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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



I IF WANTED BY MAIL. ADD 8 CTS. PER PINT, 15 CTS. PER QUART TO COVER POSTAGE. 



CURRIE'S EXTRA EARLY CHALLENGE. 



GRADUS OR PROSPERITY. 



As early as Challenge or Alaska. Equal 

 in quality to Telephone or Stratagem. 

 Pods equal in size to Telephone. 



The great drawback with the small early round 

 Peas is their lack of size and flavor. In Gradus. how- 

 ever, we have a Fea coming in along 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 

 wiinkled sorts. The vines grow to a height of '2]4 feet. 

 and produce the pods singly, all maturing at one 

 time. As a market-gardener's pea this will no doubt 

 take the same pl«ce among the earlles as does Tele- 

 phone fimong the late sorts. Pkt.,]5cts.; pint, 85cts.; 

 (luart, 60 cts.; peck. 82.75 ; bushel, 810.00. 



*NOTT'S EXCELSIOR. 



German, Gvbjc. French, Pois. 



For first early Peas sow In alight, rich soil, as early;in March or April as the ground can be 

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

 which, by sowing an extra early sort, a good crop can generally be secured. As Peas sufler consid- 

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

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

 cient growth has been made draw the earth about the vines. In this way a great deal more moist- 

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

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

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

 one foot apart, and the taller sorts from 2 to 8 feet apart. 



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



EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 



Those marked thus *_are wrinkled. 



<!urrie's Extra Early Challenge. 



I extra early Pea has ever given the 

 iniversal satisfaction among market- 

 jardeners that this one has. Grown 

 ilon.gbide of other extra early va- 

 rieties, the Challenge not only 

 proved earlier, but much more 

 DroductiTe. It is an enormous 

 bearer and ripens very early, so 

 that the vines may be cleared off 

 in two pickings, and the ground 

 )repared for another crop before other 

 larly varieties come into use. The pods 

 ire very large and well tilled with 

 ound Peas of tine flavor. In our large 

 'ea-growing districts the Challenge is 

 low planted tor an extra early, to the 

 otal excUibion of other early varieties. 

 'kt.,10cts ; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; 

 )eck, $1.00: bushel ?3.50 



\ laska— An extra early variety of supe- 

 ior quality. The vines grow to a height 

 >f about 2J^ feet and produce abund- 

 intly. Fkt., 10 cts. pint, 15 cts.; quart, 

 5 cts.; peck, SI. 00; bushel „ 3.2b 



I lue Beauty— A dwarf extra early va- 

 iety, coming in a little later than 

 Vmerican Wonder. It grows to a uni- 

 "orm height of about \% feet. The 

 (ods are of medium size and are pro- 

 luced abundantly. Fkt., 10 cts.; pint, 

 5 cts: quart, 25 cts.; peck, St.lO; 

 lUshel..' 4.00 



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 homegarden 



The vines are vigorous and very prolific, while the pods are closely packed with large Peas of 

 very fine flavor; 1 foot. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, SO cts.; peck, SI. 10; bushel 84.00 



*l.a»ton's Alpha— One of the earliest wrinkled Peas; of fine quality and very prolific ; pods 

 large and well filled ; 3 feet. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, sO cts.; peck, 81.10; bushel 4.00 



*American Wonder — One ol the earliest wrinkled peas in cultivation, of the finest quality 

 and flavor, and very productive. Its great distinctive feature, however, is its compact and 

 dwarf growth, seldom exceeding ten Inches in height. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 

 cts.; peck, Sl.CO; bushel 3.50 



*Premium Gem— A dwarf Pea ot the Little Gem type, on which it is a great improvement: 

 l]4teet. Pkt., lO'Ctp.; pint, J5 cts : quart, 25 cts.; peck. 81.00; bushel S 00 



*M<-Lean'8 Little Gem— An early dwarf, green, wrinkled Pea, of superior flavor and very 



piolific; 1 foot. Pkt.. 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, 81.00; bushel 3.00 



SECOND EARLY VARIETIES. 



*McI-ean's Advancer — An excellent variety of very fine flavor; 2 feet. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint.; 15 



cts.; quart. 25 cts.; peck. 81.00: bushel 3.00 



Bliss' Abundance — Remarkably productive and of excellent quality. The plant is of a 

 branching habit, each branch often producing as many pods as an entire plant of some of 

 the othervarieties ; 1)4 feet. Pkt , Id cts.; pint, 15 ct8.;"quart,25 cts.; peck, SI. 00 ; bushel 3.00 



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

 delicious-flavored of all varieties, either ol American or foreign origin Thevinesgrow 

 vigorously, and are literally covered with large, well-filled pods ; 23^ feet. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 pint. 20 cts.; quart. 80 cts.; peck, $1.35; bushel 5.00 



*Horsford's iviarket-Garden— A good wrinkled variety ; very prolific and sweet. The vines 

 grow about 2 feet high. Pkt.. 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart. 25 cts ; peck. 81.00; bushel 3 00 



♦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 tender. Pkt.. 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, Sl.CO; 

 bushel 3 00 



French Canner— This is the genuine small Pea ufred so extensively in France for 

 canning purposes. Pods long and slim, containing eight to ten Peas of delicious flavor. 

 Is an abundant bearer. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, 75 cts.; bushel 2.75 



The undernoted well-known sorts can be supplied at the uniform price of 

 pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.00: 



Improved Daniel O'Rourke, 

 Tom Thumb, 



HcLean's Blue Peter, 

 Paragon. 



