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GREGORY'S NEW SURPRISE PEA 



THE EARLIEST OF ALL THE DWARF WRINKLED VARIETIES 



This new, extra early wrinkled pea is the creation of 3Ir. Hosford, the originator of the well-known 

 Market Garden Pea, produced by crossing of Alaska, or Earliest of All, with the American Wonder. 



Mr. Hosford cai'efully selected seed from those plants which bore the best-filled pods and the most 

 peas each year for eight years, and obtained, as a final result, a wrinkled pea as early as some of the 

 most noted strains of hard white Extra Earlies, and as heavy a cropper, while it has that peculiar sweet- 

 ness which belongs to the wrinkled varieties. The Surprise grows about twenty inches high on rich 

 soil, ripens very evenly, and , like most of the very early sorts, it succeeds best when sown rather thickly, 

 with the seed not more than two and a half inches apart. Mr. Hosford has, for three seasons in succes- 

 sion, grown two crops a year on the same ground, the second crop in each case being produced from the 

 seed of the first. On our trial grounds we have found it yielded better than American Wonder or Nott's 

 Excelsior, and was ready for i)icking fully a week earlier. Gardeners will find it an excellent variety 

 for early or late second planting, as a mildewed vine has never been found. Pkt., 10c. ; pint, 35c.; qt., 

 65c., post-paid ; qt., 50c.; peck, §3.00, by express or freight. 



Parsnip 



One ounce will sow about two hundred feet of drill; 

 pounds will sow one acre. 



Market Gardeners 

 and Institutions 

 requiring seeds in 

 large quantities 

 will be given spe- 

 cial rates upon 

 submitting their 

 lists of varieties 

 and quantities 



wanted. 



IDEAL 



HOLLOW 



CROWN. 



NEW IDEAL HOLtOW 



CROWN. A greatly improved 



and wonderfully tine strain of true 



Hollo^v Crown Parsnip. The 



roots do not grow as long as the old 



Hollow Crown variety, are of larger 



, diameter, and more easily gathered. 



It is a very heavy cropper. The roots 



are very smooth, flesh fine grained, 



and of excellent quality. The best 



variety for the market or home garden. 



Pkt . 5o.; oz., lOc; % lb., '25c.; lb., 75c., 



post- paid; lb.,65e.; 5 lbs. and over, 6uc. per 



lb., by express or freight. 



Large Sugar, or Long Smooth Hol- 

 low Crown. The popular old sort. Pkt., 

 5e.; oz., lOc; 34 lb.. 20o.; lb., .50c. 



To save money is to make money. 

 See pages on Economic M;inuring in our 

 new 12S-j>a';e illustrated book on "Farm 

 Gardening." Free with orders of Sci.uO 

 and over. 



Seed Peas — Northern Grown 



One quart will plant one hundred feet of drill, 

 one-half to two bushels will plant one acre. 



One and 

 LARGE PACKETS OF ANY VARIETY, 5c. EACH. 



&S" Please remember to remit for postage 8c. per 

 pint, 15c. per quart, on peas, when ordered to be sent 

 by mail. 



Those marked with a (*) are wrinkled varieties. 



Johnson Sc Stokes' 



NEW RECORD EXTRA EARLY PEA 



NOW OFFERED FOR SALE FOR THE FIRST TIME 

 THE EflRlilEST PER OH t^ECOHD 



See illustration and trial ground testsin comparison with 

 other extra early varieties on Page 11. 



We feel the greatest pride in being able to offer, as the 

 most important of all new introductions for 189-*, this 

 brand new strain of Extra Early Peas, which is the result of 

 nine vears' careful and intelligent selection and development 

 of ou'r famous Johnson & Stokes' Extra Early Slarket 

 Garden Peas, of which we have sold annually, for several 

 years past, from 6,000 to 7,000 bushels to the market gar- 

 deners of the United States. 



Important Advantages of the Record Extra Early 



It Is three to five days earlier than any other. 



The most uniform in ripening. A single picking 

 will secure the entire crop. 



The vines are much stockier and more vigorous. 

 The heaviest cropper, and contains one to two more 

 peas per pod than any other extra early. 



Height of vine, 1>^ to 2 feet. Prices forl898 : Pkt., 15c.; 

 pint, ».5c.; qt., ROc, p6-t-paid ; qt., 4.5c.; peek, S1.50; bush., 

 S5.0!1; bag of J bush., 89.00, by freight or express. 



