PETER HENDERSON & CO.S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



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PEAS. 



German, Erlse. — French, Pois. — Spanish, Guizante. 



Peas come earliest to maturity in light rich soil. For general crop, a deep rich 

 loam, or a strong loam inclining to clay, is best. For early crops, decomposed leaves or 

 leaf-mould should be used, or if the soil is very poor, stronger manure may be employed. 

 For general crops, a good dressing should be applied, and for the dwarf-growing kinds, 

 the soil can hardly be too rich. When grown as a market crop, Peas are never staked, 

 and are sown in single rows two to three inches deep, and from two to three feet apart, 

 according to the variety or the strength of the soil. When grown in small quantities 

 for private use, they are generally sown in double rows, six or eight inches apart, and 

 the tall varieties staked up by brush. For an early crop, sow in February or March, as 

 soon as the ground can be worked, and make repeated sowings every two weeks for suc- 

 cession. After the 1st of June, sowing should, be discontinued until the middle of 

 August, when a good crop may generally be secured by sowing an early sort. 



EXTRA EARLY. 



Per qt. Peck. Bush. 



Carter's First Crop. The earliest variety grown, hut a sby crop- 

 per; 2£ feet $0 40 $2 50 $9 00 



Daniel O'Rourke. A favorite early variety, and a good bearer; 



3feet 30 175 6 00 



McLean's Little Gem. A dwarf, green wrinkled marrow, very 



prolific, of superior flavor, and a first early ; 1 foot 50 3 50 12 00 



McLean's Advancer. An early, green wrinkled variety, of deli- 

 cious flavor ; 2 feet 40 2 50 9 00 



Tom Thumb. Remarkably dwarf and early, of excellent quality, 



and yields abundantly ; 1 foot 50 3 00 10 00 



Philadelphia Extra Early. A very desirable early variety 40 2 50 8 00 



Waite's Caractacus. An early and productive Pea, of good flavor, 



oneof the best 40 2 50 9 00 



Laxton's Alpha. A new, extra early, blue wrinkled marrow Pea, 

 of fine quality, and very prolific ; pods large, and well filled ; 

 3feet. t Peri pint packet, 25c 125 8 00 30 00 



Kentish Invicta. The earliest blue Pea yet introduced, said to be 

 earlier than Daniel O'Rourke, while the fact of its being a 

 blue Pea proclaims its superiority. Per 2 pint packet, 25cts. . . 1 00 6 00 20 00 



SECOND EARLY VARIETIES. 



Per qt. 



Laxton's Prolific Long Pod. A very productive variety, with 



long pods, containing from 11 to 12 Peas each ; 4 ft $0 40 



Laxton's Supreme. Anew green marrow, of excellent quality, 



with very long, well-filled curved pods ; 3| ft 75 



McLean's Princess Royal. Very prolific variety, producing an 



abundance of well-filled pods ; 3 ft 30 



McLean's Wonderful. A dwarf, early wriukled marrow, of deli- 

 cious flavor ; 3 feet 50 



McLean's Epicurean. A new early wrinkled Pea ; very large, of 



delicious flavor, and very productive ; 2 feet 50 



Napoleon. A blue wrinkled variety, of excellent flavor ; 3 feet 40 



Eugenie. White wrinkled ; an excellent cropper; 3 feet 40 



Bishop's Long Pod. A valuable dwarf kind, and great bearer ; 1J ft 40 



Peck. 



Bush. 



$2 50 



$9 00 



5 00 



18 00 



2 00 



7 00 



3 50 



12 00 



3 50 

 2 50 

 2 50 



2 50 



12 00 

 9 00 

 9 00 

 9 00 



FOR GENERAL CROP. 



Per qt 



Champion of England. One of the best and most popular Peas 



in cultivation ; 5 feet $0 40 



Blue Surprise. Long-podded, prolific, and of good flavor; 4 ft... 40 

 Blue Imperial. A good, bearer, and of flue flavor; a very useful 



variety ; 3 feet 30 



Knight's Dwarf Green. A fine-flavored and prolific dwarf variety; 



3 feet 50 



Hair's Dwarf Mammoth. One of the richest-flavored and best 



late varieties ; 2J feet - 50 



Veitch's Perfection. A large and delicious marrow Pea, and an 



abundant cropper 50 



British Queen. One of the best and most productive of the tall, 



wrinkled marrows, of delicious flavor ; 5 feet 50 



Peck. 



$2 25 

 2 50 



$7 00 

 8 00 



2 00 



6 00 



3 50 



12 00 



3 50 



12 00 



3 50 



12 00 



3 50 



12 00 



