72 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1917 



495 



Perpetual Pea 



PERPETUAL PEA. 



494 



A True Pick Forever 

 Bears from June Until October 



Several years ago we offered Perpetual pea as a 

 novelty, aud have continued to supply it to a num- 

 ber of our customers regularly every year since. 

 Probably there are no two concerns in the country 

 who know more about peas or who grow more 

 peas for seed purposes than Messrs. Keeney & 

 Son, of Genesee Co., N. Y., or Rogers Bros., ol 

 Jefferson Co., N. Y. Messrs. Keeney & .Sou write:. 



"It is more accurately named than any other 

 pea in the list, and for the private garden is an 

 excellent variety, as it will continue producing 

 for a long time, if the peas are promptly and 

 completely picked as fast as they become large 

 enough to use on the table." 



This was supplemented by a letter from Rogers 

 Bros., who made the following statement : 



"We consider it the best or nearest to a per- 

 petual pea of anything we have ever seen yet." 



Perpetual pea is everything its name implies. 

 It grows about 2% to 3 feet high, is of strong, 

 robust habit, a good cropper, and, to secure best 

 results, requires sticks or brush. After removing 

 the pods as fast as they are filled it will continue 

 to bear right along throughout the season. This 

 one feature makes it especially desirable for the 

 home or family garden and we know of no large 

 podded pea that will produce so many pods and 

 none that are so well filled as the Perpetual. It 

 is certainly the most remarkable everbearing pea 

 that has ever come to our knowledge. 



We ofl;'er this year what we consider an Im- 

 proved Perpetual, on account of its having larger 

 pods. Packet, 15 cents; pint, 35 cents; quart, 

 60 cents, postpaid. By express or freight, 

 not prepaid, quart, 45 cts.; 4 quarts, $1.60; 

 peck, $3.00; bushel, $11.00. 



Prosperity or Gradus 



GRADUS 



An Extra Early Wrinkled Pea 



This remarkable pea has produced a sensation in the horticultural world, and there 

 is no longer any doubt about its position and standing. It is now recognized as a 

 leader. It is not only large and of best quality, but it is as early as the small, round, 

 extra early sorts. It may be planted as soon as the ground is fit to work in spring, 

 along with the smooth peas. It promises to take the place of the smooth peas in 

 general culture to a great extent. Prosperity or Gradus is a wrinkled pea, with vine 

 growing 18 to 30 inches high. It requires no sticks or brush, though sticks may be used, 

 if preferred. The peas are freely borne, and remain in good condition for a number of 

 days. The pods are of a dark green color, and measure 4 inches or more in length, be- 

 ing as large as Telephone, and equally well filled with luscious peas — 8 to 10 or more in 

 a pod. The peas themselves are of a first-class table quality, and retain their color and 

 attractive appearance after cooking. The pods are round and plump. On light, sandy 

 soils it attains a growth of only 15 or 18 inches, while on rich, heavy loams it reaches 

 30 inches. It is entirely adapted to the purposes of the market gardener, requiring only 

 good field treatment. L)oes equally as well in the home garden. Pkt, 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; 

 qt., 50 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, qL, 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.25; pk., $2.25, bos., $8.50. 



496 



Thomas Laxton 



This grand pea was originated by crossing Gradus with a very early seedling. It is claimed to be 

 earlier, hardier in constitution, of better color, and more prolific than Gradus or Prosperity. It 

 srows like Gradus, about 8 feet high. The wrinkled green peas are very large, and uniformly well 

 filled. The pods are large, long, with square ends, fine color and of unsurpassed quality. Many mar- 

 ket gardeners have planted the Thomas Laxton in preference to Gradus, to their entire satisfaction. 

 Our opinion of Thomas Laxton is that it is not as early as Gradus by three or four days; at the same 

 time it is, if anything, more productive; peas are fully as large, of a richer green color. Planted side 

 by side, it is frequently a hard matter to teU which is the better of the two varieties, hence both 

 are very popular with up-to-date market gardeners. Pkt., lOc; pt., 30c.; qt., 50c., postpaid. 

 By express or freight, not prepaid, qt., 35c.; 4 qts., $1.35; pk., $'4.35; bu., $8.50. 



509 



Laxtonian 



The Dwarf Gradus Pea 



LAXTONIAN PEA. 



This is the largest podded of all the early dwarf varieties and is a new sort of decided 

 merit. The vines are vigorous, growiug about 16 inches high, and produce a large 

 crop of good sized pods, averaging from 9 to 10 peas to the pod. The peas are of ex- 

 quisite flavor aud mature early. JSIany people who have tried Laxtonian consider it 

 superior to either Gradus or Thomas Laxton and claim it to be the best of all the 

 early dwarf sorts. It is certainly worth a trial. Packet, 10 cts.; pt., 35 cts.; qt., 65 cts., 

 postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, qt., 50 cts.; 4 qts., $1.75; pk., $3.25; bu., $12.00. 



THOMAS LAXTON 

 PEA. 



