R. & J. FARQUHAR &> CO.'S SEED CA7AL0GUE. 



Novelties and Specialties in Vegetable Seeds. 



PEAS. 



The Three Leading Varieties are as follows :— 



GRADUS OR PROSPERITY. 



The most attractive and distinct novelty of recent 

 years, and without doubt the greatest advance yet 

 achieved in early Peas. Large handsome pods resembling 

 Telephone in size and shape, well filled with large peas, 

 ripening with the earliest. Ripening very quickly the 

 pods must be picked as soon as fit for the table. Habit 

 vigorous, very quick to germinate and push to maturity ; 

 foliage large, pale green in color; pods long, straight, 

 slightly rounded at the point. The best extra early 

 wrinkled variety ever introduced, and by far the most 

 desirable variety for the Home Garden. Height 3 feet. 

 Pkt., .10; qt., .40 ; by mail, .55 ; pk., $2.50. 



NOTTS EXCELSIOR. 



One of the best dwarf wrinkled peas. It is so hardy and vigorous 

 that it may be safely planted nearly or quite as early in spring as the 

 smooth varieties, and will mature almost as soon ; and the superior 

 flavor of a wrinkled pea to a smooth pea needs no comment. It is 

 frequently ready for the table in 45 days from sowing. Pods are 

 square and chunky, containing from 7 to 9 large peas, packed so 

 closely that they are more nearly square than round. The peas are 

 at all times tender and of fine flavor. In sweetness and quality 

 this variety is unsurpassed. The vines grow to a uniform 

 height of about one foot. Pkt.,. 10; qt.,.40; by mail, .55 : 

 peck, $2.00. 



COX'S IMP. SRATAQEM. 



The Stratagem Pea is well known as one of the best. During 

 the past few years, however, the variety has run out to some extent ; 

 as the inherent tendency to sport continually develops. We have 

 taken great pains for many years to keep this strain up to the high 

 standard of the original stock, and the seed now offered is the result 

 of this persistent care and labor. Not only is the yield much greater, 

 but the pods which are full and of immense size almost cover the 

 plants, and uniformly filled with very large dark green Peas of the 

 finest quality. Pkt. ,10; qt., ,40 ; by mail, .55; peck, $2.00. 



GRADUS OR PROSPERITY PEAS. 

 Natural Size. 



39 Milk St., Boston, Mass., June 26, 1899. 

 Messrs. R. &> J. Farquhar &• Co., 



Gentlemen : — / enclose a sample oftJie "Prosperity Pea planted 

 about the 2.0th of April and ready to eat the \<~,th of June. It beats 

 any Pea I have ever seen. 



Yours very truly, N. A . PLIMPTON. 



Lincoln. Mass., July 7, 1899. 

 Messrs. R. &* J Farquhar &* Co., 



Gentlemen : — The " S iratagem " Peas you sold 7ne last spring 

 have given me an enormous crop and have paid me well. I also Juid 

 a bushel of ''Gradus" from you. It is the best selling Early Pea I 

 ever saw. Save me a bushel for 7iext spring. 



Yours very truly, GEORGE N. BEAN. 



FINE MUSK MELONS OF RECENT INTRODUCTION. 



PETOSKEY OR PAUL ROSE. 



Our stock is pure, of our own growing from the original stock 

 seed. In this new sort are combined all the good qualities of the 

 Netted Gem and the Osage, the varieties from which it originated. 

 The fruit is oval, about five inches in diameter, and in shape and 

 general appearance similar to the well-known Netted Gem or Rocky 

 Ford. The flesh is firm and is a rich orange-red color like that of the 

 Osage, but it is even sweeter and more highly flavored, retaining its 

 good qualities quite to the rind. 



Mr. Paul Rose says : "I have found in my experience of nearly 

 twenty years of melon growing that there is an increasing demand in 

 most of the large cities of the northern States for Salmon fleshed 

 melons, and further, that the trade prefer their melons in the half- 

 bushel climax basket." There you have the whole story in a nut 

 shell. Salmon Fleshed and Basket size; add to these essential 

 points, exceeding sweetness and solid texture of the flesh, combined 

 with the best shipping qualities, and you have a melon such as every 

 shipper longs for. Pkt.,. 10; oz.,.20; J lb.,. 50. 



ROCKY FORD. 



One of the best Second early Melons. The type is similar to the 

 oval Netted Gem ; but more oblong in shape, and possessing much 

 better shipping and keeping qualities. Flesh thick, green, sweet, 

 and highly flavored. Fruit small, uniform and a good basket size. 

 Pkt., ,10; oz., .20; \ lb., .50. 



HETCALF'S SQUASH PEPPER. 



The best pepper .. 

 best gardeners. Pkt. 



for pickling and the variety cultivated by our 

 * 10;oz.,.30. 



