NOTT'S EXCELSIOR PUA. — During the past season among my trials of several hundreds of new varieties of Peas at Briar 

 Crest, I was particularly impressed with a dwarf wrinkled variety received from Mr. Nott, of Vermont, and called by him Excelsior. 

 In fact, I was so well pleased with it that I made arrangements with Mr. Nott for a supply of the seed, and take pleasure in recom- 

 mending it to my customers as a fine garden pea, and one of the best dwarf wrinkled varieties in cultivation. The following is the 

 introducer's description : "This very desirable pea grows to a uniform height of one foot. Remarkably hardy and productive, 

 besides being earlier than all the wrinkled peas, it has been impartially tested with the past six years, in various sections of the 

 United States and Canada. It is so hardy and vigorous that it may be safely planted in early spring with any smooth variety, and 

 counted on for table use almost as soon, while the quality is far superior. During the eight years that I have been developing these 

 peas, they have never failed to be well matured for table use within fifty days from planting, with ordinary garden culture. Pods 

 large, with from 5 to 7 large peas in a pod. Very tender and fine flavored." 



Mr. Buchanan, a professional seed grower, Pr. Edward Co., Ont.: " Nott's Excelsior, 

 that we raised for you this season, were sown May 12th, and harvested July 20-22d. The 

 yield was fine. I found these peas a very distinct, pure sort with many marked excel- 

 lencies over all other dwarf wrinkled varieties 1 have grown for various parties during 

 the past five years, including American Wonder, Tom Thumb, Premium Gem, Advan- 

 cer, etc. They were ready for table use within 42 days from planting. Quality, very 

 superior. Strong habit of growth, vines standing up well, and pods forming on or near 

 the surface, making them convenient to gather. They stood drought remarkably well, 

 matured very evenly and were quite free from bugs." 



The Rural New Yorker, in its issue for July 11th, 1891, page 515, says concerning these 

 peas : " What has long been needed is an early prolific, wrinkled pea. The American 

 wonder is both early and wrinkled, but it is not prolific and cannot be made to pay as a 

 market variety. The Gem is more productive, but not so early. During the present 

 season, the E. N. Y. has tried Nott's Excelsior, sent to us by J. J. H. Gregory for 

 trial. The vines grow 18 inches tall ; are thrifty and bushy and far more productive than 

 the Gem, while it matures within a day or two of the first early smooth peas of the 

 Daniel 0' Rourke type. The pods are of fair size, larger than those of the Premium Gem, 

 averaging six seeds' to a pod." 



Mr. Tilley, Chittenden Co.,Vt. : "My experience this season with your new dwarf I 

 wrinkled pea, Nott's Excelsior, proves that this pea is indeed a wonder, both as to pro- 

 ductiveness and quality. The two bushels of seed I received from you to grow on con- 

 tract were sown at intervals, indifferent soils, onjmy farm, but all matured very uniformly , 

 within 60 days from planting and were ready for the table in about 45 days." 



Rev. Edward Hungerford : " Nott's Excelsior wrinkled Peas which I purchased of 

 you last spring were sown early in rows, on the same day with, and along side of, the 

 Little Gem. The conditions (soil, culture, etc.,) of the two kinds were precisely similar, 

 but your Excelsior proved to be the earlier by several days. It is a fine bearer, hardy, 

 and of excellent flavor. I esteem it highly and shall depend on it for my earliest variety." 



Jas. J. H. Gregory, seedsman : " Nott's Excelsior, a new early wrinkled Pea, excels 

 American Wonder. I first tested this Pea in 1888, and was so well pleased with it that I 

 have been trying each season since then to persuade Mr. Nott to give it to the public. I 

 found it to be as early as the American Wonder, while the pods were larger and fully as 

 well filled. It grows taller than that pea, and is a much heavier cropper. My farmer i 

 friends should be sure to give this new pea a careful trial, for I feel sure it has come to 

 stay as a standard early wrinkled pea." ' 



j?2t^ chemin Tomat °- 



Seldom has any vegetable been more unanimously recommended than Nott's Excelsior has been by all who sowed it last season. 

 I have yet to hear a single complaint, and on our own trial grounds, of almost a hundred new varieties of Peas, it was unquestionably 

 the greatest acquisition of the lot. It's square, plump pods (see cut), being always full of extra large peas that surpassed in size any 

 other variety I have ever grown. Supply of seed limited, early orders solicited. Pkt, 15 cents ; pint, 35 cents ; quart, 60 cents. 



THE NEW FRENCH 

 TOmflTO, CHE0IIN. 



This New French Tomato was origi- 

 nated by Mr. Chemin, the Paris market ' 

 gardener, who originated the now famous 

 Golden Self-Blanching Celery. It is sel- 

 dom that foreign varieties of tomatoes 

 are of any value in America ; but excep- 

 tion proves the rule ; and in the Chemin 

 we have the exception, for it certainly is 

 an acquisition. As can be seen from the 

 illustration, the fruit is very distinct, in 

 fact it very much resembles an apple. 

 This, together with their unusual round- 

 ness and bright scarlet color, make them 

 very noticeable, whether in the market ! 

 basket or on the vines. Vines are very 

 healthy and of vigorous growth ; and I 

 while it matures its fruit very early, at | 

 the same time it is remarkably produc- 

 tive, tomatoes being produced in bunches 

 of ten and fifteen fruits. Mr. James H. 

 Cook, of Canada, reports he picked ripe 

 tomatoes 113 days from planting, and that 

 an average Chemin measuring 9% inches " 

 in circumference, weighed 6% ounces, 

 while a Dwarf Champion, exactly the I 

 same size weighed 6 ounces, and an Opti- '. 

 mus 5% ounces. From this it will be 

 seen they are unusually solid, and taking , 

 them all in all, Chemin is sure to make 

 many friends among lovers of this deli- 

 cious vegetable. Pkt, 10 cents ; oz., 30 

 cents; %&>., 75 cts. 



