16 R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO’JS SEED CATALOGUE. 
PEAS, EXTRA EARLY — Continued. 
Blue Beauty. Very productive; pods medium size; peas blue and delicious. 
Blue Peter. Very dwarf and stocky; pods well filled ; sweet Seis 
Bliss’s American Wonder. A very dwarf and remarkably fine wrinkled variety, ‘extra, early, 
producing a multitude of 1arge, very closely filled pods; flavor delicious ; height about nine 
inches 
Nott’s Excelsior. As early ; as the American Wonder with larger, better filled ‘pods and more of 
them; is a remarkable cropper; flavor as fine as Champion of eee One of the finest 
extra early peas ever offered; height about fifteen inches. ya te er, el A 
TcLean’s Little Gem. A dwarf green wrinkled pea; rich and sugary; very early, and every 
way excellent; height about one foot are oe ieee ome 
Premium Gem. Slightly larger every way than Little Gem. . 
Tom Thumb. Seed white; round; very hardy; height about nine *nDaSS - : 
Petit Pois, or Small Early French. True v ariety; pick when young; four feet . 
EARLY AND MEDIUM PEAS. 
TicLean’s Advancer. Our stock of this invaluable Pea is of unsurpassed excellence; its fine 
characteristics being retained by careful selection. A dwarf, green, wrinkled marrow pea, 
with numerous long well-filled pods; quality unsurpassed. Height about two feet . - 
Horsford’s [Market Garden. On the style of Advancer; very pro ee and even cropper; 
pods large and numerous; delicious flavor 
Everbearing. Habit branching; should be sown thin an n excellent variety; ; COV “see ith pods 
fully three inches long . 
Abundance. Of dwarf bushy habit ; pods are full and numerous; : " quality excellent; ; should be 
sown thinly; height two feet 
Heroine. Medium early, green, wrinkled variety ‘peas very tender. Pods long, of a ‘rich, sugary 
flavor; height 214 feet - 
Prince of Wales. W rinkled ; heavy cropper; fine for family 1 use; height three feet . 
Shropshire Hero. Very robust grower with long, handsome pods; three feet 
Evolution. Fine main crop sort with pods and foliage rich dark green; pods long, scimitar-like 
shape; very closely filled; fine melting quality; three feet : a Pee said, Sok 
Juno. Pods are thick and filled from stem to tip; wrinkled ; delicious ; two feet 
Melting Sugar; Edible-Podded. The pods when cooked are eaten like eae, beans and are 
very sweet and tender; height two-and-a-half feet - 
MAIN AND LATE-CROP PEAS. 
Champion of England. We place this superior old variety at the head of this section as it is 
unsurpassed in flavor, sweetness and general excellence; our stock is maintained pure by 
careful selection and is unexcelled; vines over four feet high Sipe eae bute Bere 
Stratagem. Carefully selected stock. A pea of extraordinary merit ; habit branching and 
stocky; the vines are covered with full Bece of great size; flavor melting and delicious; one 
of the best ; height two feet. . 
Telephone. A tall and v ery robust grow er, bearing pods closely & filled and of unusual length; 
remarkably productive; height about four feet 
Pride of the Market. Wrinkled, of robust constitution 5 enormous “yielder; highly recom- 
mended; two feet : 
American Champion. Late; « one of the largest of peas; enormously productive; over four 
feet high : 
Yorkshire Hero. A wrinkled n marrow of delicious flav or; very ; productive ; pods of good si size ; 
great bearer; vines two-and-one-half feet : 
White Marrowfat. An old sort; very hardy; one ‘of the heaviest yielders; height ‘about 
threefeet  - |. 
Black-Eyed Marrowfat. Very popular and hardy ; great yielder; three feet 
Canada Field Peas. See Farm Seeds. 
PEPPER. (Spamscher Pfeffer.) 
Sow in March or April, in a hot-bed, or in the open ground when the weather becomes quite 
warm. Transplant when three inches high. The rows should be two feet apart and the piants 
fifteen inches apart in the rows. Rich, warm, mellow soil. Oxe ounce of seed will produce 
about two thousand plants. 
Squash, or Pickling. Best for picding ; tomato-shaped; medium size; 
thick. Pkt; :o4 5 -oz., -30; 1b.; $3.5 
Bell, or Bull- NORE e Nearly four bh ee long and three in diameter; mild. 
PRE; 4055 (0z., ; lb., $3.50. 
Sweet Mountain, oe Mammoth. Similar to the Bell but larger. Pkt., 
105; (0Zi, ahi $3.50. 
Procopp’s Giant. Very ee and large; fine scarlet; flesh thick. Pkt., .o5; 
Gz.,.-25 > 1b-, $2-a0. 
County Fair. Hom shape; sweet and mild; flesh thick; excellent. Pkt., 
ac 'Oz.,, .40- 
Ruby King. Long, about five inches; very thick; fine, mild flavor. Pkt., 
“ORs O2Z.,.-255 iD., $2.50: 
Long Red Cayenne. Long, slender and very pungent; beautiful color. 
PRE, -05 ; (02., .30:;, lb.; $3-c0- 
Golden Dawn. Shaped like the Bell; golden yellow; thick and fine. Pkt., 
05; 02Z., .30; lb., $3.00. 
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25 $1.25 
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