NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



Three New Grand Varieties of Peas 



Keeping abreast with the times in gardening is where the money is made. 

 To be strictly up-to-date in growing peas, the gardener should plant these large podded 

 varieties. They not only contain good quality and productivness, but being extremely 

 large in pod, will measure up more bushel's per acre than the smaller sorts ; their size and 

 handsome appearance are also a great help in selling. The three varieties offered on this 

 page are the best of the new type of peas just being introduced and are splendid sorts to 

 plant for succession. 



THE GRADUS PEA. 



An Extra Early Wrinkled Pea, bearing Immense Pods, fully as 

 large as the Telephone. 



This new extra early, dwarf growing pea is a great advancement. It combines the 

 finest quality, with extreme earliness and is also very productive. The smooth varieties of 

 Extra Early Peas have heretofore rilled their place in a way, as they could be planted very 

 early, while the wrinkled sorts could not be planted until milder weather, but there has 

 been the need of an "■extra early" which would also have that sweetness and fine flavor 

 of the wrinkled varieties. " Gradus " therefore fills the want, and is the first extra early 

 wrinkled pea. It is very hardy, and can be planted fully as early as the smooth peas ; 

 grows vigorous and healthy ; vines 2\ feet in height and is very prolific, bearing pods 

 fully as large as Telephone, usually containing from 8 to 10 large peas. The color of the 

 shelled peas is a beautiful light-green, which color they retain after being cooked ; the 

 quality and flavor is delicious, and the peas remain tender and sweet for a long time. 



The " Gradus" is bound to become a favorite with both market gardener and amateur 

 wherever grown. Pkt. 10 cts. postpaid ; pt. 30 cts. ; qt. 50 cts.; \ peck % 1.75 ; peck 

 $3.00. (If by mail add 8 cents per pint ; 15 cents per quart.) 



AMEER PEA. 



This variety of blue-seeded peas is distinct, and 

 produces its handsome pods in pairs. It is an 

 early vanety and like all other round, smooth 

 seeded peas, is quite hardy, and can be planted 

 very early in the Spring. It is also a good variety 

 for making repeated sowings for succession, as it 

 is not affected by the early Summer heat. The 

 vines which grow from 3 to 4 feet high, are very 

 thrifty and good bearers. The pods are dark 

 green, large, curved and very broad, always well 

 filled with large peas. The quality is all that 

 could be desired, being sweet and tender, the large 

 size and handsome deep green color of the pods 

 make it a good variety for market purposes, bring- 

 ing higher prices than other less attractive sorts. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. postpaid ; pt. 20 cts. ; qt. 35 cts. ; 

 \ peck $1.00; peck §1.75; bu. $6.00. (If by 

 mail, add 8 cents per pint ; /J cents per quart.) 



DWARF TELEPHONE 

 PEAS. 



This variety is the result of many years experi- 

 menting, with the view of producing a pea with 

 dwarf vines, bearing large handsome pods and 

 peas of highest quality, without the long vines of 

 the Telephone, and to grow more dwarf than the 

 Stratagem. In all these points our grower has 

 been successful, for here we have a variety which 

 under the best culture will only grow 18 inches 

 high. It is of dwarf stocky habit, healthy, vi- 

 gorous growth and very productive. In season, 

 medium, from 5 to 7 days earlier than Stratagem. 

 The pods are long, frequently measuring 5 inches 

 in length, broad, straight, rounded, or curved at 

 the end, remarkably well filled, often containing 

 nine or ten peas, color pale green, thick and of 

 good lasting quality for market purposes. When 

 fit for table use the peas are of a very large size, 

 tender and delicious flavor, but when dry are light 

 green and much shriveled, denoting the unusually 

 tender and delicate texture of the pea. We offer 

 this pea to our customers feeling confident that it 

 will soon become exceedingly popular on account 

 of its many good qualities. Pkt. 10 cts. postpaid; 

 pt. 25 cts. ; qt. 40 cts. ; \ peck $1 .50 ; peck $2.75. 

 (If by mail add 8 cents per pint, ij cents per 

 quart. ) 



Gradus Pea 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



For only 25 cents we will send 

 by mail, postpaid, one full-size 

 packet each, Gradus, Ameer and. 

 Dwarf Telephone Peasasdescribed 

 on this page. Everyone should 

 make a trial of these three grand 

 varieties. 



A Single Plant of 

 Dwarf Telephone Pea. 



