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R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



GARDEN P£AS« Sihseri, (Ger.) Chicaros-0-Ginsantes, (Sp.) 



Culture. Smooth round-seeded varieties for earlj' 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. 



Packets of all Varieties of Peas at 10 cents each, postpaid. 



VERY EARLY VARIETIES. 



Farquhap'S Prolific Early. The earliest of the early varieties. 

 Vines are strong and hardy, each bearing 4 to 7 straight pods, well 

 fiUed with peas of fine quality. Height, 2j feet. 



Pt., 25cts.; qt., 40cts.; i pk., S1.50; pk., $2.50 



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 

 quahtv. Height, 2i feet. 



Pt.,20cts.; qt.,35cts.; ipk.,S1.25; pk., §2.25 



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 feet. 



Pt., 20cts.; qt., 35cts.; J pk., $1.25; pk., $2.25 



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 extremelj' small peas, which should be used when 

 very young. Height, 3 feet. 



Pt.,25cts.; qt., 50cts.; Jpk., S1.75; pk., $3.25 



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 feet, Pt., 30 cts.; qt., oOcts.; ^ pk., $1.75; pk., $3.25 



Farquhar's Prolific Early Pea. 



SECOND EARLY AND MEDIUM VARIETIES. 



*Llttie Juarvel. Ver\' 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 I5 feet. Pt., 

 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts.; ^ pk., $1.50; pk., $2.50. 



*LaxtOIllEn. One of the earhest of the wrinkled peas; robust 

 in habit and bearing an iibundance of handsome dark green 

 pods well filled with large peas of fine quahty. Height, li feet. 

 Pt., 30cts.; qt., 50cts.; i pk., $1.75 

 *Witham Wonder. An early dwarf wTinkled sort, producing an 

 .ibuiidaiM'c of long, curved pods, well filled and of delicious 

 flavor. Height, U fwt- 



Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; J- pk., $1.00; pk., $1.75 

 'Early Morn. An early variety, producing a large number of 

 well-filled jxhIs, each containing 8 to 10 wrinkled marrow peas 

 of the lugli(«t ([ualilv. Height, 3 feet. 



I'l, :50ct,s.; qt., 60cts.; ^ pk., $2.25; pk., $4.25 



♦Sutton's Excelsior, a dwarf early Marrowfat Pen, growing 

 about IK iiiclics high. I'ods l.irgc and well filled with (lcliciousI\- 

 flavorc^l jxas. Ready for picking with iN'olt's Excelsior. 



Pt.,"25cts.; qt., 40cts.; i pk., $1.50; pk., $2.50 

 *Thomas Laxton. An early variety similar to (iradus, but hardier 

 and PckIs large and long with square ends; quality being unsur- 

 pu.s.s<Ki. Height, 3 feet. 



I'l., 30cts.; qt.,.50cts.; Jpk.,$1.85; pk., .$3..50 



♦Sutton's Harbinger. One of the best varieties for early u.se. 



The plant is of dw.-irf habit and covered with pods similar to tliose 



of American Wonder, but broader and more prolific. l'"or flavor 



it is unsurj)ii.sse(l. Height, 1 foot. 



I't.,35cts.; qt., (lOcts.; .lpk.,$2.25 



♦GradUS or Prosperity. An ext ra early large-i.oddcd marrow 

 I'ea. The [)0(ls rescnihlc Telephone in size and sliajx', and are 

 well filled with large peas of delicious flavor. Height, 2i fe<'t. 



I'l,, 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts.; h pk., $1.85 



Pea Gradus. 



