82—Vegetable Seeds THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1910 
New Velocity Pea. 
Now Offered for the First Time. 
Ten Days Earlier Than Any Other Variety of Garden Peas. 
When in England last summer I took a special trip down to 
Witham, in Essex, to look at this pea, believing that the tales I had 
heard about .< in London were more fairy tales than anything else, as 
I did not think it possible to find a pea that was absolutely from 8 to 
10 days earlier than any other known variety; but I found that I was 
mistaken and that there was such a pea. Now I want to be perfectly 
candid with my customers, and tell them the great point about 
Velocity is earliness. It resembles very much in size of pod and grain 
the small peas that are so popular in France, and sold as French peas 
so generally throughout the world. The pods contain from four to 
five peas and are only 23 to3 inches long; but it is very prolific, and 
while it takes a great many pods to make a mess for the table, when 
you consider that by planting Velocity you will have peas 8 to 10 days 
before Earliest of All, Alaska, or any other extra early variety, Iam 
? - suremy customers will be glad to try it. If Velocity does well here, as 
/) 1 am very certain it will, it will bea great pea for canners, because it 
will enable them to put up a class of peas that up to the present time 
have been very difficult to obtain; in other words, a pea that will ecom- 
pete with the French peas sold all over the country, and for which 
there is an enormous demand. My stock is limited to 50 bushels, all I 
could buy, and prices this, its first year, are as follows: 


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‘ Packet, 15 cents; pint, 35 cents; quart, 60 cents, by mail, postpaid. 
NEW VELOCITY PEA. By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 45 cents; 5 quarts, $2.00. 
Potlatch or Bis Dinner Pea. 
The Sensational Pea of 1909. 
The Pea That Progressive Market Gardeners are Going Wild Over. 
I was most fortunate indeed to be able to offer last year for the first time this 
great pea called Potlatch or Big Dinner. I had no idea the demand would be 
so large or that the pea would be so popular, as it was only about three years 
old; but it seems to me that every gardener who had eyer tried Potlatch in small ¢ 
quantities wanted at least a sack or two, so that early in the season the entire crop 
throughout the whole country was completely exhausted. Potlatch is Chenook Indian 
for Big Dinner, hence the name Potlatch. The vines are vigorous, growing 15 to 18 "I 
inches high, with unusually dark green foliage, which can be distinguished from | 
that of other peas a quarter of a mile away. The long pods are a rich dark green in 
color, often measuring 6 inches or more, with 9 to 11 enormous peas ina pod. The jfiij\\\i\) 
growth of vine is sturdy and pods are borne in pairs; it is a wonder in productive- |ljj| 
ness, and the way the peas shell out is astonishing. Potlatch matures as early as 
Premium Gem; no variety known will produce more pods, shell better, or contain 
more tender and delicious peas to the pod. The pea crop in 1909 was the shortest in 
20 years, yet notwithstanding this fact Potlatch proved to be such a hardy, sturdy 
grower that I am glad to announce I harvested a better crop of this than any other 
variety, and have now in store almost 200 bushels of these peas, which, while they 
may last some time, i expect to be sold out early in the season. 
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35 cents; quart, 60 cents, by mail, postpaid. By express or 
freight, not prepaid, quart, 45 cents; 4 quarts, $1.50; peck, $2.75; bushel, $10.00. 
























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On this pase 
will be found two new peas, one offered for the 
first time, the other in its second year. 
YOUR MONEY BAGK 
IF NOT SATISFIED 
means a lot in a case like this, as if Velocity 
and Poilatch are disappointing and not as good 
as you expected, the amount you remitted for 
the seed will be returned if you ask for it. If 
some other seedsmen did this, there might not 
be so many novelties introduced each year. 



































































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