~) WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 7 
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 peasare of high value in stock feeding and | 
2 . : green manuring. Edible podded peas are growing in favor. | 
CULTURE.—Sow in earliest spring and make successional] plantings every ten days until July 1. In the latter part of August sow early peas 
for an autumn crop. Drill 1 to 2 inches deep in rows 2% to 4 feet apart. Inthe field use no sticks. In garden culture sow in double rows 10 inc 
apart, and use supports for the tall growing varieties. One pint to 75 feet of drill; two to three busheis per acre. ima cues 
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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 asmooth sort, with wonderful 
ability to mature quickly. It is absolutely unsurpassed in extra early qualities, in flavor, 
in size of pod and productiveness, in vigor and regularity of growth, and in genuine merit. 
Every seedsman claims to sell an “earliest”? pea, but, after testing them all, 1 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 
seagon. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 45 cents, postpaid. Peck, $1.25. 
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AMERICAN WONDER PEA. BY A wy 
A GOOD EARLY WRINKLED PEA. IGS 
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 for market SN 
purposes; in fact, it has taken the place in the 3 
private garden once occupied by Tom Thumb, 
and has practically eliminated that once fa:nous . 
sort. American Wonder is one of the earliest of 
the wrinkled varieties. It is quite distinct from 
all other peas in habit of growth and appearance, 
the vines being unusually robust and stocky. In , 
favorable 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’, 
immediately after the soil has become somewhat Va 
warm, and is a perfect second early sort for the;§ 
family garden. It is a great favorite in many YY 
Sections. I have the original prolific stock. j 
Pkt., 10c.; pt., 25¢.; qt., 45¢., postpaid. Peck, $1.50. 
Ie 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 
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New Surprise Pea. ‘a One of Whe best dwarf wrinkled peas in cultivation. So 
i \ hardy and wagorous that it may be planted nearly as early 
y 1 2 in spring as the Smooth varieties, and will mature almost 
{ W SURPRISE PEA, A as soon. Frequently ready in 48 days. The pods, which 
6] Ome of Ye Largest Podded and Earliest Mi average 3 inches long, are filled with seven to nine large 
dy) of all Wrinkled Extra Earlies. \ieal peas. Of superior tenderness and flavor. Height, 1 foot. 
| ae ee uN Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts., postpaid. Peck, $1.50. 
t | This is one of the best of the new wrinkled . \ 
| peas, and is to-day one of the most famous. It 
i | has made an enviable reputation within the 
oft 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 yarieties, 
1) and far superior to them in both quality 
and yield. Itranks with the very earliest of 
oy the wrinkled sorts. not even excepting Gradus 
il] or Prosperity. Pods are smaller than Gradus, 
ir) but are more numerous. The vine grows 20 to 
24 inches high, and requires no sticks. The Sur- 
to mee pea has attracted universal attention, and S 
he as everywhere made a splendid record for \\ 
i) both quality and quantity. Its sweetness is | \ : 
j noteworthy, andit bears with a profusion that A 
g)' 4S truly remarkable. Its extreme earliness i AY 
a|' Makes it one of the most profitable market i \\\ 
|| Peas ever introduced, and nothing superior to it i} WN <7 
| Iavailable for the family garden. Gradus and / ~ 
American Wonder are as quick to mature. and 
are larger, but Surprise will equal these famous 
Sorts in quality and will exceed them in yield. 
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 45 cents, 
Postpaid. Peck, $1.50. 
NOT’ EXCELSIOR! 
