219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Best Northern- 

 Grown Seed Peas 



Culture. — Sow as early as the ground can be worked and again 

 ever}" ten days or two weeks for succession. They can be sown as 

 late as the 20th of August for the last sowing, using the Extra-Ear lies. 

 Sow in rows about 4 feet apart and 1 inch apart in the row, and 3 to 

 4 inches deep. 



One quart will plant 100 feet of drill, 1 % to 2 bushels will plant an acre 

 See Important Novelties in Peas, page 7 



PEAS, VERY SCARCE 



Seedsmen, unfortunately, have to record another very short crop 

 of Peas, which, following the short crop of last year, and also a 

 partial failure of the crop in Europe, will make them exceedingly 

 scarce and high-priced for the coming season. Early orders for Peas 

 are imperative, as later in the season you will not be able to get some 

 of the popular varietiesat any price. 



Stokes' Early 

 Epicure Pea 



This new Pea, in color of foliage, 

 habit of plant and size and shape 

 of the pods, somewhat resembles 

 the Premium Gem ; but it grows a 

 little taller, is very much more pro- 

 lific and hardy, and the quality is 

 simply delicious. The pods are 

 well filled to the tip. It is an enor- 

 mous cropper, producing fully 50 

 per cent more than the McLean's 

 or Premium Gem, and of the finest 

 quality. I predict for the Stokes' 

 Early Epicure Pea, when it be- 

 comes once introduced, that it will 

 largely take the place of the Peas 

 of the Gem class, as it has every 

 good quality that they possess and 

 will produce almost double the 

 crop. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 

 55 cts., by mail, postpaid; by ex- 

 press, pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., ^peck 

 $1.40, peck $2.50. 



Prolific Early 

 Mark et Pea 



Stokes' Early Epicure Pea -— — — — — 



This Pea is three or four days 



later in maturing than Stokes' New Record Extra- Early, but it has a record of producing 30 to 50 per 

 cent more Peas than any other early variety. The pods are from 25 to 50 per cent longer than the usual 

 Extra-Early. The seed resembles the seed of the Extra-Early sorts, but is somewhat wrinkled. Pkt. 10 

 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 55 cts., by mail, postpaid ; by express, pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., Mpeck $1.40, peck $2.50. 



Sutton's Excelsior Pea 



The great merit of this new Pea lies in the fact that in it we have an early dwarf wrinkled Pea in the 

 front rank for earliness, yet with much larger, handsomer pods than any dwarf wrinkled Pea yet introduced. 



It is similar in habit of growth to Nott's Excelsior, which is one of the most popular dwarf wrinkled 

 Peas. It takes the place in the Extra-Early class that is now so acceptably filled by the Stratagem and 

 Telephone in the later sorts. It grows to a height of about 12 to 14 inches, showing a great abundance of 

 its long, broad, straight pods. By mail, postpaid, pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt.55 cts.; by express, pt. 25 cts., 

 qt. 40 cts., Kpeck $1.40, peck $2. 50. 



New Alderman Pea 



This is one of the very largest podded Peas known. The vine is very robust and vigorous, growing 

 3'A to 4 feet high and producing pods of the largest size, well filled with large Peas of most excellent flavor. 

 It is very productive ; the pods frequently being 5 to 6 inches in length, of a very rich dark green color 

 and most beautifully shaped. This is the very finest of the large-podded late varieties. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 

 ~ts., qt. 55 cts., by mail, postpaid; by express, pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., !4peck Si. 40, peck $2.50. 



Alderman Pea 



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