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



GARDEN PEAS. 



Eibsen, (Ger.) Chicaros-o-Ginsantes, (Sp.) 



Culture. Smooth round-seeded varieties for early crops, should 

 be sowTi as early in spring as the ground can be worked; the sweeter 

 ■KTinkled sorts from the middle of April until Juh'. 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 wTinkled marrows and are 

 the sweetest and best flavored Peas. 

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



VERY EARLY VARIETIES. 



FaPquhar'S Prolific Early. The earhest of the early va- 

 rieties. Vines are strong and hardy, each bearing 4 to 7 straight 

 pods, well filled with peas of fine qualitj'. Height, 2J feet. 

 Pt., .25; qt., .40; J pk., 1.50; 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 quaHty. Height, 2k feet. 



Pt., .20; qt., .35; | pk., 1.25; 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., .20; qt., .35; | pk., 1.25; pk., 2.25 



Petit Pols. This is the small, dehcate 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 feet. 



Pt., .25; qt., .50; ^ pk., 1.75; 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;qt., .50; ipk., 1.75; pk., 3.25 



SECOND EARLY AND MEDIUM VARIETIES. 



Llttl6 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 dehcious flavor 



Height IHeet, 



Pt., .25; qt., .40; i pk 



150; pk., 2.50 



*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 quahty. 



Sutton's 

 Excelsior Pea. 



Farquhar's Prolific Early Pea. 



Height, U feet. 



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



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

 abundance of long, curved pods, well filled and of delicious flavor. 

 Height, H feet- Pt., .20; qt., .35; i pk., 1.00; pk., 1.75 



*Early Morn. An early variety, producing a large number of well- 

 filled pods, each containing 8 to 10 wrinkled marrow peas of the 

 highest quahty. Height, 3 feet. 



Pt., .30; qt., .60; ^ pk., 2.25; pk., 4.25 



*SuttOn'S Excelsior, a dwarf early Marrowfat Pea, growing 

 about 18 inches high. Pods large' and well filled with dehciously 

 flavored peas. Readv for pickina; with Nott's Excelsior. 



Pt., .25; qt., .40; ^ pk., 1 .50; pk., 2.50 



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

 and Pods large and long with square ends; quahtv being unsur- 

 passed. Height, 3 feet. Pt., .30; qt., .50; J- pk., i.85; pk., 3.50 



*Sutton's Harbinger. One of the best varieties for early use. 

 The plant is of dwarf habit and covered with pods similar to tho.sc 

 of American Wonder, but broader and more prohfic. For flavor 

 it is un.^urpassed. Heiglit, 1 foot. 



Pt., .:J5; qt., .00; -J pk., 2.25 



*GraduS or Prosperity. An extra early large-poddcd marrow 

 Pea. The i)0(is resemble Telephone in size and shape, and are 

 well filled with large peas of dehcious flavor. Height, 2-} feet 



Pt., .30; qt., .50; J pk., 1.85 



*N0tt'S Excelsior, a splendid dwarf wrinkled Pea; hardy and 

 vigcjrous, may he jjlantcd as early as the round varieties, anil will 

 mature almost as soon. Pods almost square and contain 7 to 9 

 large peas, the quahty being unsurpassed. Height, 1 foot. 



Pt., .25; qt., .40; ] pk., 1.50; pk,, 2.75 



