MAULE’S SELECT LIST OF CHOICE PEAS. 
Peas belong in three groups: Garden, field and edible podded. Gar- | every ten days until July 1. Inthe latter part of August sow early peas 
den peas are Smooth or wrinkled. The smooth are earlies and most | for an autumn crop. Drill one to two inches deep in rows 2% to 4 feet 
hardy. The wrink!ed are sweetest. Field peasare of hign value instock | apart. In the field use no sticks. In garden culture sow in double rows 
feeding andgreen manuring. Edible podded peas are growing in favor. | ten inches apart, and use supports for the vines. One pint to 75 feet of 
CULTURE.—Sow in earliest spring and make successional plantings | drill; two to three bushels per acre. 
L PEA, Unexcelled for Earliness. 
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/"MAULE’S EARLIEST OF AL 
This celebrated smooth pea has become the 
SA = 252. main reliance of thousands of truckers and 
Zr FESS farmers who wish to be first in market with 
: = = hew peas. It is a self-selling sort, commanding 
top prices. It is absolutely unsurpassed in 
extra early qualities, in flavor, in size of pod 
and productiveness, in vigor and regularity of 
2 growth, and ingenuine merit. It heads the list 
* of smooth varieties in America. Every seeds- 
man claims to sell an “earliest” pea; but, 
Z after testing them ail, I know that not one 
7, excels my own celebrated strain, either in qual- 
i! AY \ N . \ . Sy , F ity, quantity or earliness. Maule’s Earliest of 
Wil i \ ; WSS (9 2 ss . ff! F All is very hardy, and may be sown as soon as 
nN | : \ : j 4 the soil becomes mellow. It may be relied 
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\ \ KG : 3%. : ¢ upon to be ready for market in about forty- 
it i in * ae ; =i eight days from date of germination. Its pro- 
| \\ < } f fitable 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. This pea can be 
cleared of almost its entire crop in two pickings. thus quickly leaving the ground ready for 
some other crop. Thedry peas are smooth, and of a light green color, and the variety is a 
favorite. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 45 cts., postpaid. Peck, $1.50; bushel, $5.50. 
pALASKA.—An extra early sort, with 
vines about two feet in height. The pod is 
three inches long, well filled with round 
eas. ihe seed when mature is of a 
luish color. and hence this and other 
peas of its class are called blue peas. 
Alaska is the earliest blue pea. Quite 
profitable as a market sort and for can- 
ning. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 
45 cts., postpaid. Peck, $1.50; bushel, $5.50. 
i | TOM THUMB.—A smooth, very dwarf 
sort. The viné never attains a growth of over ten inches 
even in rich soil, and usually bears when only five or six 
MAULE’S EARLIEST OF ALL. inches high. It is extra early and very productive for so 
: smallavine. The peas aresweetand tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
30 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. Pk., $1.76. 
i-_$URPRISE.— Claimed to be the earliest of all the 
wrinkled peas, not even excepting Gradus or Prosperity, 
and aS early as any round pea. Pods smaller than Gradus, 
but more numerous. The vines grow 20x24 inches high, 
and require no sticking. In flavor the Surprise is delic- 
iously sweet. This new pea is attracting wide and favor- 
able attention. Packet. 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, | 
45 cents, postpaid. Peck, $1.50; bushel, $5.50. } 
, EMIUM GEM.—A fine, early wrinkled pea, with 
vine about fifteen inches high. The pods are long, and are 
produced in abundance. It is claimed to be an improve- 
ment on Little Gem, being more robust. One of the most 
profitable early wrinkled peas for market or family use. 
Pkt., 10c.; pt., 3uc.; qt., 50c., postpaid. Pk., $1.75; bu., $6.00. 
LNOTT’S EXCELSIOR. . 
TOM THUMB. This is one of the best dwarf wrinkled peas in cultiva- a egeee cs as f 
tion. It is so hardy and vigorous that it may be safely a: ae Ww aR a wrinkled ae 
planted nearly or quite as early in spring as the smooth | erpether abit; vines only eight or en ee es 
varieties, and will mature almost as soon. As to table | high. eee cant oF nee ESN Vane: 
quality, it has every feature which makes a wrinkled pea cae Quite spenaprae oe all ee ner one ene eae 
more sweet, tender and delicious than a smooth pea. It 6 hee ace: t Sate mes roo ro ue on 
is still comparatively new, but has already secured a wide t oc alee DOO bebe er wil ee ate kp 
popularity and is highly praised by all who know it. Ih: ay “ A great favorite in some localitiies. 
Notts Excelsior is irequently ready for the table in 3) ave the original stock. PEt» Jo Se Dt 
torty-eight days from the sowing of the seed. The pods, cts.; qt., 00 cts., postpaid. Pk... $1.75; bu, $6.00. 
which average three inches in length, are square and, J BR (ES " 
chunky, containing from seven to nine large peas, packed | r S 
so closely that they are more nearly square than round. 
The peas are at all times tender and of fine flavor. The 
vines grow to a uniform height of above one foot. 
This new pea, which I first introduced to the public 
during the nineties, is a thoroughbred in every respect. | 
and is now everywhere recognized as a standard variety. 
Pkt., 10¢.; pt., 30c.; qt., 50c., postpaia. Pk., $1.75; bu., $6.00. 
When peas by the pint or quart are ordered by express or freight, 8 
cts per pint, or 15 cts. per quart may be deducted from prices quoted. 
Pecks and bushels sent by express or freight at purchaser’s expense. 
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New SuRPRISE Pea 
