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



GARDEN PEAS. 



Chicharos o Guisantes. Erhson. 

 Pois. 



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. 



EARLY GARDEN PEAS. 



Farquhar's Prolific Early. The earli- 

 est of the early varieties. Vines are strong 

 and hardy, each bearing 4 to 7 straight 

 pods, well filled with peas of fine quality. 



Height, 2Heet Pt., .20; 



qt., .30; ^ pk., .8.5; pk., 1.50; bush., 5.00 



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 quality. Height, 2J feet, ^ 



Pt. .15; qt., 25; i pk., .75; pk., 1.25; bush., 4.50 



Earliest df All, of Alaska. A valuable early, round blue 

 Pea, with slender vines j^roducing a large number of dark green 

 pods, well filled and of excellent flavor, ^.^ 



Pt., .20; qt., .30; J pk., 1.00; pk., 1.75; bush., fi.OO Sutton's^Exceisior 



Petit Pois. This is the small, delicate 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 very young, 



Pt., .20; qt., .35; J pk., 1.00; pk., 1.75; bush., 6.50 



* Witham WondeP. An early dwai-f wrinkled soi-t. producinjj an abundance of 

 long, curvi'd pods, ■well filled and of delicious flavor, 



Pt., .25; qt., .40; J pk., l.oO; pk., 2.75; bush., 10.00 



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* Sutton's HarbingeP. One of the best varieties for early use. The plant is of dwarf habit and covered with 



pods similar to those of American Wonder, but broader and more prolific. For flavor it is unsurpassed. 

 Height, 9 inches Tt., .25; qt., .40; ^ pk., 1.50 



* Eaply Mopn. An early variety, producing a large number of well-filled pods, each containing 8 to 10 wrinkled 



marrow peas of the highest quality. Height, 2J feet, 



Pt., .25; qt., .40; * pk., 1..50; pk., 2..50; bush., 9.00 



* Sutton's Excelsior, a dwarf early Marrowfat Pea, growing about 18 inches high. Pods large and well 



filled with dehciouslv flavored peas. Ready for picking with Nott's Excelsior, 



Pt., .25; qt.,.40; § pk., 1.50; pk., 2.75; bush.-, 10.00 



* Thomas Laxton. An early variety of great merit. 

 Similar to Gradus, but hardier and more productive. 

 Pods large and long with square ends well filled, the 

 quality being unsurpassed . . . Pt., .25; qt., .40; 

 * pk., 1.50; pk., 2.75; bush., 10.00 



Farquhar's Early Prolific Pea. 



Mr. Arthur Dixon, Gardener for R. G. Hazard, Esq., 

 Peace Dale, R. I., August 26, wiites: — / rtiust also 

 speak of Farquhar's Prolific Early Pea. With me this 

 time it grew six feet, and two feet from the ground it was 

 loaded withpeas. It was a beautiful sight to see the two 

 double rows. Many people came to see them. I wish I had 

 them photographed, but I failed to do it. It is a fine Pea 

 and one of the greatest croppers and the largest bearing 

 Peas I have groivn. Gentlemen, Ihope this will be of interest 

 to you as I felt I could not let it go by without writing you. 



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