Extra-early Garden Peas. 



WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



A row of NOTT'S EXCELSIOR PEAS, showing style of growth and 



(G-rbjen.) 



All smooth-seeded Peas may 

 be planted as early in the spring 

 as the soil can be prepared for 



them. They are very hardy, and will endure a low temperature, both before and after sprouting. Sow for 

 the first crop as early as is practicable, and for succession at intervals of about two weeks until June. Late 

 sowings, however, do not yield so well as early ones. Sow in drills about 2 to 3 inches deep, and from 2 to 

 feet apart, according to variety, taller sorts requiring more room than dwarf ones. Dwarf Peas require 

 a very rich soil, while tall ones thrive best in rather thin ground, which does not stimulate too luxu- 

 riant growth in the vines, to the detriment of the pods. The latter are frequently sown in double rows, 

 with the brush, or support of some kind, between them. Wrinkled Peas are not so hardy as the smooth 

 sorts, and should not be sown quite as early, but are superior to them in quality, more delicate in 

 flavor, and remain longer in season. One quart of seed will plant about 100 feet of drill. 



For Peas to hi 



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Extra- early Telephone Pea. 



sent by mail, add postage at the rate of 8 cts. per pint, 15 cts. per quart to prices 

 given. Wrinkled varieties are marked with a star. 



ALASKA. 48 days; 2% feet. About 75 per cent of the pods can be gathered at the 

 first nuking. Pods small, but well filled with plump, excellent, dark green Peas. Pkt. 

 10 ctor, pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts.. 4 qts. 75 cts., pk. $1.25. 



^^IRST AND BEST. 50 days; 2% feet. Uniform in growth and ripening; vines 

 yield from 3 to 7 pods, containing from 5 to 8 Peas each; of good flavor. Pkt. 10 cts. pt. 

 3 cts;, qt? 25 cts., 4 qts. 75 cts., pk. $1.25. 



s ^OTT'S EXCELSIOR.* 55 days ; 1 foot. The finest dwarf Pea in cultivation. 

 Poos o^Dselv packed with large Peas of fine flavor; vigorous and prolific. Sure to be very 

 opular. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1, pk. $1.75. 



/EXTRA-EARLY TELEPHONE.* 56 days ; 3 feet. Combines earliness with the 

 size and quality of the best of the later sorts. The pods are of the same size and quality 

 as the Telephone, and are ready to pick less than one week after the earliest; very vig- 

 orous, pale green foliage. Pods are produced singly, and although there are not so many 

 to the vine as in other early sorts, the size more than makes up for it. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 23 cts., qt. 45 cts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75. 



— AMERICAN WONDER.* 57 days; 1 foot. Flavor and quality excellent; pods long 

 and well filled. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts'., qt. 25 cts., 4 qts. 90 cts., pk. $1.50. 



WILLIAM HURST.* 57 days ; 1 foot. Hardy and vigorous, bearing in profusion 



curved, handsome pods, well filled with Peas of fine flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., 

 qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1, pk. $1.75. 



b / PREMIUM OEM.* 59 days; 15 inches. Early and superior wrinkled Pea, with 

 vines well branched; pods abundant ; Peas tender, sweet and good. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 

 ets.yqt. 25 cts., 4 qts. 90 cts., pk. $1.50. 



«/ PRIDE OF THE MARKET.* 61 days; 2 feet. Wonderfully productive, with large, 

 handsome pods, and Peas of good quality. Pkt. 10c, pt. 15c, qt. 30c, 4 qts. $1, pk. $1.75. 



CARTER'S WONDER.* 63 days; VA feet. Pods deep green and of medium size, 



very compactly filled with 8 to 10 large Peas of the finest quality. Vines vigorous, im- 

 mensely productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.20, pk. $2. 

 ./ DUKE OF YORK.* 67 days; 3% feet. Pods very large, very dark green, well filled 

 'with large dark green Peas of excellent flavor. A heavy yielder, and one of the most de- 

 sirable medium early sorts offered. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. '30 cts., 4 qts. $1, pk. $1.75. 



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