STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY «»gsa> MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY 



What is more delicious in June than the sweet, tender, freshly picked peas ? Weekly 

 one-pint plantings, in rows 100 feet long, will provide for the average family table. 



PROLIFIC EARLY MARKET (Natural Size) 



No. 770 — Sutton's Excelsior 



Days to Maturity, 60. Introduced originally by Sutton, of Eng- 

 land, and listed in this country by Farquhar & Company, of Boston, 

 in 1902. It has largely taken the place of the Nott's Excelsior and 

 the American Wonder, its great merit being its handsome, large 

 pods, which grow on such dwarf vines, the vines attaining a height 

 of fifteen inches. The pods will average three inches in length. The 



seed is a pale green, wrinkled, medium large. 

 20c, pt. 40c, qt. 75c, Yi pk. $2.75, postpaid. 



Pkt. 10c, Yl pt. 



No. 766— Pilot 



Days to Maturity, 60. A pea of English origin, originally being 

 a selection from the Gradus. Walter P. Stokes was one of the first 

 seedsmen in America to recognize the value which this pea held for 

 the commercial grower. He offered it in 1913. The seeds are hard 

 and round and thus may be planted earlier than such tender varieties 

 as^ Gradus and Thomas Laxton. It will not mature in a less number 

 of J days, but because it may be planted earlier in the season, it will 



mature earlier in the season. Pilot is not recommended for home 

 garden purposes, inasmuch as the sugar content is very much lower 

 than the more wrinkled varieties from which this came. The height 

 of the vine will reach nearly three feet when mature. The pea will 

 be four inches long. The seed is round and hard, varying from light 

 green to creamy white. Pkt. 10c, Yz pt. 20c, pt. 40c, qt. 75c, 

 Y% pk. $2.75, postpaid. 



No. 754 — American Wonder 



Days to Maturity, 55. One of the earliest wrinkled peas under 

 cultivation. It originated with Mr. Charles Arnold, of Canada, 

 about 1878, from a claimed cross between Champion of England 

 and McLean's Little Gem. The vines will average between twelve 

 and fifteen inches, producing pods two and one-half inches in length, 

 round and crowded to the end with peas. This crowding often 

 makes the peas appear almost square. It is a variety which re- 

 sponds quickly to high cultivation. It has the peculiarity of pro- 

 ducing leaves on the side of the stalk. Dried seeds green, wrinkled, 

 medium in size, often square at ends. Pkt. 10c, Yi pt. 20c, pt. 

 35c, qt. 60c, Yt, pk. $2.25, postpaid. 



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Do not allow your peas to grow too old before gathering. Make frequent plantings instead 



