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PARSNIP. {Pastinake.) 



This excellent, healthful vegetable has been in cultivation for time immemorial. A deep, rich, loamy- 

 soil, free from stones, is most suitable for its growth ; but when g^o^\^l in poor land the flavor is finer. 

 Sow in April or May, and cultivate as directed for carrots, being "careful to tread in, or smooth with a 

 heavy roller after covering. One ounce for one hundred and fifty feet of drill ; five pounds for an acre. 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 

 Market Model. The finest sort in cultivation. Very heavy crop- 

 per; average length of root, 18 to 24 inches; remarkably 

 smooth, handsome and clean in appearance; of most superior 



flavor and fine texture, 



Maltese. Fine variety; excellent flavor; smooth; fine-grained, 

 Student. An improved English sort; suitable for shallower soils, 

 Hollow Crown. One of the best grown for table or stock, 

 Long Smooth White. Straight, smooth, and handsome, 



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PEAS. {Erhse.) 



No variety of vegetable receives more of our care in selecting than Peas. We make contracts annu- 

 ally for hundreds of bushels of the leading sorts, with growers of reliability and experience, who raise 

 our supplies from the finest and most carefully selected seed stocks in the country. We cordially invite 

 growers for market, and all others, to call and examine our stocks when in need of true, pure, and fresh 

 seed peas. 



Culture. — A light soil, moderately rich, should be selected for the early varieties, and old decom- 

 posed manure, or leaf -mould should be scattered along the bottom of the drill and covered lightly with 

 fine earth, so that the seed may not come in direct contact with the fertilizer. For general crops a good 

 dressing should be applied, and for the dwarf kinds the soil should be very rich. The earliest Peas are 

 mostly round, smooth seeded. These are very hardy, and should be sown as early as possible in spring ; 

 later sowings should follow of the fine, sweet^ wrinkled varieties. Sow Peas in drills and cover not less 

 than four inches. For the lowest sorts the drills should be two feet apart ; those growing taller should 

 be three or four feet apart, according to height. When grown for private use. Peas should be staked 

 with brush, except the very dwarf -growing varieties. One quart to one hundred feet of drill ; one and a 

 half bushels sous one acre in drills. 



Special inducements offered to buyers in large quantities for market. 

 EARLIEST VARIETIES. 



Per pkt. Per qt. Per pk, 

 Laxton's Earliest of All. Pods large ; round ; very full ; dark 

 green. Peas of good size ; very sweet and juicy. Very pro- 

 ductive. Height, 2 feet, 10 .25 $1.25 



Alaska. The earliest of early peas. Most prolific, sweetest, and 

 best color when cooked ; a blue, round-seeded variety, grow- 

 ing about two and a half feet high, 10 .25 1.25 



Maud S. Very early, productive, round, white Pea. 2-^ feet, . .10 .25 1.25 



Rural New Yorker. Extra early; profusely covered with full, 



good-sized pods. Height, two and a half feet, ... .10 .25 1.25 



Clipper. One of the sweetest, earliest, most productive, and best 



of the very early Peas; distinct. Two and a half feet, . . .10 .25 1.25 



Daniel O'Rourke. Our stock of this fine, standard variety is quite 

 unsurpassed for earliness, productiveness, size of pod, and 



uniformity of height. Two and a half feet, 10 .25 125 



Carter's First Crop. Extra earlv ; pods rather small. Two and 



' a half feet, 10 .30 1.50 



First of All. Very productive of good sized well filled pods ; very 



sweet. Height, 2i feet, 10 .25 1.25 



Kentish Invicta. Unsurpassed for market or family use; very 

 early and very productive of large, full pods ; ripens uniform- 

 ly. Seeds blue. Two and a half feet, 10 .25 1.25 



Early Dexter. One of the most productive and sweet of the round 



white seeded Peas, 10 .25 1.25 



Bliss's American "Wonder, A remarkably fine, dwarf wrinkled 

 variety; extra early; requires no bushing; very sweet flavor. 



Height about one foot, 10 .30 1.75 



McLean's Little Gem. A green, wrinkled dwarf Pea, of a delic- 

 ious, rich, sugary flavor ; very early. Height one foot, . . .10 .25 1.25 

 Premium Gem, "Somewhat more robust in habit than the Little 



Gem ; very sweet. One and one-third feet high, . . . .10 .25 1.25 



Alpha. A wrinkled marrow pea of richest flavor; pods very nu- 

 merous, large and well filled. Height about two feet, . . .10 .25 1.25 

 Tom Thumb. Very hardy, dwarf, round, white Pea. Height 



about nine inches, 10 .25 1.50 



Blue Peter. Seeds blue; similar to Tom Thumb in habit, but 



rather sweeter. One foot, 10 .25 1.50 



