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Melons, Musk... Millets........... F2endo) | WAN SleSeccsecccssesseseseerceseseee 107 , 115 
CS W ater. 10, 44, 45 | Oats............. ..-71 | Petunias.... +--107)| Grapes. -c...-s- 114, 115 = 
Melon Peachiin.t:.::c-1..-cecsoss Sugar Cane. --71 | Passion Vine.............ceccee0- 108 | Logan Berries. 112, 115 = 
Mushroom Spawn ..39 | Sunflower.... ..-71 | Roses...102, 103, 104, and op-| Mayberries.... 112, 115 
Mustard {oe ..64 | Vetches or Tares...............-71 posite pages 104, 105. Mulberries.. 110 
Nasturtium ....................000 Wil OCS Eetacretsescsstsessceoete sees OOM NIMES aera 111, 15% 
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Potatoes... 7, 65, 66, 67, 68 Flower Seeds. | Dahiias.. 94, 95 Strawberry-Raspb’y...112, 115 ™ 
Potato Seed eves 68 ale Gladiolus. . +28 | Wineberries .....sce00e--112, 115 
Pumpkins... epcelaliies bactaosonosoosboS00sH Lilies, Ce anee poncocd 91, 92 i . 
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Cucumbers 
Dandelion 
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number of the Southern Planter. 
“After considerable correspondence, I succeeded in buying 
half a bushel. One peck of them we planted the last of May on 
rich Roanoke River bottom, in rows 36 inches wide, two in the 
hill, 18 inches apart. They were soon up and began to grow 
rapidly, till by September they completely covered the 
ground to a depth of three or four feet. A few days afterward 
they began to bloom and bear peas, continuing on till frost. 
From this patch we picked 112 pecks, notwithstanding some of 
them did not mature before frost. Last season we sowed on 
an island which is attached to my farm, thirty bushels of these 
peas, fifteen of which were sown to themselves the last of May 
on thin, sandy land, about half a bushel to the acre. I was not 
on the island very often during the summer, but was there on 
the 14th of September. At that time this pea-patch presented 
the most ‘‘wonderful” sight of the kind you can imagine. The 
island is a long, narrow strip of land, three miles long, though 
only containing 140 acres. The ferry is at the upper end, con- 
necting with a road running down through the centre. <As I 
drove down this road, both on the right hand and the left, the 
whole face of the ground was completely covered with a dense 
heavy mat 0, carpet of vines, with leaves of the richest, glossy 
green, to the depth of three feet or more, and filled with long, 
tapering pea pods, growing in clusters, and every cornstalk 
having two or moré vines clambering to the top, with peas all 
the way, and a nice litle bunch at the top. Every inch of land 
was occupied, having crcwded out every sprig of weed.” 
Peas. Here is a crop that can be grown with such ease 
dred fold or more of feeding and fattening food superior 
Their Value as a Hay Crop. 
crop insoshortatime. FOR ENSILAGE. 
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ordinary Black or Cow-pea, and were pronounced by al 
times as much. Indeed I think this is a low estimate. 
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Wonderful in the enormous Production both of Vine and Peas, and ex- 
ceedingly valuable for the varied uses to which it is adapted. 
The pods are long and average about twenty peas in each. = = 
R a description of this pea, I cannot do better than quote from a letter written by Geo. B. Finch, Esq., 
President of the Bank of Mecklenburg, Va., and a large farmer. 
Mr. Finch states that, having seen an account of there being such a pea, 
which grew a vine 40 feet long, he determined to make an effort to procure it, and says: 
For Feeding and as an Improver. 
Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.3 quart, 40 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.00. 
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Tree Seeds. 
Spinach Ornamental Climbers. 
Squash...... Ornamental Grasses... MreeiSecdsee eee ee 71 
Swiss Cha ap cenhous’ Seeds = " 
Tobacco ...... 64 i ower Garden......... ° - 
Tomatoes. , 16, 60, 61, 64 Small Fruits, 3 
TUrnmipstrerecs eee 62, 63 Plants. Fruit and Nut Ro and second cover " 
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Field Seeds. Begonias oy 101 Trees. Insecticides « Brewis i Le ng | 
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Chrysanthemums 108 hes 109, 16 Bee Be ae 5 
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Wonderful 
A Truly Wonderful and 
Most Valuable 
Variety. 
‘SGuUUS CHHEINVAV 
This letter appeared in the April, 1892, 
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A correspondent of THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN ® 
has this to say, Oct. 19th. ’93. 
“We saw the pea on a little fourteen acre farm of a friend, 
who is keeping 14 head of live-stock—12 cows and 2 horses—on 
fourteen acres of land. He makes every foot of his land carry 
at least two good crops each year, and has green feed for his « 
milch cows right from the field nearly every day in the year. as] 
He has the largest small dairy farm we have ever seen. This 
farmer has a little patch of the Wonderful Peas on the poorest: 8 
land on his entire farm. The vines had run nearly 20 feet on 2 
each side of the rows, and were still growing rapidly. The pods 
had just begun to form. He gave it as his opinion, that it was md 
the best and cheapest manure and renovator of the soil that he 3 
had ever seen. This gentleman assured us that he had 
frequently cut 3 tons to the acre at first cutting, and at 
least 244 tons at the next two cuttings, from the same field the 
same season. The fact is, the growth of foliage is simply im- 
mense. It seems to grow well on what might be termed poor, 
light and thin soil, although, of course, not so rank and luxuri- 
antly as on better soil. If it proves to be of value to plow 
under for green manure, the only question will be to get it © 
plowed under. It looks as if we might safely advise the farmer = 
to sell his manure and buy this pea, as it will enrich his lands os 
more cheaply and quickly than by any other process, and be ja 
even cheaper than to haul and spread his stable manure.” r | 
To grow for feeding hogs and other cattle, we can = 
hardly over-estimate the value of the Wonderful # 
in about four months time, that will yield one hun- 
to corn. The bacon made from hogs fed on peas is # 
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much sweeter and more solid, and the fat will not run out in cooking nearly so much as corn fed. They grow & 
so much quicker and larger than other varieties that poor land can be brought up very quickly by their use; & 
in fact in less than four months, their great value is obvious to all. t 
speaking of this class of peas says: ‘‘These belong to the class called renovating crops; instead of making the # 
soil poorer they make it richer, and not only so, but they also furnish protein for cattle food. 
the times indicate that this class of crops is to play a leading part in the farming of the future.” 
To grow for hay they are most valuable, as they yield an im- 
The Rural New Yorker, August 28th, 1892, 3 
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quantity of feed of the best quality, and produce the s 
Wonderful Peas are unsurpassed, being much more nutritious & 
than green corp and other crops used for that purpose. 
for cooking for food, as they will yield a supply of shelled peas for the table for several weeks. 
I would quote as follows, from a letter written by Samuel F. Coleman, Judge, Third Judicial Circuit of Vir- 
““T planted a small lot of the Wonderful Peas, and though put in very late (about the middle of June) 2 
and with a very unfavorable season, I ain satisfied that the account of them, as published in the Southern re 
Planter of last April (see description above) is by no means overdrawn. 
FOR TABLE USE. They are desirable to grow 
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1 who saw them, to be worth from five to ten times as 3 
much as the Black Pea. The foliage is much greater, the vine a great deal larger, and the yield certainly five «4 
Iam certainly wonderfully pleased with them.” a 
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