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PEAS — Continued, 

 Extra Early Varieties. 



Dreer's Extra Early. The earliest and most prolific variety; an even cropper, of excellent Pkt. Qt. Bu. 

 quality ; height, 2 feet ; the crop can be gathered in two pickings, a very important item ; 

 also for a late fall crop it has few equals ; \\\^ market gardener' s {-i^orw.^ $010 25 5 =0 



Dreer's Eureka Extra Early. A new selection of the above with all its good qualities ; habit 



more dwarf, growing about 20 inches high, and entirely free from runners 10 30 600 



Carter's First Crop. One of the earliest ; productive and of good flavor ; height 2 J^ feet „„ 10 25 5 &o 



Improved Daniel O'Rourke. Ten days later \S\2si Dreer' s Extra Early ; very prolific and 



of good quality : height, 3 feet 10 25 500 



Tom Thumb. Ver>' dwarf, not exceeding 10 inches in height in the richest of soil, productive, 



ver\- early and of excellent quality 10 30 5 50 



McLean's Blue Peter. One of the earliest and hardiest of the Tom 7Xmw/^ varieties ; dwarf with 

 blue seed, dark-green pods, and large peas of excellent quality ; a capital bearer, and suited 

 for garden culture : height, i foot 10 30 550 



Kentish Invicta. A productive blue varietj-, ripening altogether, of excellent flavor ; a very 



good market variety ; height, 2 feet 10 30 6 cxj 



Bliss' American Wonder. This is the earliest new wrinkled variety in cultivation ; in produc- 

 tiveness, flavor and quality it is unsurpassed. It isof dwarf and robust habit,growing from 

 10 to 12 inches high. Peas planted in June matured in 33 days. (See illustrations.) 10 40 8 00 



Laxton's William The First. One of the best green Marrows, combining flavor, earliness 



and productiveness; with well-filied, long, deep-green pods ; height, 3 feet 10 40 800 



Eariy Varieties. 



Laxton's Prolific Long Pod. A productive hardy second early variety, producing long pods, 



containing from 10 to 12 peas each ; height, 4 feet 10 30 600 



Laxton's Alpha. One of the earliest blue-wrinkled marrows ; a prolific variety, of fine flavor; 



pods larse and well filled; height, 3 feet 10 30 6 50 



Extra Eariy Premium Gem. A fine flavored dwarf, wrinkled variety; pods long, dark green 



and prolific; height, i3 inches 10 30 5 50 



McLean's Little Gem. A dwarf first early, green-wrinkled marrow, very prolific, and of supe- 

 rior flavor; height, I foot 10 30 5 50 



McLean's Advancer. A fine early Tnarket variety, prolific, weil-filled long pods, tender, and 



of delicious flavor; height, 2 feet 10 30 5 50 



Eugenie. An early white-wrinkled marrow, of good flavor, and excellent cropper; height, 3 feet. 10 30 550 



Late Varieties, For a General Crop. 



Champion of England. One of the best and most popular wrinkled varieties in cultivation, of 



delicious flavor ; a profuse bearer ; height, 5 feet lo go 5 50 



Telephone. This new variety is one of the finest tall wrinkled marrows yet introduced. It is 

 immensely productive, of the finest quality, and excellent sugary flavor; vines verj' strong, 

 averaging i3 to 20 pods per stalk ; the pods are of a large size and closely packed with large 

 delicious peas: height, 4 feet„ 10 60 12 00 



Hair's Dwarf Green Mammoth. A fine-flavored wrinkled marrow, the peas are of extra large 



size; height, 2 = 2 feat 10 30 6 50 



Veitch's Perfection. A very large, delicious, green marrow variety, an excellent cropper; 



height, 4 feet 10 30 6 50 



Yorkshire Hero. A splendid wrinkled marrow for market and kitchen gardens : of branch- 

 ing habit, abundant cropper, and excellent quality ; height, 2j4 feet 10 25 5 00 



Laxton's Fillbasket. A large, handsome, prolific variety, pods long, round, and closely filled ; 



for a late crop it has few equals ; height, 3 feet 10 40 6 50 



Dwarf Blue Imperial. A favorite swTt^m^x market gardener's variety; good bearer, and of 



fine flavor; height, 3 feet 10 25 4 50 



Large V/hite Marrowfat. A favorite late market variety, with broad, well-filled pods; 



height, 5 f:ct 10 20 3 00 



Black-Eyed Marrowfat. This and the White Marrowfat are extensively grown as field peas, 



hardy, productive, and well-filled pods ; height, 4 feet 10 20 300 



Early Dwarf W^rinkled Sugar. A French wrinkled variety, with edible pods, when young 



and tender, of excellent quality ; height, 2^ feet 10 50 1200 



Dwarf Sugar. Edible pods in the green state, when young and tender, of fine flavor; used like 



5^^/-5/iarz' .5^a«j-, also as a shelled pea ; height, 2 feet 10 50 12 00 



Tall White Sugar. Large, long edible pods; iLsed like the Ihvar/ Sugar ; height, 5 feet 10 50 12 00 



Tall Gray Seeded Sugar. A purple blossom, edible pod variety ; used as above ; height, 5 feet. 10 50 12 cxr 



PEPPER. 



P/effer, Ger. Piment, Fr. Pimienio, Span. 



Pepper and Capsicum are tender annuals, used as a hot seasoning for soups and meats, the large vaiieties for 

 pickling and pepper sauce ; the mild sweet varieties are preferred for the latter purpose. Sow in hot-beds in 

 March or April, or on a warm sheltered border in May, and when the season is favorable transplant in good, rich, 

 mellow ground, in rows 2 feet apart and 18 inches in the rows ; hoe frequendy to keep down the weeds, and earth 

 up a little at one or two hoeings. 



Remit for postage, 16 ct*. per pound, or 2-5 cti per quart or fraction thereol, when ordered to be sent bj maiL 



