22 J. MANNS & C0., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. 
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Extra Early 
Alaska Peas. 
Long-Podded Alaska 
A favorite 
shippers 
SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
PEAS 
1 quart to 100 feet of drill; 14% bushels per acre. 
Peas grow best on a light, rich, mellow soil under cool and moist weather cenditions. 
Fresh manure and very rich or wet mucky soil should be avoided. 
The extra early varieties are very hardy and should be planted as soon as the ground 
can be made ready, while the larger wrinkled varieties, which are not as hardy but 
of superior quality, may be planted when the soil has become slightly warmed, as the 
seed will rot if planted too early. 
For private use, sow the seed in double rows, 18 inches apart and 3 inches apart in 
the row; for market, in single rows 2 to 3 feet apart and 1 inch apart in the rows. 
The peas will give quicker returns if covered only one inch deep, and where earliness 
is most important they may be treated this way. Larger pods and greater quantity 
will be produced if the seed is planted in trenches three to six inches deep and covered 
with only one to two inches of soil. When the plants are five or six inches high, fill 
the trench level with the surface. This will result in deep rooting, prevent mildew 
and prolong the bearing season. If the peas are covered to the full depth at first, 
or if water is allowed to stand in the trenches the seed will not germinate or grow 
well. The crop should be gathered as fast as it becomes fit for use, as even a few 
ripe pods left on the vines tend to retard the development of the young pods and 
prevent the formation of new ones. 
First Early Smooth Varieties 
Vine strong and vigorous, 2 to 2% feet high, of a pecullar light 
Extra Early Alaska green color, pods 3 to 3% inches long, straight and blunt at the 
end Is ready for picking 49 to 50 days from planting. Seed round, blue, slightly 
pitted. Matures crop very evenly. Qt., 35c; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.00. 
p This superb strain is a great favorite with large growers. 
Pedigree Extra Early Equally as early as the choicest stock of Alaska, the peas are 
much better in flavor. The vines are quite slender, of very quick growth, and average 
18 to 24 inches in height. The pods are well filled, and the entire crop can be 
gathered generally in one picking. Qt., $5c; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.60. 
seq This new and very profitable variety is as early as Extra Early 
New Market Surprise Alaska and as large and prolific as Prolific Early Market. It 
has for these reasons become established as a favorite among private growers and 
market gardeners. Our trials during the past three years have given us every 
reason to be very enthusiastic over the possibilities of this pea and we recommend 
it highly to all growers who want an early, prolific, and high quality crop. The 
vines grow about 2 feet high and bear a wonderful crop of large pods, well filled with 
luscious peas. Pt., 20c; gt., 35¢; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.00. 
E | Bi Very large, early, hardy, semi-wrinkled va- 
arly If riety, producing a good crop of fine quality. 
Qt., 50c; pk., $3.00; bu., $11.00. 
with truckers and 
to Northern markets, 
producing a very early crop of large, broad, welll-filled, 
dark green pods. Equally as hardy as Extra Early 
Alaska and much larger. The vines usually grow three 
feet high and the crop will remain fresh a long time 
after picking. Qt., 40c; pk., $2.75; bu., $9.50. 
> Resembling the Alaska in general habit of 
Bountiful growth. Vine 36 inches, foliage gray-green; 
pods 3% inches in length, pointed, gray-green in color. 
Fit for table use 55 to 57 days from planting; a prolific 
bearer, making it a valuable variety. Seed blue, medium 
pitted. Qt., 45e; pk., $2.75; bu., $10.00. 
Second Early Smooth Varieties 
This fine Pea has given wonderful satisfac- 
tion to all who have planted it. 
andsome pods, which are completely 
It is undoubtedly 
peas, 
the most productive Pea offered. Qt., 400; pk,, $2.50; bu., $7.00. 
It is very prolific, bearing an abundance of long pods, 
containing from 7 to 9 peas of excellent flavor. 
Improved Sugar Marrowfat 
about 2 feet high, bears enormous h 
filled with large, deliciously flavored, deep green 
French Canners 
$% feet. Qt., 300; pk., $2.00; bu, $6.50. 
Dwarf Giant Podded Prolific Green Marrow 
sumer as well as grower. 
be supported. 
are used in the same way as snap or string beans. 
Mammoth Melting Sugar 
sugar or edible podded Peas. 
pk., $3.75. 
Dwarf Sugar, Edible Pods 
weeks earlier in maturing, average growth 30 inches. 
This variety possesses all 
This variety has become 
a favorite with the con- 
Vines of a strong growth, with a large dark 
green foliage, but only 18 to 20 inches in height, and do not need to 
Pods of large size, well filled with large dark green peas 
of rich marrow flavor. Qvt., 50c; pk., $3,25; bu., $10.50. 
Edible Podded Peas 
This is a class of Peas not generally known in this country, but much 
used abroad. in which the sweet, brittle and succulent pods have none of 
the tough inner lining found in the ordinary varieties of garden peas. They 
This is by far the largest and finest of the true 
The vines are of 
etrong, vigorous growth, frequently 4 to 5 feet in length, and the pods 
come rather late, or about the same time as the Telephone and Strata- 
gem Peas. The vines are very productive of enormous pods, and con- 
tinue bearing for a long time. Pods average 5 to 6 inches in length and 
1% inches broad, thick and fieshy. Broken and boiled like string beans 
and served with butter sauce, they have a luscious flavor. 
the fine cooking 
qualities of the Mammoth Sugar, nearly two 
Qt., 50c; pk., $3.00. 
Vines 2 to 2% feet. 
e Longer podded and more pro- 
Prolific Early Market lific than Pedigree Extra Early, 
for which it is a fit companion and close second, as it 
comes in only four or five days later. The vines average 
24 to 30 inches high and produce pods singly. One 
picking will take about three-fourths of the crop, and 
a second picking, which is to be made about three 
days later, will. take the balance. It is remarkably 
uniform and very free from spots of any kind, The 
pets are of the finest quality. Qt., 35c; pk., $2.00; bu., 
$7.00. 
It grows 
Height 
Qt., 60c; 
New Market Surprise Peas. 
