LIST OF TESTED GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1927. 



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PEAS 



Culture — For first early 

 Peas sow smooth seeded 

 varieties In a light, rich 

 soil, as early in March or 

 April as the ground can be 

 worked. Sow both smooth 

 and wrinkled seeded varie- 

 ties in April or May for 

 later crops. Discontinue 

 sowing from June to Au- 

 gust, after which, by sow- 

 ing 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 suflicient 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 

 as hardy as the smooth 

 sorts, and should be plant- 

 ed later, owing to their 

 liability to rot in the 

 ground. 



One pound to 75 feet of 



drill. Ty\o bushels, 



about 120 lbs. to 



an acre, in 



drills. 



Sutton's Excelsior. 



EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 



Those marked * are wrinkled. 



INOCULATE THIS SEED 



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CURRIE'S EXTRA EARLY CHALLEIVGE — -No extra early Pea has ever given the 

 universal satisfaction that this one has. It is an enormous bearer and very 

 early. The vines may be cleared off in t^vo piclcings 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, % lb. 20c (by mail 

 25c); 1 lb. 350 (by mail 42c); 2 lbs. 65c; 5 lbs. $1.75; 10 lbs. $2.75. 



* SUTTON'S EXCELiSlOR, or Melting Marrow — ^A new, early wrinkled sort, superior 

 to the old Nott's Excelsior. Its light green, square-ended pods, long and broad, 

 are uniformly well filled, averaging six to eight immense, rich green delicious 

 peas. The vines grow about 15 inches in height, are very hardy, bear in great 

 abundance, and are practically self-supporting". Pkt. 10c; % lb. 25c (by mail 

 30c); 1 lb. 40c (by mail 47c); 2 lbs. 75c; 5 lbs. $1.80; 10 lbs. $3.25. 



♦Thomas Laxton — A wrinkled Pea, coming In with the First Earlies with pods 

 double the size. In earliness it is within a day or two of "Challenge Extra 

 Early." The pods are rich dark green, straight and square ended, and contain 

 on the average 7 to 8 very large marrow peas of the richest flavor. Pkt. 10c; % 



lb. 25c (by mail 30c); 1 lb. 40c (by mail 47c); 2 lbs, 75c; 5 lbs. $1.80; 10 lb.<^. $:;.2.j. 



*l.AXTONIAN — This is the best early Dwarf Wrinkled Pea ever introduced. It 

 comes in several days ahead of Gradus and has pods double the size of American 

 Wonder. The larger pods equal in size to Gradus or any of the late, large-podded 

 Telephone types, are well filled with dark green Peas of excellent quality; gen- 

 erally 8 to 9 Peas in a pod. It is wonderfully hardy and vigorous and a remark- 

 ably profuse yielder. 1% feet. Pkt. 10c; % lb. 30c (by mail 35c); 1 lb. I5c (by 

 mail 52c); 2 lbs. 85c; 5 lbs. $2.00; 10 lbs. $3.70. 



*Gradns, or Prosperity — As early as Challenge or 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. The pods are borne 



singly and all mature at one time. 2% feet. Pkt. 10c; % lb. 25c (by mail 30c); 

 1 lb. 40c (by mail 47c); 2 lbs. 75c; 5 lbs. 1.80; 10 lbs. $3.25. 



*Burpee's Blue Bantam — Is unequalled for its combination of extreme earliness, 

 superb quality, and unusual productiveness. The dwarf, vigorous vines aver- 

 age 15 inches in height and carry enormously large crops of large deep bluish- 

 green pods which measure 4 to 4% inches long and are tightly packed with 8 

 or 10 large peas of most lucious flavor. Pkt. 10c; % lb. 30c (by mall 35c); 

 1 lb. 50c (by mail 57c); 5 lbs. $2.25. 



IF TWO OR MORE POUNDS ARE WANTED BY MAIL,, add postage at Parcel 



Post Rates. See Table, Page 1. 



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