GARDEN MANUAI, FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Early Washington, Early May or 

 Frame, which are nearly all the same 

 thing, is about ten days later than the Ex- 

 tra Early. It is very productive and keeps 

 longer in bearing than the foregoing kind. 

 Pods a little smaller. Very popular about 

 New Orleans. 



V McLean's Little Gem. A dwarf wrin- 

 kled variety. It is early, very prolific and 

 of excellent flavor. Requires no sticks. 

 \ /Early Tom Thumb. Very dwarfish 

 and quite productive. Can be cultivated in 

 rows a foot apart; requires no branches or 

 sticks. 



\ I/axton's Alpha. This is the earliest 

 wrinkled pea in cultivation; of delicious 

 flavor and prolific. This variety deserves 

 to be recon. mended to all who like a first- 

 class pea. It will come into general culti- 

 vation when better known. 

 v American Wonder. A wrinkled pea 

 of dwarf growth; 10 to 12 inches high, is 

 prolific, early, of fine quality, and comes in 

 after the Extra Early. 



* Carter's Stratagem. This is a wrin- 

 kled 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 4-53^ inches long, whi:h cannot 

 be surpassed in flavor, and is very produc- 

 tive*' Recommend it highly. 

 ^^Jsiaxton's Prolific I/Ong Pod. A green 

 "^ rfarrow pea of good quality. Pods are long 

 and well filled. It is second early, and can 

 be recommended for the use of market gar- 

 deners, being very prolific. 



Eugenie. A white wrinkled variety of 

 . fine flavor; it is of the same season as the 

 Advancer. Cannot be too highly recom- 

 mended for family use. 

 *e??"Prince ef Wales. Hardy, vigorous 

 and upright in habit. Pods producing abun- 

 dantly in pairs near top of vine. Flavor of 

 first quality, which is true of nearly all 

 white- wrinkled peas. Height 2)4 feet. 

 Seed white, wrinkled and flattened. 

 Vtrradus or Prosperity. This is the 

 earliest, large podded wrinkled pea in cul- 

 tivation. The vine has heavv stems with 



Carter's Stratagem. 



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. The peas remain 

 edible, tender and sweet for some time. 

 Nott's Excelsior Peas. This pea re- 



Cartei's Telephone. 



Lawn Sprinklers, a Complete I^ine. 



