76 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1913 



Two Grand Peas Both Money-Makers 



s. Potlatch 

 or Big Dinner 



Gardener 



The Pea That Progressive Market 

 are Going Wild Over 



I am most fortunate indeed to be able to offer this great pea called Potlatch or Big 

 Dinner. I had no idea the demand would be so large or that the pea would be sc 

 popular, as it was only about five years old; but it seems to me that every gardener 

 who had ever tried Potlatch in small quantities wanted at least a sack or two, so 

 that early in the season the entire crop throughout the whole country was completely 

 exhausted. Potlatch is Chenook Indian for Big Dinner, hence the name Potlatch 

 The vines are vigorous, growing 15 to 18 inches high, with unusually dark green 

 foliage, which can be distinguished from that of other peas a quarter of a mile away 

 The long pods are a rich dark green in color, often measuring 6 inches or more, 

 with 9 to 11 enormous peas in a jxjd. The growth of vine is sturdy and pods are 



borne in pairs; it is a wonder in produc- __^^,^__^_ ^ 



tiveness, and the way the peas shell out is 

 astonishing. Potlatch matures as early as 

 Premium Gem; no variety Icnown will 

 produce more pods, shell better, or con- 

 tain more tender and delicious peas to the 

 pod. Potlatch has become one of my 

 leading varieties and has become so popu- 

 lar with my market gardener friends that 

 I expect to be sold out early in the season. 

 Advise sending in orders soon as possible. 



Packet, 10 cts.; pt., 40 cts.; qt, 75 cts., 

 postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 

 qt., 60 cts.; 4 qts., $2.00; pk., $3.50; bu. $ 1 2.50. 



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POTLATCH OR BIG DINNER PEA. 



Prolific Early Market 



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PROLIFIC EARLY MARKET PEA 



Also Listed as New Prolific Extra Early 

 30 to 50 Per Cent. More Prolific Than Alaska 



I offered this grand pea in 1901 for the first time, quoting the 

 introducer to the effect that while it was 3 to 4 days later than 

 the first early sorts, it was 30 to 50 per cent, more prolific. 

 Eleven years' experience with it leads me to conclude that it is 

 practically as early as the very first of all, and more prolific. 



The introducers, Messrs. N. B. Keeney & Son, prominent 

 New York pea growers, thus speak of it : "About twelve years 

 ago the writer selected a very jj reductive plant of an extra 

 early pea, having an exceptionally long pod. From this, dur- 

 ing the last eleven years, was produced what we call Prolific 

 Earlj^ Market. Our tests of this pea during '94, '96 and '97 

 showed it to blossom two days later than our earliest and best 

 strain of Extra Early, and in the development of pods suitable 

 for picking, 3 or 4 days behind; but the remarkable produc- 

 tiveness and length of pod have followed this strain all through 

 all these years, many of the plants containing 40 to 50 fully 

 developed pods as the result of one seed sov.n; and I belicAe 

 this pea will give a yield of 30 to 50 per cent, more than any 

 other strain of extra earlies I know of." 



My trials of Prolific Early Market induce me to value it 

 very highly, as above stated. The seed resembles the seed of 

 the hard, round, extra early sorts, but is somewhat ivrinkled. 

 But the point or characteristic which I desire most to empha- 

 size is that this variety is very prolific, a thing of extreme 

 importance in a first early pea. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; 

 quart, 50 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 

 35 cents; 4 quarts, $1.25; peck, $2.25; bushel, $8.00. 



