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- Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1909 



GARDES)! PEAS. 



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 peas are of high value in stock feeding and 



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. In the 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 75 feet of drill ; two to three bushels per acre. 



'S EARLIEST «5 ALL 



41 DAT% FROM f»L«ANTIN& 



MAULE'S EARLIEST OF ALL PEAS, 



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, 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. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 45 cents, postpaid. By ex- 

 press or freight, not prepaid, quart, 30 cents; peck, $2.O0; bushel, $7.00. 



AMERICAN WONDER PEA. 



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 

 purposes; in fact, it has taken the place in the 

 private garden once occupied by Tom Thumb, 

 and has practically eliminated that once famous 

 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 

 warm, and is a perfect second early sort for the 

 family garden. It is a great favorite In many 

 sections. Plit., 10 cts.; pt., 85 cts.; qt., 45 cts^, 

 postpaid. By express or freight, not pre- 

 paid, quart, 30 cts.; ph., $2.00ffou., $7.00. 



Bear in mind that customers can order halt 

 pecks at peck rates, half bushels at bushel rates. 



Purchase 



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 expense. 



NOTTS EXCELSIOR PEA. 



A SPLENDID DWARF WRINKLED SORT. 



One of the best dwarf wrinkled peas: hardy and vigor- 

 ous, and will mature almost as soon as the smooth varie- 

 ties. Frequently ready in 48 days. The pods are filled 

 with seven to nine large peas. Of superior tenderness 

 and flavor. Height, 1 foot, Pitt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; 

 qt., 50 cts., postpaitl. By express or freight, not 

 prepaid, quart, 35 cts.; pic, $3.25; hu., $8.00. 





s Excels^ 



New Surprise Pea. 



NEW SURPRISE PEA. 



One of the Largest Podded and Earliest 

 of all Wrinkled Extra Earlleg. 



This is one of the best of the new 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. It ranks 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. 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 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 45 cts., 

 postpaid. By express or freight, not pre- 

 paid, quart, 30 cts.; pk., $1.75; bu., $6.50. 



