WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 73 



JSARDEN PEAS. 



Peas belong in three groups: Garden, field and edible podded. Garden peas are smooth or wrinkled The 

 smooth are earlier and most hardy. The wrinkled are sweetest. Field peas are of high value in stock leeding and 

 green manuring. Edible podded peas are growing in favor. 

 -.Sow in earliest spring and make successional plantings every ten days until July 1. In the latter part of August sow early peaa 

 for an autumn crop. Drill 1 to 2 inches deep in rows 2"^ to 4 feet apart. In the field use no sticks. In garden culture sow In double rows lU Inches 

 I apart, and use supports tor the tall growing varieties. One pint to 75 feet of drill ; two to three bushels per acre. 



CULTtJKE.- 



.1E5T 05 ALL 



DAYS FROM fL'ANTING 





MAULE'S EARLIEST OF ALL PEAS. 



Maule's Earliest of All Pea has become the main reliance of thousands of truckers and 

 farmers who wish to be first in market with new peas. It is a smooth sort, with wonderful 

 ability to mature quickly. It Is absolutely unsurpassed in extra early qualities, in llavor, 

 in size of pod and productiveness, in vigor and regularity of growth, and In genuine meiit. 

 Every seedsman claims to sell an "earliest" pea, but, after testing them all, I know that 

 not one excels my own celebrated strain, either in quality, quantity or earliness. Maule's 

 Earliest of All is very hardy, and may be sown as soon as the soil becomes mellow. It 

 may be relied upon to be ready for market in about forty-five days from date of germi- 

 nation. Its profitable character is shown by the fact that the demand for it increases 

 year by year, and my stock is often completely exhausted before the end of the planting 

 season. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; <iuart, 45 cents, postpaid. Peck, §1.25; bushel, 84.50- 



NEW SURPRISE PEA. 



One of the Largest Podded and Earliest 



of all Wrinkled Extra Earlles. 



Yon Need It. 



This Is one of the best of the new wrinkled 



geas, and Is to-day one of the most famous. It 

 as made an enviable reputation within the 

 brief time that it has been on the market; in 

 fact. It has sprung Into universal popularity. 

 It Is about as early as the smooth varieties, 

 and far superior to them in both quality 

 and yield. It ranks with the very earliest of 

 the wrinkled sorts, not even excepting Gradus 

 or Prosperity. Pods are smaller than Gradus, 

 but are more numerous. The vine grows 20 to 

 24 inches high, and requires no sticks. The Sur- 

 prise pea has attractedu nlversal attention, and 

 has everywhere made a splendid record for 

 both quality and quantity. Its sweetness is 

 noieworthy, and it bears with a profusion that 

 Is truly remarkable. Its extreme earliness 

 makes it one of the most profitable market 

 peas ever Introduced, and nothing superior to It 

 Is available for the family garden. Gradus and 

 American Wonder are as quick to mature, and 

 are larger, but Surprise will equal these famous 

 Borts in quality and will exceed them In yield. 

 Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 45 cents, 

 postpaid. Peck, 31.50; bushel, 85.50. 



AMERICAN WONDER PEA. 



A GOOD EARLY WRINKLED PEA. 



This is a first-rate wrinkled pea of dwarf habit, 

 with vines less than a foot high. It is better 

 suited to the private garden than lor market 

 purposes; In fact, It has taken the place in the 

 private garden once occupied by Tom Thumb, 

 and has practlcallj' eliminated that once famous 

 sort. Anierican Wonder is one of the earliest of 

 the wrinkled varieties. It is quite distinct from 

 all otiier peas in hal)it of growth and appearance, 

 the vines being unusually robust and stocky.' In 

 favoralile weather and soil it will mature in the 

 remarkably short period of 42 days, but It is less 

 hardy than Maule s Earliest of All, and must not 

 be planted as soon. It makes most rapid growth 

 ini mediately after the soil has become somewhat 

 warm, and is a perfect second early sort for the 

 family garden. It is a great favorite in many 

 sections. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart., 

 45 cents, postpaid. Peck, S1.50; bushel, So.75. 



When peas by the pint or quart are or- 

 dered by express or freight at purchaser's 

 expense, 8 cts. per pint or 15 cts. per quart may be 



deducted. 



Pecks 

 and bush- 

 sis sent by 

 ;x press or 

 reight at 

 expense of 

 :)urchaser. 



NOTT'S EXCELSIOR PEA. 



A SPLENDID DAVARF 'WRINKLED SORT. 



One of the best dwarf wrinkled peas In cultivation. So 

 lardy and vigorous that It may be planted nearly as early 

 n spring as the smooth varieties, and will mature almogii 

 IS soon. Frequently ready In 48 days. The pods ar» 

 filled with seven to nine large peas. Of superior tender- 

 ness and flavor. Height, 1 foot Packet, 10 cts; pint 

 .ij cts , quait, 4) tts , postpaid Peck, 51.75, bushel, S6.00. 



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