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PEAS. (Erbse.) 



A light 901I, moderately ?k:h, should be seledSed for the early varieties, and old, decomposed manure or leaf-mold should be scattered 

 along the bottom of the drili and covered lightly with fine earth, so that the seed may not come in direct contact with the fertilizer. . For 

 general crops a good dressing should be applied, and for the dwarf kinds the soil should be very rich. The earliest Peas are mostly round 

 and smooth-seeded. They are very hardy, and should be sown as early as possible in spring; later sowings of the fine, sweet, wrinkled vari- 

 eties should follow. Sow Peas in drills and cover not less than four inches. For the lowest sorts the drills should be two feet apart; those 

 growing taller should be three or four feet apart, according to height. When grown for private use, Peas should . be staked with brush, 

 except the very dwarf-growing varieties. One quart to one hundred feet of drill ; one and one-half bushels sorus one acre in drills. 



No vegetable receives more of our care than Peas. We contract annually for hundreds of bushels of the leading 

 sorts with growers of reliability and experience, who raise our supplies from the finest and most carefully selected 

 seed stocks in the country, and we frequently inspect the growing crops. We cordially invite growers for market 

 and all others to call and examine ours when in need of true, pure and fresh seed Peas. 



,10 .30 



Special prices quoted to buyers in large quantities for market. 



EXTRA EARLY PEAS. Pkt 



Earliest of All, or Alaska. Large, full, dark 

 green pods ; peas of good size, sweet and 

 juicy - Ic 



Clipper. Pure stock. Pods dark green ; very 



early; two feet 10 .30 



Maud S. Seed white; very early and produc- 

 tive; one of the leading sorts for first crop ; 

 fine stock; height about two feet 10 .25 



Daniel O'Rourke, Improved. Our stock of 

 this splendid early pea is of the greatest 

 excellence, being selected with a view to 

 earliness, length of pod, size of pea ; even- 

 ripening and productiveness. One of the 

 best of the earlies. Height about two-and- 

 a-half feet 10 .25 



Early Dexter. Very early with long, well- 

 filled pods; enormously productive ; height 

 two-and-a-half feet 10 .25 



First and Best. Seed round and white ; one 

 of the most profitable extra earlies for 

 market ; vine two-and-a-half feet ; seed 

 stands early planting 10 .25 



Exonian. An early wrinkled sort of remarkable 

 fine quality ; pods contain from six to nine 

 good-sized peas of fine dark green .... 



Kentish Invicta. Seed blue, round ; one of 

 the best flavorjed and most productive extra 

 earlies for family use, or market ; very hardy, 

 with long, dark green closely filled pods ; 

 vine about two-and-a-half feet 



Surprise. Resembling in vine, size and shape 

 of the pod and ripening with Maud S. and 

 Alaska ; tender quality and delicate flavor ; 

 is sure to be in great demand as soon as 

 generally distributed and its merits thor- 

 oughly known. Seed small green wrinkled, 

 height 2 feet . 



Bliss* American Wonder. A very dwarf 

 and remarkably fine wrinkled variety, extra 

 early, producing a multitude of large, very 

 closely felled pods; flavor delicious; height 

 about nine inches 10 .35 



Nott's Excelsior. As early as the American 

 Wonder with larger, better filled pods and 

 more of them ; is a remarkable cropper ; 

 flavor as fine as Champion of England. One 

 of the finest extra early peas ever offered; 

 height about fifteen inches 



McLean's Little Gem. A dwarf green 

 wrinkled pea; rich and sugary; very early, 

 and every way excellent ; height about one 

 foot 



Premium Gem. Slightly larger every way 

 than Little Gem 



Tom Thumb. Seed white; round; very hardy; 

 height about nine inches 



Petit Pois, or Small Early French. True 



variety; pick when young; four feet . . . .10 .2c 



Gradus. (Prosperity.) The earliest tall, large- 

 podded, wrinkled Pea in cultivation. It 

 grows about two-and-half feet high, is of 

 robust and vigorous habit and produces an 

 enormous crop of large pods, filled with 

 tender, sweet and lucious Peas. The seed 

 we offer was grown from stock bought from 

 the introducer 10 .40 



Qt. Peck. 



30 $1. 



3^ 



10 .40 



•25 



.10 .25 



Gradus or 

 Prosperity Pea. 



I.50 

 I.25 



2.50 



