STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



MOORESTOWN NEW JERSEY 



LONG ISLAND MAMMOTH 



(Natural Size) 



No. 777. Mammoth Podded Sugar. Days to 

 Maturity, 70. An edible pod variety which has been 

 iinder cultivation for a great many years. The pods are 

 picked when half grown and prepared for the table very 

 much the same as snap beans. The pods will attain a 

 length of about four and one half inches and a width 

 of about one inch. However, they will be comparatively 

 thin from side to side. The dry seed is purple-brown 

 and the blossom is blue-purple. This variety we beUeve 

 to be the same as Mammoth Melting Sugar. It is very 

 prolific and will attain a height of from four to five feet. 



We would strongly advocate the more general planting of edible 

 podded peas. A trial will very often give them a permanent place 

 in the garden. Sow the same as other sorts. Brushing is desirable. 



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 5 lbs. or more, 40(* per lb., 60 lbs. (1 bu.) $24.00. 



No. 780. Long Island Mammoth or Telegraph. Days to 

 Maturity, 75. Originated about 1868 by Mr. William Culverwell, 

 an Englishman who claimed a cross between Veitch's Perfection and 

 Laxton's Prolific. The name Long Island Mammoth is of v^xaerican 

 origin. The plant will grow to a height of from four to five feet, 

 with heavy light-green foliage. The pods, about the same color as 

 the foliage, wiU average from three to three and one-haK inches in 

 length, assuming a ribbed appearance as they approach maturity, 

 tapering gradually to the apex. There will be five to eight peas to 

 the pod, somewhat compressed when fully grown. The dried seeds 

 are a pale, dull green, shading to creamy white, slightly indented. 

 This variety is very prolific, rather late, and matui'ing its crop 

 graduaU3', so that there may be several pickings. It is a pea which 

 will come on the market fom- or five days after most other varieties 

 have gone, and its drought-resistant qualities recommend it for late 

 growing purposes. When grown for the home garden, brushing is 

 desirable. 



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 or more, 40^ per lb., 60 lbs. (1 bu.) $24.00. 



MAMMOTH PODDED 

 SUGAR 



(Natural Site) 



No. 776. 



Maturity, 70 



Note — Credit should be given 

 to type and close to scale as noted. 



Telephone. Days to 

 J,, .w. An English variety intro- 

 duced by Carter during the decade following 

 1870, and introduced into this cotmtry 



about 1880. The plant attains a height of about four feet, and its 

 heavy fohage protects the newly forming pods against intense heat. 

 Although in the original type the pod was a hght green, by intro- 

 ducing Alderman blood it is now a rich dark green. The pods wiU 

 grow from a length of three and one-half to four inches and a width 

 of three-fourths of an inch. There will be from five to ten peas in 

 the pod. The dried seeds vary in color from pale green to almost 

 white. They are shriveled and indented. Telephone is prolific, 

 medium to late in season, and matures its crop promptly. When 

 grown for home garden, brushing is desirable. 



2 oz. pkt. lOjf, lb. 50i, 5 lbs. $2.25, postpaid; by express, 5 lbs. 

 or more, 40^ per lb., 60 lbs. (1 bu.) $24.00. 



No. 778. Champion of England. Days to Maturity, 75. 

 One of the oldest English varieties, but exact place and date of 

 origin are uncertain. Records seem to show that it was introduced 

 into America about 1850. The plant wiU attain a height of four 

 feet. The foliage is pale green. The pods are the same color as the 

 foliage, attaining a length of three inches and a width of five-eighths 

 of an inch. They will very often be borne in pairs, and are very 

 blunt at the apex, when fully developed. They will average from 

 five to eight peas to the pod. The dried seeds are oKve green, 

 shading to creamy white, much shriveled. Champion of England 

 is very prolific, although rather late, maturing its crop gradually. 

 When grown for home garden purposes brushing is desirable. 



2 oz. pkt. 10^, lb. 45^, 5 lbs. $2.00, postpaid; by express, 5 lbs. 

 or more, 35^ per lb., 60 lbs. (1 bu.) $21.00. 



Messrs. N. B. Keeney & Son for many of these pea photographs. ■ They will be found accurate as 



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