt.,:50cls.; qt..50cts;; .J pk., $1.85 



Pea Gradus. 



