68 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1909 



Thomas Laxton Pea 



A Favorite With Many Commercial Gardeners. 



This new pea was originated by crossing Gra- 

 cilis with a very early seedling. It is claimed to 

 be earlier, hardier in constitution, of better color, 

 and more prolific than Gradus or Prosperity. It 

 grows like Gradus about 3 feet high. The wrink- 

 led green peas are very large, and uniformly well 

 filled. The pods are large, long, with square ends 

 fine color and of unsurpassed quality. Many 

 market gardeners have planted the Thomas 

 Laxton in preference to Gradus, to their entire 

 satisfaction, ily opinion of Thomas Laxton is 

 that it is not as early as Gradus by three or four 

 days; at the same time it is, if anything more 

 productive, peas are fully as large, of a richer 

 green color. Planted side by side, it is frequently 

 a hard matter to tell which is the better of the 

 two varieties, hence, both are very popular with 

 up-to-date market gardeners. Packet, 10 cts.; 

 pint, 30 cts.; quart, 50 cts., postpaid. By 

 express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 35 

 cents; peck, $2.50; bushel, §9.00. 



DWARF TELEPHONE — Dwarf Telephone 

 is the famous old Telephone without its long 

 vines. It is of healthy, stocky growth, and very 

 productive. The pods frequently measure 5 inches 

 in length and are broad, straight and remarkably 

 well filled, often containing nine or ten peas. Pod 

 is pale green, and it is thick, plump and well 

 adapted to marketing. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; 

 qt., 45 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, 

 not prepaid, qt., 30c; pk., SI. 75; bu., $6.50. 



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THOMAS LAXTON. 



NEW D W A R F 



CHAMPION A hardy. 



robust, vigorous grower, 

 producing uniform dark 

 green pods of good size, 

 with great abundance 

 and unsurpassed quality. 

 The pods are larger than 

 the old Champion of 

 England and more of 

 them to the vine, al- 

 though it grows only 2 to 

 2^ ft. tall. A big demand 

 will spring up for it 

 among all friends of the wBi 



Champion of England 

 Pea. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., . 



30 cts.; qt., 50 cts., post- " 



paid. By ex. or fgt., NEW 

 not prepaid, qt., 35c; DWARF 

 pk., $2.25; bu., $S.OO. CHAMPION 



ALASKA.— An extra early sort, with vines about two feet iu height. 

 A very prolific bearer. Pkt., 10c; pt., 25c; qt., 45c, postpaid. By 

 express or freight, not prepaid, qt., 30 cts.; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.00. 



PREMIUM GEM.— A fine early wrinkled pea, with vine about 15 

 inches high. Pods long, and are produced in abundance. A profitable 

 pea for market or family. Pkt., 10c; pt., 25c; qt., 45c, postpaid. 

 By ex. or freight, not prepaid, qt., 30c; pk., $1.75; bu., $6.50. 



BLISS'S EVERBEARING. — A cele- 

 brated wrinkled pea, 1% to 2 feet high, of 

 good quality and flavor. Its season is 

 late to very late, and It is especially ad- 

 apted to summer and autumn cropping. 

 It has a remarkable and valuable branch- 

 ing habit. It will do well without sticks or 

 brush. Repeated pickings may be made, 

 for the vine continues to produce blos- 

 soms and successional crops of pods in its 

 effort to ripen its seeds. It is thus a con- 

 tinuous bearer through a long season. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts., 

 postpaid. Bv ex. or fgt., not prepaid, 

 qt., 30 cts.; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.00. 



HORSFORD'S MARKET GARDEN. 

 —A first-class wrinkled pea; second early. 

 Height, 2i inches; no sticks. It is a 

 profitable sort for market gardeners, as a 

 single plant has been known to produce 

 more than 150 pods. It is equally good 

 for thfe home table. The medium sized 

 pods are borne in pairs, and are easily and 

 quickly picked. This variety is said to 

 have yielded more shelled peas to the acre 

 than any other American sort. Packet, 

 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 45 cts., 

 postpaid. By ex. or fgt., not prepaid, 

 qt., 30 cts.; pk., $1.75; bu., $6.50. 



FOR A GOOD SUCCESSION 



Plant Maule's Earliest of All. Horsford's Mar- 

 ket Garden and Pride of the Market and have 

 peas from April till July. A pkt. of each. 2oe. 

 a pt. of each, 65c: a qt. of each, $1.20 postpaid. 



MAULE'S IMPROVED EXTRA EARLY. 



This fine, smooth pea is surpassed in point of earliness only by Maule s ductiye 

 Earllist of 111. The pods come all at once. Itreo"irP<= no sttcks. it errows I nods la: 

 to a height of about two feet, is a sure cropper 



it of earliness onlv bv Maule's I ductive. The seed may be put into the ground in earliest spring. The 

 It requires no sticks. It grows pods large and well filled. Pkt., 10c; pt., 25c; qt., 45c, postpaid. 

 pper, and is wonderfully pro- | By ex. or freight, not prepaid, qt., 30 cts.; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.50. 



