MAULERS NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR J 899. 



I^otjSPERFE^T^PEA 



NOTT'S NEW PERFECTION PEA. 



The horticultural public will remember that I 1 

 had the honor to first call attention to Nott's > 

 Excelsior pea, a variety which is now widely 

 recognized as one of the best standard sorts. 9 



In 1898 I had the pleasure of introducing an- 8 

 other, pea developed by Mr. Richard Nott, £■ 

 named Mott's New Perfection. The latter pea ^ 

 was tested all over the country last year, and p 

 made a fine record. J 



Nott's New Perfection is a wrinkled sort of & 

 high quality. I think 1 may pronounce it su- 5 

 perior to Excelsior in several respects, good as g 

 that variety is universally admitted to be. It is n 

 the result of a cross between Excelsior and m, 

 Premium Gem, and has the virtues of both * 

 parents, with several distinguishing features of 

 its own. It is not quite as early as Excelsior, but J 

 is hardier and more productive. <o 



It grows from 14 to 16 inches high, and pro- * 

 duces pods liberally, and each pod contains o 

 from 8 to 12 fine peas, which are remarkably "> 

 sweet and rich In flavor. g 



In comparative field trials with Excelsior It 9 

 has outyielded that famous variety, and the fl 

 pods are of good marketable appearance and 5" 

 size. The value of the dwarf varieties of peas is ■ 

 quite generally understood by market garden- u 

 ers. Such peas can be closely planted, and eco- g 

 nomically cultivated and gathered. Nott's Per- 8; 

 fection is at the head of its class, and must meet <J ■ 

 with wide recognition when generally known. I L\ 

 filled many thousands of orders for it last year, » \ 

 and expect to do the same in 1899. B ' 



I think every market gardener and every pri- 

 vate planter in America to be up with the times S ! 

 should sow Nott's Perfection pea, and should « 

 give it a fair trial, for it promises to be one of J; I 

 the best things of its kind ever offered American i ■ 

 agriculturists. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; quart, »■ 

 50 cts., postpaid. Peck, 82.00; bushel, $7.00. g! 



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MAMMOTH LUSCIOUS SUGAR PEA. 



This splendid new variety is a sugar pea of 

 highest table merit. The peas should not be 

 shelled, but the pod eaten after the manner of a 

 bush bean. The pods are free from strings and 

 membranous linings, and in flavor, brittleness 

 and succulence are ahead of all other kinds of 

 peas, whether shelled or sugar. The vines are 

 very tall, reaching a height of 6 feet, and de- 

 manding sticks for their support. The full-grown 

 pods are 6 to 7 inches long, and 1^^ inches broad, 

 and are produced continuously for a considerable 



Seriod. The height of the vine gives it great pro- 

 active capacity. On account of their size the 

 gods are often sliced when cooked. They can be 

 oiled and made ready for the table in 10 or 15 

 minutes, and are good even when quite old. 

 They are frequently served with a-little butter or 

 white sauce. Luscious sugar peas may also be 

 preserved in the same manner as sweet pickles, 

 and I assure you when so prepared they make a 

 most delightful relish. The pods should be picked 

 when quite young for this purpose. In sweetness 

 and tenderness they surpass any other pea 

 grown, as already stated, and they are now in 

 wide popular favor. More people learn their 

 value every year. Packet, 15 cts.; '2 packets, 25 cts. 



PROSPERITY OR GRADUS PEA. 



This most excellent new pea must be recog- 

 nized as the largest extra early wrinkled va- 

 riety in existence. It is not a dwarf growing 

 sort, but a full sized pea in both pod and vine, a 

 good bearer, with the tenderness and flavor of 

 the best wrinkled types, and with almost the 

 same quick-maturing ability as the earliest 

 smooth peas. The robust vine grows to a height 

 of about 30 inches, giving ample productive 

 space, and the pods are very large and full, carry- 

 ing 8 to 14 enormous peas to the pod. On account 

 of its qualitjs its earliness and its productiveness 

 this pea cannot fail to take a prominent place in 

 all gardening operations. Its special merit of 

 course lies in the fact that it Is the earliest large 

 wrinkled pea grown. The large wrinkled peas, 

 of the so-called marrow type, are so superior in 

 table quality to the smooth or hard-shelled peas, 

 that this extra early variety will at once attract 

 general attention, and I predict that it will be- 

 come a standard sort. I can highly recommend 

 this new extra early wrinkled pea to market gar- 

 deners, its abundant bearing and its large full 

 pods will make it a profitable variety. My tests 

 at Briar Crest convince me of this and any of my 

 trucking friends who plant the Prosperity or 

 Gradus in 1899, I feel sure will never regret it. 

 Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents, 

 postpaid. Peck, S2.25; bushel. $8.00. 



Maule's Up=to=Date Collection. 



Some years ago it occurred to me that an ex- 

 cellent way to advertise Maule's Seeds would be 

 to put half a dozen varieties of choice vegetables 

 up in collections, and oS'er them at the merely 

 nominal priceof 15 cents. This was the origin of 

 Maule's "Up-to-Date" Collection, and that it has 

 proven a success is demonstrated by the fact 

 that annually I sell tens of thousands of these 

 collections. There is no profit in them at 15 

 cents; but it gives every one desiring to test 

 Maule's Seeds an opportunity to do so for a trif- 

 ling sum. In thousands of cases a 15 cent Invest- 

 ment one year amounts to a $10.00 order the next. 

 See collection for 1899 illustrated opposite. 



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