NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



Dreer's Extra Early Pea " Electric. 



Natural Size. 



The New Family of Extra Early Wrinkled Peas. 



Owing to the impossibility of having a continued crop of 

 Peas throughout the summer (from July to October), it is our 

 aim to introduce a class of Peas of the wrinkled type, which 

 possess quality, quantity and earliness, thereby enabling at 

 least three plantings of Peas which have no equals. Our trials 

 of 1897, which embraced 114 tests, embodying every class, 

 variety and novelty of Europe and America, were to us a bit 

 of experience never before accomplished. We, therefore, feel 

 confident that we have a class of Peas embraced in those 

 offered here that will surely meet all requirements, as they 

 are not novelties because distinct from types already cata- 

 logued, but are the best yet offered, and are far ahead of any 

 class of Peas ever tried. 



DREKR'S EXTRA EARLY PEA 

 " EI^ECTRIC." 



This new and distinct variety is a close selection of the 



Alaska type, being not only earlier but with much larger pods, 



producing a heavy crop of beautiful green Peas shouldered 



in the pod. The 

 vine grows 3 feet 

 high, and when 

 ready for picking 

 they are covered 

 with evenly filled 

 pods in p r o fu- 

 sion. The accom. 

 panying illustra- 

 tion, taken from 

 a photograph, 

 shows the pod 

 and grain just at 

 maturity. This 

 variety will be- 

 come a favorite 

 among gardeners. 



It remains tender at full maturity, and becomes a very 

 dark-gre"en color after cooking. The seed is a rich green; they can be sown as 

 early as the ground can be worked. Pkt. lOc, pt. 20c., qt. 35c., \ peck $1.25. 



NEW PEA "AMEER." 



A distinct early round-grain 



variety, growing from 3 to 4 feet 



high, of a rich deep green color, 



following close upon the extra 



early sorts; bears its pods in pairs, 



of large size, curved and very 



broad, filled with large grains of 



fine quality. The seed is blue, 



round and can be sown very early 



and not be injured by cold, wet 



weather of early spring. This is 



one of the sorts of which repeated 



planting's can be made through 



the spring, as they are not af- 

 fected by the early summer heat. 

 New Pea "Amker." It is, therefore, highly valuable 



for market gardeners, as the deep 

 colored pods of such large size will always sell at advanced prices over other sorts. 

 The illustration is from a pod taken from the vine in our experimental grounds on 

 the 16th of June, and shows plainly how this variety bears its crop. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts. 



EARI^Y IVRINKEED PEA 



"DUKE OF YORK." 



A variety with immense pods, and of the best of the extra early wrinkled 

 sorts. It has been closely selected from the Duke of Albany, and much dwarfer ; 

 grows only %\ feet high ; is of a very dark color in pod and foliage ; the pods are 

 long and well filled with large, dark green peas ; extremely tender and of excellent 

 flavor ; is a superior market gardener's variety. No private gardener should fail 

 to give the Duke of York a trial. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts. 



One packet of each of the above varieties, including the ''Gradus" on 

 page 4, for 35 cts. 



" Duke of York. 



