[24] J. MANNS & CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. 
SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
PEAS 
1 quart to 100 feet of drill; 1144 bushels per acre. 
Peas grow best on a light, rich, mellow soil under cool and moist weather con- 
ditions. Fresh manure and very rich or wet mucky soil-should be avoided. 
The extra early varieties are very hardy and should be planted as soon as the 
ground can be made ready, while the larger wrinkled varieties, which are not as 
hardy but of superior quality, may be planted when the soil has become slightly 
warmed, as the seed will rot if planted too early. 
For private use, sow the seed in double rows, 18 inches apart and 3 inches apart 
in the row; for market, in single rows 2 to 3 feet apart and 1 inch apart in the 
rows. The peas will give quicker returns if covered only one inch deep, and where 
éarliness is most important they may be treated this way. Larger pods and greater 
quantity will be produced if the seed is planted in trenches three to six inches deep 
and covered with only one to two inches of soil. When the plants are five or six 
inches high, fill the trench level with the surface. This will result in deep rooting, 
prevent mildew and prolong the bearing season. If the peas are covered to the 
full depth at first, or if water is allowed to stand in the trenches the seed will not 
germinate or grow well. The crop should be gathered as fast as it becomes fit for 
use, as even a few ripe pods left on the vines tend to retard the development of the 
young pods and prevent the formation of new ones. 
FIRST EARLY SMOOTH VARIETIES 
Extra Early Alaska Vine strong and vigorous, 2 to 2% feet high, of a 
peculiar light green color, pods 3 to 3% inches long, 
straight and blunt at the end. Is ready for picking 49 to 50 days from planting. 
Seed round, blue, slightly pitted. Matures crop very evenly. 
m ve The most used and best extra early, large podded Dwarf now 
Ea ly Bird on the market. Very desirable for market gardeners and truck- 
ers. Seed is practically smooth, dark green in color, can be planted as early as the 
Alaska. Produces a strong, vigorous vine, dwarfed in length. Pods produced in 
Long Pod Alaska 
profusion and are long, large, pointed and well filled with good sized peas. Is an 
excellent cropper and has replaced practically all other extra early varieties. 
Bountiful Resembling the Alaska in general habit of 
growth. Vine 36 inches, foliage gray-green. 
Pods 3% inches in length, pointed, gray-green in color. Fit 
for table use 55 to 57 days from planting; a prolific bearer, 
making it a valuable variety. Seed blue, medium pitted. 
SECOND EARLY SMOOTH 
VARIETIES 
Improved Sugar Marrowfat 7's fe Pea has 
given wonderful 
satisfaction to all who have planted it. It grows about 2 
feet high, bears enormous handsome pods, which are com- 
pletely filled with large, deliciously flavored, deep green peas. 
It is undoubtedly the most productive Pea offered. 
EDIBLE PODDED PEAS 
This is a class of Peas not generally known in this coun- 
try, but much used abroad, in which the sweet, brittle and 
succulent pods have none of the tough inner lining found 
in the ordinary varieties of garden peas. They are used in 
the same way as snap or string beans. 
Mammoth Melting Sugar Tis is by far the 
largest and finest of 
the true sugar_or edible podded Peas. The vines are of 
strong, vigorous growth, frequently 4 to 5 feet in length, and 
the pods come rather late, or about the same time as the 
Telephone and Stratagem Peas. Broken and boiled like 
string beans and served with butter sauce, they have a 
luscious flavor. 
NITRAGIN BACTERIA INOCULATION produces an earlier 
and larger crop of peas.—See Page 78. 
PRICES 
Variety Qt. Pk. Bu. 
Bountifulics. sos ek ale ree Se 40219 22502258550 
Karly, Bind scence saeco ae 40 2.50 9.00 
Extra Early, Alaskas 25) 323.6 Skee ee -40 2.25 8.00 
Improved Sugar Marrowfat........... 40 2.50 8.50 
Long Podded Alaska.................. AO =2.50 - 8.50 
Mammoth Melting Sugar............. -60 4.00 S53 
Pedigree Extra Early.............555% 40 2.50 8.50 
Prolific Early Market................ .40 2.50. 8.50 
Long-Podded Alaska A favorite with truckers and 
shippers to Northern mar- 
kets, producing a very early crop of large, broad, well-filled, 
dark green pods. Equally as hardy as Extra Early Alaska 
and much larger. The vines usually grow three feet high 
and the crop will remain fresh a long time after picking. 
Early Bird Peas 
