FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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planted, but for the latter raonth only the earliest varieties should be used, as the late varieties. 

 will get mildewed before they bring a crop. Peas will bear much better if some brush or rods- 

 are stuck in the drills to support them, except the very dwarf kinds. 



Alaskn. This is an extra early Pea, blue 

 in color, the earliest by a few days of any 

 other kind; very pure and i)rolific, the best 

 flavored pea among the Extra Early smooth 

 podded kinds. Recommend it highlj^ 



Extra Early, or First aaid Best. 

 This was the earliest Pea cultivated, until the 

 Alaska was introduced; very popular with the 

 small market gardeners here, who have rich 

 grounds. It is very productive and good 

 flavored. The stock I sell is as good as any 

 other in the country, not surpassed by any, 

 no matter whose name is put before "Extra 

 Early." 



Eargy IV^saiang-ton, EarSy May 

 or Fraisae, which are all nearly the same 

 thing; is about ten days later than the Extra 

 Early. It is very productive and keeps longer 

 in bearing than the foregoing kind. Pods a 

 little smaller. Very popular about New Orleans, 



T O in T Bi IB 131 b . Very dwarfish and quite 

 productive. Can be cultivated in rows a foot 

 apart; requires no branches or sticks. 



EaxtOBi's AlEi>lia. This is a variety of 

 recent introduction; it is the earliest wrinkled 

 kind in cultivation; of delicious flavor and 

 very prolific. This variety deserves to be 

 recommended to all who like a first-class peA. 

 It will come into general cultivation when. 

 better known. 



AflBiericaM Wonder. A wrinkled pea 

 of dwarf growth, 10 to 12 inches; it is prolific, 

 early, and of fine quality; it comes in after 

 the Extra Early. 



Bishop's 5>warf I^oaig" Pod. An. 

 early dwarf variety; very stout and branching; 

 requires no sticks but simply the earth drawn 

 around ^he roots. It is very productive and 

 of excellent quality. 



Extra Early, or First and Best. 



Carter's Stratagem, 



