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Carter's Strategem. 



CARTER'S STRATAGEM. — This is a 



wrinkled variety from England. It is very- 

 distinct 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 5^/^ inches long, which can- 

 not be surpassed in flavor, and is very pro- 

 ductive. 



CrRADUS OR PROSPERITY.— This is 



the earliest large podded wrinkled pea in 

 cultivation. The vine- has heavy stems 

 with dark green leaves, and grows 3 feet in 

 height. It produces uniformly large pods, 

 measuring 4 to 4% inches long, nearly 

 round and well filled with large handsome 

 peas. 



THOS. I^AZTON. — Pods large, long and 

 deep green in color; seed wrinkled, sweet 

 and of fine flavor. 



MCLEAN'S ADVANCER. — This is an- 

 other green wrinkled variety, about two 

 weeks earlier than the foregoing kind. 



BIiUE BEAUTY. — An extra early varie- 

 ty of compact growth; productive and of 

 fine flavor. Good market variety. 



MCLEAN'S LITTLE GEM. — A dwarf 



wrinkled variety. It is early, very prolific, 



and of excellent flavor. Requires no sticks. 



NOTT'S EXCELSIOR.— This pea resem- 

 bles in habit American Wonder, being more 

 uniform and productive and earlier. Seeds 

 are green, wrinkled and square at the end 

 like American Wonder. 



DAISY OR DWARP TELEPHONE. — 



Half dwarf, stocky, healthy and vigorous. 

 Exceedingly productive. 



ROYAL DWARF MARROWPAT.— Simi- 

 lar to the large Marrowfat, but of dwarf 



liabit. 



BLACK-EYED MARROWPAT. — This 



kind is planted more for the market than 

 any other. It is very productive, and when 

 young, quite tender. Grows about 4 feet 



high. 



LARGE WHITE MARROWPAT.— Simi- 

 lar to the above variety, except that it 

 yrows about two feet taller. 



PRIZE WINNER. — One of the earliest 



sweet wrinkled Peas. An ideal pea for the 

 market gardener. Decidedly superior to 

 any other sort for the home garden. 



MORNING STAR. — Where earliness, pro- 

 ductiveness, large sized pods and sweet- 

 ness of flavor are desired, this is the varie- 

 ty to grow; they stand at the head of the 

 list of the above fine qualities. In a 

 favorable season they are ready for market 

 in forty-two days. 



EXTRA EARLY OR PIRST AND BEST. 



Very popular with market gardeners. It 

 Is very productive and well flavored. The 

 stock we sell is as good as any, no matter 

 Vv'hose name is put before the Extra Early. 



FERTILIZING BEANS OR PEAS. 



Per Price List See Red Pag-es in Back of Book. 



IMPROVED PLORIDA VELVET BEAN. 



The Improved Florida Velvet Bean, or, more 

 properly. "Pea." (as it belongs to the Cow 

 Pea family), it a climbing plant growing to 

 forty and fifty feet, and branches literally 

 covered with foliage. It is a nitrogenous 

 plant, enriching the ground so much that 

 orange growers in Florida plant the Velvet 

 Bean in their groves for fertilizer as well 

 as forage. Plant in rows four feet apart 

 and one foot in the rows, two or three 

 beans in a place, as soon as danger or frost 

 is past; cultivate once or twice to give the 

 vines a start of weeds and grass. They 



grow very rapidly, and in two months the 

 under leaves begin to drop, and by Fall the 

 mulch of leaves is often six or eight inches 

 deep. One peck will plant an acre, four 

 feet apart in four-foot rows. 



YOEAKOMA BEAN. — This is a wonder 

 in its class, a leguminous plant carrying all 

 the valuable qualities of the Velvet Bean 

 yet coming to full maturity in slightly less 

 than four months, enabling it to be grown 

 lo maturity any place in the South where 

 corn can be grown. The great value of the 

 Velvet Bean has been fully recognized in 



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