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This is a wrinkled 

 It is very distinct in 



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. 



Carter's Stratagem. 

 variety from England, 

 vine and folluge; 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 cannot be surpassed in 

 flavor, and is very productive. 



Carter's Telephone. Another wrinkled 

 English late variety; grows from about 4i to 

 5 feet high. The pods are very long, con- 

 taining from 8 to J 2 fine flavored peas. It is 

 productive; will bear twice as much as the 

 Champion of England, which is about of the 

 same season. 



Paragon. It is a white wrinkled pea, sec- 

 ond early, long straight pods, containing six 

 to nine peas. Short stocky vine with luxu- 



riant foliage, pods light green; qnality un- 

 surpassed, the largest producer known. 



Dwarf Blue Imperial. A very good bearer 

 if planted early, pods are large and well 

 filled. 



Royal Dwarf Marrow. Similar to the large 

 Marrowfat, but of dwarf habit. 



Black-Eyed Marrowfat. This kind is 

 planted more for the market than any other. 

 It is very productive, and when young, quite 

 tender. Grows about four feet high. 



Large White Marrowfat. Similar to the 

 last variety, except that it grows about two 

 feet taller and is less productive. 



Dwarf Sugar. A variety of which the 

 whole pod can be used after the string is 

 drawn off from the back of the pod. 



Tall Sugar. Has the same qualities as 

 the foregoing kind, only grows taller, and the 

 pods are somewhat larger. 



THE PEA BUG. 



All peas grown in this country have small holes in them, caused by the sting of the Pea 

 Bug, while the pod is forming, when it deposits its egg in it. Later the insect perfects itself 

 and comes out of the dry pea, leaving the hole. The germ of the pea is never destroyed, 

 and they grow equally as well as those without holes. Market gardeners in this neighbor- 

 hood who have been planting the Extra Early Peas for years, will not take them without 

 holes, and consider these a trade mark. 



FIELD or COW PEAS. 



Clay Cow Peas. 



Wonderful Peas. 



Red Ripper. 



Unknovm Cowpeas. 



Stecklers Improved Louisiana Wild Cowpeas. 



New Era. 



Canada Field. 



White, Red and Speckled Sugar Crowder 



or Forty Day. 

 Lady Peas. 

 Black-Eyed Field. 



Whippoorwill. 



CULTURE — There are a great many varieties of Cow Peas, different in color and growth. 

 They are planted mostly for fertilizing purposes and are sown broadcast; when in a good 

 stand, and of sufficient height, they are plowed under. The Clay Pea is the most popular, 

 There are several varieties called crowders, which do not grow as tall as the others, but pro- 

 duce a great many pods, which are used green, the same as snap beans, and if dried, like 

 dried beans, makes a very good dish. The crowders are of an oblong shape, almost pointed 

 at one end; they are on an average larger than the other Field Peas. Lady Peas are small, 

 white, with a black eye, they are generally planted between corn, so that they can run upon 

 it. Dry, they are considered the very best variety for cooking. The Clay and Unknown 

 Peas produce the most vines. 



Canada Field. For sowing broadcast as 

 a fertilizer; used as common Cow Peas. 



White, Red and Speckled Sugar 

 Crowder or Forty Day. These are largely 

 used in the Southern States for early Peas. 

 They grow upright, bushy, and under ordi- 

 nary conditions do not need support, very 

 prolific and grow larger than ordinary Cow 

 or Field Peas; very compact in pods; peas are 

 flattened from being so close in pods. These 

 Peas are planted early in the spring by market 

 gardeners here and sold in bunches as early 

 Peas. 



Lady Peas. These are small, round and 



pure white, and are generally planted be- 

 tween corn. A delicate vegetable. 



Biack-Eyed Field, A long white pea with 

 a large black eye, from which it derives its 

 name, and belongs properly to the Cow Pea 

 family. 



Whippoorwill. Dark gray in color; ro- 

 bust growth, but of dwarfish habit; consid- 

 ered by some equal to other varieties of peas; 

 this, however is a matter of taste. 



Clay Cowpeas. This is one of the best 

 peas for our Southern country, being a vigor- 

 ous grower and an abundant bearer; very 

 large foliage, which keeps the ground moist, 



Hoos, Shovels and Rakes, All Makes. 



