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Garden Pea. 
THE BEST OF ALL EXTRA EARLIES FOR 
THE HOME GARDEN. 4 See Cut above, 
OR.a number of years past I have been select- 
ing and improving this extra choice strain of 
Extra Early Peas, UNTIL NOW IT HAS 
NO. SUPERIOR ASA VARIETY FOR 
THE FAMILY GARDEN. In earliness it 
equals any other, often maturing in 45 to 50 
days. In productiveness it is simply wonder- 
ful. In quality, of a most toothsome and deli- 
cate flavor. The only difference between them 
and Maule’s Extra Early is that although they 
frequently ripen equally as early they are not an 
even cropper, that'is they do not mature their crop 
all at once, but continue in bearing for from one to 
three weeks. For market gardeners this is not so 
desirable a quality, but for the home garden it 
is most desirable, hence the name Family Gar- 
den... Vines grow about two feet high and they are 
completely covered with fine long pods, with from 
six tonine good size peasineach, Being very hardy 
they readily resist frost. Wherever grown they 
have at once become general favorites. In not 
a single order received this Spring should Maule’s 
Family Garden be omitted. YOUR GARDEN 
WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT 
THEM. PEkEt., 10 cts.; pint, 35 cts.; qt., 60 cts.; post- 
paid. By express or freight: Qt., 30 ets.; 2qts., 50 
ets.; peck, $1.50; bus., $5.50; 2 bus., $10.00. 
The Blue Valley NEBRASKA BLADE, has the following: 
Mrs. I. D. Neihardt brought us in a watermelon 
last Saturday, that beats anything we ever saw in this 
country. It was of the Mammoth Ironclad variety - 
and weighed 43 pounds. She procured the seed from 
Benson, Maule & Co., Philadelphia, who offered this 
year a prize of $100 for the largest melon raised by their 
customers. Mrs. Neihardt had 5 hills from which she 
raised 27 melons, 11 of which averaged 33 pounds, and 
and four of which weighed from 40 to 43 pounds, she 
bringing the largest one to the BLADE crew for which 
she has the gilt-edged, morocco-bound thanks of the 
entire outfit. : gio Ne! Ae 
John Bennett, Sharon, Minn, ‘I planted some of 
your Ironclad, and raised a melon that weighed 38!4 
Ibs. I am an old man past 91 years old and have 
always raised melons, but this one is the largest I ever | 
raised.’’ 
' the EARLIEST PEA in. 
' dition, and if you desire to 
_ sort to plant. Butextra earli- 
- about two feet high, and are 
Creek, Ind. “I was especially 
- pleased with your Earliest of 
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others ceuld be found.’’ 
i hould you mislay this Catalogue and forget my str sed LE, 
Philadelphia, is sure to reach me, as my name is known at every post-office in America. 
Pea. 
Last year we offered this Nee 
variety for the first’ time as © CSS 
cultivation, being almost a 
week earlier than Maule’s 
Extra Early. It has proved 
itself to be a remarkable ad- 
have peas long before your 
neighbors, this is just the 
ness is not the only thing to 
recommend Earliest of All, 
for besides being earlier than 
any other, it is a wonderful 
bearer, ‘producing an 
enormous number of fine 
large pods, all well filled 
with extra plump peas of the 
most delicious and pecu- 
liarly rich flavor. Itisalso 
a most evencropper, the crop 
can almost always be clean-— 
ed off with one or two 
pickings. Market garden- 
ers will all appreciate this 
good quality,as it, if possible, 
even surpasses Maule’s 
Extra Early in evenness 
of ripening. Vine grows 
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pods. Supply of seed still 
very limited, and we solicit 
early orders. Pkt., 15 cts.;_ 
pint, postpaid, 50 cts. By ex- 
press : Qt., 50 ets.; 4qts., $1.50; 
peck, $2.50. 
W. I. Anderson, Clear 
All Peas. They were really 
splendid. They produced large 
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| EARLIEST OF ALL. 
- ‘W.S. Dunn, Darien, Wis. ‘All the seeds bought 
of you were first-class. The Harliestjof All Pea was ex- 
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