28 R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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GARDEN PEAS. Chicaros-o-Ginsantes, (Sp.) 
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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. é 
Packets of all Varieties of Peas at 20 cents each, postpaid. (Except 
> where otherwise priced. ) 
Tf by Parcel Post add postage at zone rates; mailing weight, 2 lbs. per quart. 
VERY EARLY VARIETIES. 
Farquhar’s Prolific Early. The earliest of the early varieties. 
Vines are strong and hardy, each bearing 4 to 7 straight pods, well 
filled with Peas of fine quality. Height, 2% ft. 
Pt., 35 cts.; qt., 65 cts.;  pk., $2.50; pk., $4.75 
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, 23 ft. 
Pt., 30 cts.; qt., 55 cts.; 4 pk., $2.00; pk., $3.75 
Earliest of All, or Alaska. A valuable early, round blue Pea, with 
slender vines, producing a large number of dark green pods, well 
filled and of excellent flavor. Height, 2 ft. 
Pt., 35 cts.; qt., 60 cts.; 3 pk., $2.25; pk., $4.25 
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. Height, 3 ft. 
Pkt., 25 cts.; pt., 40 cts.; qt., 75 ets.; } pk., $2.75 
The Pilot. One of the earliest sorts. The vines are very robust and 
carry a heavy crop of large pods, well filled with richly flavored Peas. 
Height, 3 ft. Pt., 35 cts.; qt., 60 cts:; 4 pk., $2.25; pk., $4.25 
SECOND EARLY AND MEDIUM VARIETIES. 
*Little Marvel. Very early and a heavy cropper; pods large, 
dark green in color and frequently borne in pairs. Peas quite 
large, even in size and of delicious flavor. Height, 1} ft. Pt., 
40 cts.; qt., 70 cts.; + pk., $2.60; pk., $5.00. 
*Laxtonian. One of the earliest of the wrinkled peas; robust 
in habit and bearing an abundance of handsome dark green 
pods well filled with large Peas of fine quality. Height, 13 ft. 
Pkt., 25 cts.; pt., 50 cts.; qt., 90 ets. 
Early Morn. An early variety, producing a large number of 
well-filled pods,’ each containing 8 to 10 wrinkled marrow Peas 
of the highest quality. Height, 3 ft. 
Pkt., 25 cts.; pt., 40 cts.; qt., 75 cts.; 3 pk., $2.75; pk., $5.00 
*Sutton’s Excelsior. A dwarf early Marrowfat Pea, growing 
about 18 inches high. Pods large and well filled with deliciously 
flavored Peas. Ready for picking with Nott’s Excelsior. 
Pt., 40 cts.; qt., 70 cts.; 4 pk., $2.60 
*Thomas Laxton. An early variety similar to Gradus, but hardier 
and pods large and long with square ends; quality being unsur- 
passed. Height, 3 ft. Pt., 40 cts.; qt., 70 cts.; } pk., $2.60 
*Gradus or Prosperity. An extra early large-podded marrow 
Pea. The pods resemble’ Telephone in size and shape, and are 
well filled with large Peas of delicious flavor. Height, 2} ft. l : 
Pt., 40 cts.; qt., 70 cts.; 3 pk., $2.60 Pea Gradus. 
