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W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 



of the shelled peas is a beautiful light 

 greeu, which color theyretain afterbeing 

 cooked; the quality and flavor are deli- 

 cious, and the peas remain tender and 

 sweet fur a long time. Do not fail to have 

 your garden well supplied with this vari- 

 ety. Pkt. 10c; pint 35c: quart 65c; post- 

 paid. By express : four quarts $1.00, peck 

 $1.75; bushel $8.50. 



1 

 TELEPHONE. - Flesh the finest of al 

 wrinkled sorts yet introduced. It is enor- 

 mously productive and of best quality, having 

 an excellent sugary flavor; vines very strong:, 

 averaging: eighteen to twenty pods to the stalk; 

 pods are of large size and closely packed with 

 large delicious peas ; heighth from three to 

 four feet. Pkt. 10c ; pt. 25c ; qt. 45c ; post- 

 paid. By express. 4 qts. 90c ; pk. $1.50 ; bu. 

 $5.00. 



PREniUH OEM.— This is a dwarf variety 

 growing from 12 to 15 inches high. It is a fine 

 early wrinkled variety with long pods, which 

 are produced in abundance. It is one of the 

 most profitable peas, either for home use or 

 market purposes. To those who wish to plant 

 a distinctly dwarf variety, should not fail to 

 plant the Premium Gem. We think it is the 

 best of all dwarf varieties. Pkt. 10c ; pt. 30c; 

 qt. 45c postpaid. By express, 4 qts. 80c ; pk. 

 $1.50 ; bu. $5.50, 



NOTT'S EXCELSIOR— A splendid dwarf 

 wrinkled pea. The pods, which average 

 three inches long, are well filled with seven 

 to nine peas of superior tenderness and 

 fine flavor ; grows about one foot high and 

 is frequently ready for the table in forty- 

 eight days from planting. It is one of the 



best dwarf wrinkled peas in cul- , . ... , n . , ,„ . ... . 



tiv-ition so hardy and vigorous peas and receive this catalogue. Pkt. lOc: pint 25c: quart 

 that it may be planted nearly as 45c, postpaid. By express; four quarts 00c; peck $1.00; 

 early in the spring as the smooth varieties, and will bushel a'J.M. 

 nurture almost as soon. Pkt. H'c;p.tJ0c; quart 50c post- LARGE WHITE rtARROWFAT. - An old and well 



paid. By express, four quarts 90c; peck $1.60; bushel $5.50. known standard smooth pea, growing from 3 to 5 feet high, 

 ALASKA.— This variety is so popular that it is sold depending on weather and soil. It has long been used by 

 under a multitude of different names, such as Laxton's market gardeners for a mid-summer or late crop and is very 

 Earliest of All, Express, Clipper, Eclipse. No matter productive. It is often grown in gardens on brush. Pkt. 10c ; 

 under what name you buy, you cannot get better stock Pt. 20c: qt. 40c postpaid. By express, 4 qts. 50c; pk. 80c; 

 than ours. Of the same type of growth and same size bu. $2.(5. 



pods as Allen's First and Best, but the pods are not as CANADA FIELD.— The foliage and habit of growth is 



line in flavor, ihe vines grow from 20 to 30 inches in quite similar to the garden peas. Tne Canada Field Pea is one 

 height, bearing well-tilled, medium sized pods; ihe dried of the very best soiling crops at the North, and is largely used 

 seed are of a bluish color: tho most popular variety with for that purpose and for green manuring. It is sometimes 

 canners every where; it matures practically the entire grown alone, but the most satisfactory dairy results come 

 crop at one time, so that, at most, only two pickings are from sowing it with oats, rye or barley. It makes good ensi- 

 required. I n short, this is one of the most reliable early lage, and is an admirable food, either green or dry, for cattle, 

 peas grown, and you Will make no mistake in planting it. being highly nutritious and rich in milk producing elements. 

 My stock of this variety this season ii exceptionally line, It is quite hardy and may be sown in the spring and will be 

 and ample in quantity, and I am making my retail price ready to cutin May or June. The seed should be sown at the 

 almost as low as they can be bought by the carload, rate of one to one and a half bushels per acre. Pkt. 10c; pt. 

 1 should be pleased to have the orders of all who plant 20c; qt. 35c postpaid. By express, pk. 50c ; bu. 51.75. 



BLISS'S 

 EVERBEARING 



RADISHES. 



CHARTIERS. WHITE CHARTIERS. 



ALLEN'S EARLY DARK RED. ALLEN'S WHITE TIP SCARLET TURNIP. 



SCARLET GLOBE. -This new radish has especially a good reputation 

 as a forcing sort. Its peculiarity is that it will bear forcing without becoming 

 pithy in character or suffering injury to its flavor. Its attractive shape is 

 shown in the illustration : its c<lor is rich scarlet, which has a small top and 

 is in all respects a high bred radish. I have planted a number of varieties tor 



