16 PETER HENDERSON & CO.—VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 
BLISS’S EVERBEARING PEA. 
Of this new variety, which will be disseminated for the first time 
this season, the introducers say, ‘‘ The want of a reliable first-class 
Pea for summer and autumn use has long been felt. With this new 
and remarkable variety we are confident to place before the public a 
Pea, which, when sufficiently known, will everywhere be recognized 
as the main dependence for asummer and autumn crop. 
Season late to very late. Height of vines, eighteen inches to two 
feet; foliage, very large; pods, three to four inches long on the 
average, each pod producing six to eight wrinkled peas; size of peas, 
very large, half and inch and over in diameter; quality, unsurpassed 
in sweetness as well as flavor; in fact, it possesses a peculiar richness 
and marrowy flavor not found in any other variety. Its habit of 
growth is of a peculiar branching character, forming as many as ten 
stalks from a single root stalk. One hundred pods have been counted 
on a single vine. The individual branches are of extraordinary 
strength and substance, so that when hilled up properly, they stand 
up well without brushing. We do not hesitate to say that for con- 
tinuance of bearing, this variety is unexcelled if equaled, a charac- 
teristic which gives it especial value for late summer and autumn 
use. After repeated pickings of quantities of full sized pods, the 
vines continue to be covered with blossoms and buds developing to 
maturity in turn, and making it practically as perpetual a bearer as 
can be found in the Pea tribe. 
Owing to the branching habit of the plant, the seed should be 
y Buiss’s ik Re A sown considerably thinner than is customary with other kinds, else 
ZRBEAPING Pea’ opie as PS SINGLE PLANT the vines will become too crowded and straggling, to the detriment 
Copyright pps TQS DRAWN From LIFE of thecrop. Half a pint of seed of the Ever-Bearing Pea will 
plant as much ground as a quart of most other kinds. We have ob- 
tained best results by planting the single peas six inches apart in the rows, 
covering those planted in early spring three inches, and those planted in 
summer four to five inches. 
On account of the scarcity of the seed, it will not be offered this season 
in larger quantities than one-quarter pint packages, at 25 cts. each, by mail, or 
5 packets for $1.00. One packet will plant a row one hundred feet long, and 
will bear until the vines are cut down by frost.”’ 
LAXTON’S MINIMUM PEA. 
Our illustration will give a very fair idea of this very distinct variety. It 
is a white wrinkled sort; a prodigious bearer, exceedingly early and very 
dwarf, and of splendid quality. From its low growth it will undoubtedly 
prove to be one of the best vameties for forcing either in the hot-bed or 
~ : = —-_ = green-house. 15 cts. per packet; 50 cts. per quart. 
LAXTON'S MINIMUM PEA. 
LAXTON’S 
MARVEL PEA. 
A variety of quite recent 
introduction, attaining a 
height of 3 ft., and a very 
prolific bearer, producing 
white wrinkled peas in hand- ~ 
LAXTON’S MARVEL PEA. some curved pods, 
Itis a main crop variety and of unequaled flavor. 15 cts. per packet; 40cts. per qt. 
NEW SWEET PEPPER, GOLDEN DAWN. 
A most beautiful and distinct new Pepper. In shape and size it is very like the well-known Large Bell, but is of a much 
more delicate flavor, and the color, of course, is altogether different, being of a beautiful golden yellow. Altogether it is 
very novel and distinct, 10 cts. per pkt.; 50cts. per oz.; $1.75 per 4 Ib. 
NEW PEPPER, WILLIAMS’ LITTLE GEM. 
This novelty is of a dwarf branching habit, scarcely exceeding 9 inches in height. The leaves are small and oval-shaped. 
The fruit or berries are of globular form, about the size of a red currant, and are of a brilliant scarlet hue. They are pro- 
duced in the greatest profusion, and, we think, will be found most useful in preparations of Pepper Sauce. Besides, the plant 
is so beautiful that, when grown in pots, it will always prove a splendid decoration for the dinner table, or, in fact, in any 
situation where a beautiful effect is desired. Price, 50 cts. per pkt. 
SEE DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CELERY, ‘“ HENDERSON’S WHITE PLUME,” PACE 11. 
