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CULTURE. — Plant in ground manured the previous season, else they will 

 make more vines than peas. Marrowfat Peas, planted in rich ground, will not 

 bear well, but they produce finely in sandy light soil. The Extra Early Tom 

 Thumb and Laxton's Alpha will not produce a large crop without being in rich 

 ground. Peas have to be planted in drills two inches deep and from two to three 

 feet apart. Tom Thumb can be planted one foot apart, whereas the White Marrow- 

 fat or Champion of England require three feet. The Extra Early, Alpha and Tom 

 Thumb can be planted during August and September for fall. During November 

 and December we plant the Marrowfat; January and February, or as late as 

 March, all kinds can be planted, but for the latter month only the earliest varieties 

 should be used as the late varieties will get mildewed before they bring a crop. 

 Peas will bear much better if some brush or rods are stuck in drills to support 

 them, except the very dwarf kinds. 



Carter's Stratagem. This is a wrinkled 

 variety from England. It is very dis- 

 tinct in vine and foliage; growing thick 

 and large, does not need any support. 

 It is the largest podded variety ever 

 brought out; pods 4 to bV2 inches long, 

 which cannot be surpassed in flavor, and 

 is very productive. 



Gradus or Prosperity. This is the 

 earliest, large podded wrinkled pea in 

 cultivation. The vine has heavy stems 

 with dark green leaves, and grows three 

 feet in height. It produces uniformly 

 large pods, measuring four to four and a 

 half inches long, nearly round and well 

 filled with large handsome peas. 



Prince of Wales. Hardy, vigorous and 

 upright in habit. Flavor of first quality, 

 which is true of nearly all white wrinkled 

 peas. Height 2% feet. Seed white, 

 wrinkled and flattened. 



Early Washington, Early M^y or 

 Frame, which are all the same thing, is 

 about ten days later than the Extra Early. 

 It is very productive, and keeps longer 

 in bearing than the foregoing kind. Pods 

 a little smaller. Very popular about New 

 Orleans. 



Early Tom Thumb. Very dwarfish and 

 quite productive. Can be cultivated in 

 rows a foot apart; requires no branches 

 or sticks. 



Laxton's Alpha. Each year adds still 

 more desirable features to this desirable 

 early wrinkled variety; it produces fine, 

 large-sized pods, very productive, and of 

 exquisite flavor, resembling the old 

 Champion of England. 



American Wonder. A wrinkled pea of 

 dv/arf growth; is prolific, early, of fine 

 nuality, and comes in after the Extra 

 Early. 



Steckler's Sealed First and Best. 

 A selection made from the Extra Early 

 or First and Best; an improved variety 

 and selected strain; used largely by 

 market gardeners of New Orleans, and 

 recommended highly for home garden. 



Eclipse. Very early and of excellent 

 quality. 



Carter's Stratagem. 



Nott's Excelsior. This pea re- 

 sembles in habit American Wonder, be- 

 ing more uniform and productive and 

 earlier. Seeds are green, wrinkled and 

 square at the end like American Wonder. 



Blue Beauty. An extra early variety 

 of compact growth; productive and of 

 fine flavor. Good Market variety. 



Poultry Punches for Marking Chickens. 



