PETER HENDERSON & CO-VEGETABLE SEEDS, 



37 



Dwarf Extra Early Peas. 



BLUE BEAUTY. Its distinctive 

 feature is its unusually regular habit 

 of growth. Of a uniform height of 

 1 3 4 ft., so smooth and level in its 

 growth that it resembles a well 

 kept hedge. It is a blue, round 

 pea, and is nearly as early as the 

 American "Wonder. Pods of me- 

 dium size, borne in the greatest 

 profusion, and are well filled for so 

 early a pea. In quality and flavor 

 Blue Beauty cannot be surpassed. 

 (See cut.) 25c. pt. ; 40c. qt. ; $2.50 

 peck ; S8.00 bush. 



Blue Peter (McLean's). A larger, 

 better and earlier form of Tom 

 Thumb, having blue seed. It is re- 

 mai-kably dwarf, very early, a capital 

 bearer, and of excellent quality. Height, 

 X ft. 20c. pt. ; 35c. qt. ; $2 peck ; $7 bush. 



Tom Thumb. Bemarkably dwarf and early, 

 of excellent quality, and yields abundant- 

 ly. Height, 1 foot. 20 cts. pt. ; 35 cts. 

 qt. ; $2.00 peck ; $7.00 bush. 



EXTRA EARLY PEAS 



OF MEDIUM HEIGHT. 



HENDERSON'S FIRST OF ALL. The 



best extra early Pea ever offered. This 

 variety is unequaled for excellence, yield, 

 size of pod and regularity of growth. 

 Height, 2 l 4 feet or fully six inches dwarf er 

 than the Improved Daniel O'Bourke, First 

 and Best, or Philadelphia Extra Early, and 

 produces pods of good size, which are 

 well filled with round, smooth, white peas 

 of splendid flavor. It is a prodigious 

 bearer, and ripens up so evenly as not to 

 require more than two pickings to clear 

 off the crop, and in this last feature and 

 in its extreme earliness consist its great 

 value to market gardeners and truckers. 

 At the same time we know of no other 

 variety that is more popular than Hender- 

 son's First of All in private gardens. 

 This variety is sent out only in sealed 

 packages and bags. 20 cts. pt. ; 30 cts. 

 qt. ; $1.50 peck; $5.00 bush. 



■He PEAS. *♦ 



German, Erbse. — French, Pois. — Spanish, 

 Guizante. 1 qt. for 75 feet of drill. 2 to 3 

 bushels in drills fcr est 'ere. If sent by mail, 

 15 cts. qt. extra. 



Some idea of the attention Sf at Peas are receiving at 

 our hands may be obtained tft en we state that in our 

 Trial Grounds in Jersey City 6* eh season, we have grow- 

 ing side by side no less than 150 varieties, both new and 

 old. Our trial of Peas is probably the most extensive 

 on this side of the Atlantic, and it enables us to discard 

 inferior sorts, and to offer in the following list only the 

 best varieties. Peas come earliest to maturity in 

 light, rich soil. For general crop, a deep loam, or a 

 soif strongly inclining to clay, is best. For early crops 

 decomposed leaves or leaf mould should be used, or if 

 the soil is very poor, stronger manure may be used. 

 For general crops a good dressing should be applied, 

 and for the dwarf growing kinds the soil can hardly be 

 too rich. When grown as a market crop, peas are never 

 staked, and are sown in single rows, two or three 

 inches deep, and from two to three feet apart, according 

 to variety or strength of the soil. When grown in 

 small quantities for private use, they are generally 

 sown in double rows, six or eight inches apart, and the 

 tall varieties staked up by brush, or, what is better, 

 trained on the new garde: rellis which is offered on page 94 

 of this Catalogue. For an early crop sow in February, March 

 or April, according to latitude, as soon as the ground can be 

 worked, and make repeated sowings every two weeks for suc- 

 cession. After the first of June sowing should be discontinued 

 until the middle of August, when a good crop may some- 

 times be secured by sowing an extra early sort for fall use. 



DWARF EXTRA EARLY PEAS. 



(?i to IX feet high.) Requiring No Staking. 

 Those marked thus * are Wrinkled Varieties. 



AMERICAN WONDER. Far better suited to 



the private than the market garden, as it is 



not productive enough to make it much grown 



as a market sort. It is very early, however. 



The peas are wrinkled, and its distinctiveness 



consists in its extreme dwarf growth. Of the 



finest quality. Height, 9 inches. (See cut.) 



20 cts. pt. ; 35 cts. qt. ; $2.00 peck ; $7.00 bush. 



* CHELSEA. (See Novelties, page 14.) Height, 1 ft. 50 cts. pt, ; 



75 cts. qt. 

 LITTLE GEM (McLEAN'S). A green wrinkled variety which 

 comes into use a few days later than the First of All or 

 Improved Daniel O'Eourke. 18 inches high; very prolific, and of excel- 

 lent flavor. 20 cts. pt. ; 30 cts. qt. ; $1.60 peck; $6.00 bush. 

 PREMIUM GEM, EXTRA EARLY. A very fine dwarf pea of the Little 

 Gem type, on which it is a great improvement. Height, 15 inches. 

 20 cts. pt. ; 30 cts. qt. ; $1.75 peck ; $6.50 bush. 



I cannot praise your First of All Peas enough 

 — indeed, they were first, last and all the time 

 with us. While others suffered with the drought 

 these matured so quickly they had no time to 

 dry up. — Sarah Pearson, Lowell ville, Ohio. 



We planted Blue Beauty Peas March 23d, at 

 the same time with the American Wonder ; 



they gave us peas one week after the Wonder, 

 but as a good eating Pea are unsurpassed; 

 they were ready for use six days ahead of the 

 Alpha. They are all you claim for them. — 

 Mrs. Robert L. Kline Deming, Washington, 

 Oct. 1st, 1889. 



EXTRA EARLY PEA— HENDERSOH'8 FIRST OF ALL. 



