Bolgiano's Selected Garden Peas 



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PEAS — Extra Early Varieties 



Extra Early Gradus 



540. Bolgiano's 

 Earliest Springtime. 



Can be planted the 

 same time as Extra 

 Early Alaska. The pods 

 are 4 to 5 inches long. 

 Peas nearly as large as 

 the Gradus. It is truly 

 a leader in earliness, in 

 flavor, in size of pods, 

 i n productiveness o f 

 large pods filled full of 

 large and most delicious 

 peas. Its vigor and 

 regularity in growth. 

 Its qualities make it 

 the superior pea for the 

 market gardener, and 

 the pleasure the home 

 gardener anticipates in 

 supplying his table 

 with the first picking 

 of the most delicious 

 peas is quickly realized 

 after planting the 

 "Springtime." Pkt. 10 

 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 

 cts., postpaid; pk. $3.40; 

 bu. $12.50, not prepaid. 



536. Extra Early 

 Alaska. The earliest 

 of all smooth green 

 peas, having the best 

 color when shelled and 

 the best quality when 

 cooked. The dark green 

 color of the pods makes 

 it extremely desirable, 



as it can be carried long distances without losing its color, 

 which quality, combined with its earliness and uniformity of 

 ripening, make it one of the best early peas for market gar- 

 deners. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., postpaid; pk. 

 $2.75; bu. $10.00. 



10540. Pilot Peas. As early as the best selected, small 

 and smooth seeded extra early varieties. The pods and peas 

 are nearly as large as those of the Gradus and are produced 

 three days earlier. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., post- 

 paid; pk. $3.25; bu. $12.00. 



535. Extra Early Gradus, or Prosperity Peas. 



It produces pods equal in size to the well-known Telephone. 

 Quality and productiveness equal to that well-known variety. 

 The vines are vigorous, robust growth about 2V2 feet high, 

 thick stems and luxuriant foliage; it bears large, handsome 

 pods with immense, luscious peas, remaining sweet and ten- 

 der a long time after they are fit to pick. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 

 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.75; bu. $10.00. 



533. Extra Early Thomas Laxton. An extra early 

 wrinkled marrow of excellent quality, and a valuable ad- 

 dition to the very early varieties. It is three feet high 

 and somewhat more vigorous in habit than Prosperity. The 

 pods are medium to large, blunt-ended and filled to the tip 

 with large peas of true, rich "marrow" flavor. Its strong 

 vine and heavy cropping character make it very suitable 

 for an early crop in the private garden. It may be used 

 to great advantage as an immediate successor to Gradus. If 

 sown together, Thomas Laxton will be in full production 

 just as the crop of Gradus is diminishing. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 

 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.85; bu. $10.50. 



10519. First and best. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., 

 postpaid; pk. $2.90; bu. $10.80. 



20534. Ameer. Fine podded Extra Early; prolific. Pkt. 

 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.90; bu. $10.80. 



Second Early or General Crop 



544. Cracker Jack Pea. A wonderful yielder with ro- 

 bust, hardy vines that withstand the summer heat long after 

 other varieties are dried up. It has an abundance of large 

 dark green pods. Ready for the market just as Wonder 

 Worker is over. As a good heat resister it is the pea that 

 market gardeners have been looking for, and is truly a 

 "Cracker Jack." Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts'., post- 

 paid; pk. $2.85; bu. $10.50. 



530. Bolgiano's New Victory Pea. 



The vines are 

 deep dark green 

 in color. Pods 5% to 6 inches long, filled with beautiful deep 

 dark green peas of large size and most delicious flavor. Pkt. 

 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts, postpaid; pk. $2.80; bu. $10.25. 



531. Telephone. A wrinkled variety of very robust 

 habit and a great bearer. A single vine produces from 8 to 

 10 unusually long, well-filled pods of largest size, containing 

 10 to 11 peas. It is very productive, of fine flavor and an 

 excellent table variety. Height about 4 feet. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.75; bu. $10.00. 



548. Horsford's Market-Garden. Very prolific. Pkt. 

 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.85; bu. $10.50. 



10531. Alderman. Tall, vigorously pro- 

 ductive. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., 

 postpaid; pk. $2.75; bu. $10.00. 



10544. Juno (Dwarf Cham- 

 pion). Late; large pods; prolific. Pkt 

 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., post 

 paid; pk. $2.75; bu. $10.00. 



545. Improved Stratagem. 



Vine medium height, but very 

 stocky, with very broad, light 

 green leaves, and bearing an 

 abundance of large, handsome 

 pods. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; 

 qt. 75 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.75; 

 bu. $10.00. 



10535. Wonder Worker 

 (Bolgiano's Earliest Wrin- 

 kled Pea). Six weeks from 

 planting, this wonderful large 

 wrinkled pea can be marketed. 

 In earliness, great size and ex- 

 cellent flavor it is unequalled. 

 The vines grow 2 J 2 feet high, 

 and are very hardy, resisting 

 pests and cold weather. It bears 

 an abundance of large, even 

 deep green pods. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts., postpaid; 

 pk. $2.85; bu. $10.50. 



PEAS-Edible-Podded 

 or Sugar 



528. Melting Sugar. 



Grows to height of 5 feet; bears 



a profusion of large, broad pods, 



which are so brittle they snap 



without any string. Should be 



used in much the same way as 



wax bean. Pods, when cooked, 



are very sweet and tender. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 45 cts.; qt. 75 



cts., postpaid; gal. $1.65; pk. $3.15. 



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