70—Vegetable Seeds THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1911 
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 aresweetest. Field peasare of high value in stock feeding and 
a green manuring. Edible podded peas are growing in favor. 
CULTURE.—Sow in earliest spring and make successional plantings every ten days until Junel. In the latter part of August sow early peas 
foran autumnecrop. 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 inches 
apart, and use supports for the tall growing varieties. One pint to 100 feet of drill; 144 to 2 bushels per acre. 
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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 a smooth 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, I 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. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 45 cts., postpaid. By express 
or freight, not prepaid, quart, 30 cts.; 4 quarts, $1.10; peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.50. 
491 AMERICAN WONDER PEA 
This is a first-rate wrinkled pea of dwarf habit, PO: 
with vines less than a foot high. It is better Sy , 
suited to the private garden than for market Za 
purposes; in fact, it has taken the place in the ®@ 
private garden once occupied by Tom Thumb, 2% 
American Wonder is one of the earliest of the ~ 
wrinkled varieties. It is quite distinct from, 
all other peas in habit of growthand appearance, £6 
the vines being unusually robust and stocky. In & rl 
favorable weather and soil it will mature in the oe SV on 
remarkably short period of 42 days, but it is less’ rE 
hardy than Maule’s Earliest of All,and must not GS AG = 4 
be planted as soon. It makes most rapid growth t& 9 
immediately after the soil has become somewhat // 
warm. Packet, 10 cents; pimt, 35 cents;7/ 
quart, 60 cents, postpaid. By express or* ~ 
freight, not prepaid, quart, 45 cents; 
4 quarts, $1.50; peck, $2.75; bushel, $10.00. 
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az WOTT’S EXCELSIOR PEA 
A SPLENDID DWARF WRINKLED SORT. . 
One of the best dwarf wrinkled peas; hardy and vigor- SURPRISE PEA. 
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ties. Frequently ready in ays. e pods are e 
with Regen to nine large peas. ays aayenlor tenderness 493 SURPRISE PEA 
and flavor. Height, 1 foot. Pkt., 10c.; pt., 35c.; qt., | Ome of the Largest Podded and Earliest 
60c., postpaid. By express or freight, mot pre- of all Wrinkled Extra Earlies. 
paid, qt., £5 ¢.; 4 qts., $1.50; pk., $2.75; bu., $10.00. This is one of the best of the wrinkled peas, 
\ and is to-day one of the most famous. It 
has made an enviable reputation within the 
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 varieties, 
and far superior to them in both quality 
and yield. Itranks with the very earliest of 
the wrinkled sorts, not even excepting Gradus 
or Prosperity. Pods are smaller than Gradus, 
but are more numerous. The vine grows 20 to 
24 inches high, and requires no sticks. The Sur- 
prise pea has attracted universal attention,and 
has everywhere made a splendid record for 
both quality and quantity. Its sweetness is 
noteworthy, and it bears with a profusion that 
is truly remarkable. Its extreme earliness 
makes it one of the most profitable market 
peas ever introduced, and nothing superior to it 
is available for the family garden. 
Pkt., 10c.; pt., 30c.3 qt., 55 cts., postpaid. 
By express or freight, not prepaid, qt., 40 
ots.3 4 qts., $1.40; phk., $2.50; bu., 89.00, 
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