1146—Cow Peas THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1910 
COW PEAS. 
Cow peas have long been grown in the South as forage crops and soil improvers. The Practical Farmer. of 
Philadelphia, has constantly urged their importance, the result has been that the attention of the Northern 
farmers has been attracted to the crop, and the culture has been greatly extended as varieties have been intro- 
duced that ripen anywhere in the North. They will thrive where clover will not grow. They must not be sown 
till the soil is warm. Where wheat follows the oat crop, the peas can be sown after oats are harvested and wiil 
make a growth to turn under for wheat that will improve the crop. The early 70-day sorts are best for this pur- 
pose; the running varieties for earlier sowing for hay. The crop of hay even on land of only moderate fertility 







































































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NEW REVENUE COW PEA. 
Canada Field Pea is one of the very best soiling crops at the North, 






























































































































































































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will be more than 2 tons per acre. 
New Revenue. 
The originator says: “New Revenue is all I claim it 
to be. I do not offer it as a field pea but as a garden 
pea. The table varieties of the cow pea are almost 
unknown out of the South, but area staple article of 
food there. Such sorts as Black Eye, Lady and Rice 
are extensively grown for table use. Revenue lays all 
these sorts in the shade. I have had ten years’ experi- 
ence in testing and crossing the different types of cow 
peas, and I know this to be the most valuable all-around 
pea ever offered. It is early, productive and an ex- 
tremely rank grower. The green pods are splendid as 
snap beans, delicious hulled and used while green as 
lima beans, and excellent in the dried state, boiled or 
baked as navy beans, or used in soups. Makes as large 
a growth of vines as the Wonderful, 8 to 15 feet long, 
and covered the entire ground to a depth of 2 or 8 feet 
with a dense growth of vines. It outyields any other 
pea I am acquainted with. In average seasons Reye- 
nue matures in 90 days. The pods are fit for use in 70 
to 75 days. It is not quite so early as Black Eye, but is 
by far the earliest of all the heavy growing sorts. It 
will yield more peas than any sort I havetested. The 
peas are large and well crowded in the pods. ‘So pro- 
ductive is this pea that a small packet, planted two 
peas in a hill, 3 or 4 feet apart each way, will produce 
enough edible peas or pods for an average family.” 
Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 40 cts., post- 
paid. By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 
25 cents; peck, $1.50; bushel, $5.00. 
Panmure Early Wonder. 
This is a valuable early and productive variety, 
yields enormously of shelled peas, which are excellent 
for table use during the winter. It makes an ordinary 
vine not so rank as some other varieties; the stems 
that support the pods stand erect 6 to 10 inches above 
all the vines, having 8 to 6 pods to each stem, and some 
pods contain as many as 20 peas, making them very 
easy to gather by handpicking, producing an average 
yield of 40 busheis shelled peas per acre. A good soil 
improver and relished by all farm stock. Packet, 
10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. 
By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 35 cts.; 
peck, $1.50; bushel, $5.00. 
The Clay. 
This is so-called from the color of the seed, which 
is the color of reddish yellow clay. The plant is of 
the same season and habit of growth as the Black, and 
like the Black has ripened at Ithaca, New York. Many 
growers in the South prefer it to the large Black 
because of the fineness of the growth, which makes it 
easier to cure. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 
35 ets., postpaid. By express or freight, not pre- 
paid, quart, 20 cts.; peck, 85 cts.; bushel, $3.00. 

Extra Early Black Eye. . 
This pea is one of the earliest. It is a strong grower: 
and moderate trailer. It will mature seed in about 60. 
days. -\ very va.-uable hay crop can be made from it 
in the North, especially on sandy soils. In the South 
it is grown mainly for table use, and takes the place 
of the white beans in the North. The peas bring a 
higher price on the general market in the South than 
any other variety. As a soup pea it soon becomes 
popular when tried. Packet, 10 cts.; pint., 20 cts.; 
quart, 35 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, 
not prepaid, qt., 20 cents; pk., $1.00; bu., $3.50. 
Whi ill 
ip-poor-will, 
A small seeded pea of a dark reddish color dotted 
over with dark specks. It is a second early variety, 
and matures in about 70 days. It is not a heavy forage 
maker, but a very productive variety and largely 
grown as a soil improver and for pasturage. Trails 
very little and usually in bush form only. Probably 
more largely grown in the upper South and Middle 
States than any other variety. A favorite standard 
sort. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 35 cts., 
postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 
quart, 20 cents; peck, 85 eemts; bushel, $3.00. 
Black. 
This variety offered is the Black that is universally 
grown in Virginia and North Carolina, and called the 
Large Seeded Black. It is about a 100-day pea from 
planting to ripening seed. Trails freely and makes a 
heavy crop of hay. In fact, one of the best for hay, as 
it will get into condition for curing early enough for 
any locality in the Middle States. Has matured to per- 
fect ripeness as far north as Ithaca, New York. Pkt., 
10 cts.; pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts., postpaid. By ex- 
press or freight, not prepaid, quart, 20 cts.; peck, 
85 cts.; bushel, $3.00. 
The Wonderful. 
This is a pea of a light yellowish dun color. It was 
formerly known in the South by the names Quadroon 
and the Unknown, but the wonderful growth and pro- 
fusion of fruiting has gotten it the present name. Its 
first growth is very erect, but later in the season it runs 
rampantly, making vines fully 15 feet long over the 
top of the erect growth; and though making so tangled 
a growth is rather easy to save because of the erect 
lower growth. It is the latest of all the cow peas and 
seldom matures seed north of Central Virginia or Dela- 
ware. But as a soil improver, to-be plowed under in 
the late fall, there isno plant that will equal it. For 
Silage making it will be found very good. Packet, 
10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents, postpaid. 
By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 20 cts.; 
peck, 85 cts.; bushel, $3.00. 
The usual quantity of any of the above cow peas sown per acre, is one bushel, but on strong soil will 
result in a stout growth of stem; to produce a finer growth for hay, 14 bushels should be sown. 

Canada Field Pea. 
The foliage and habit of growth quite similar to garden peas. The|and rich in milk-producing elements. It is quite hardy and may be 
sown early in the spring, and will be ready to cut in May or June. The 
and is largely used for that purpose and for green manuring. It is | seed should be sown at the rate of 1 to 144 bushels per acre. 
sometimes grown alone, but the most satisfactory dairy results come 
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents, postpaid. 
from sowing it with oats, rye or barley. It makes good ensilage, and is | By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 20 cts.; peck, 85 cts.; 
an admirable food either green or dry for cattle, being highly nutritious | bushel, $3.00. 

NOTE.-—Bear in mind that customers can order half pecks of Field Seeds at peck rates; half bushels at bushel rates. 
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