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PEAS — Continued. 



Extra Early Varieties. 



Dreer's Extra Early. The earliest and most prolific variety; an even cropper, of excellent Pkt. Qt. Bu. 

 quality; height, 2 feet; the crop can be gathered in two pickings, a very important item; 

 also for a late fall crop it has few equals ; the market gardener s favorite $0 10 35 700 



Dreer's Eureka Extra Early. A new selection of the above with all its good qualities; habit 



more dwarf, growing about 20 inches high, and entirely free from runners 10 40 



Carter's First Crop. One of the earliest; productive and of good flavor; height 2^ feet 10 3^ 6 00 



Improved Daniel O'Rourke. Ten days later than Dreer's Extra Early ; very prolific and 



of good quality ; height, 3 feet 10 30 600 



Tom Thumb. Very dwarf, not exceeding 10 inches in height in the richest of soil, productive, 



very early and of excellent quality 10 40 8 00 



McLean's Blue Peter. Oneof the earliest and hardiest of the Tom Thumb varieties ; dwarf wirh 

 blue seed, dark-green pods, and large peas of excellent quality ; a capital bearer, and suited 

 for garden culture ; height, '1 foot. 10 40 800 



Kentish Invicta. A productive blue variety, ripening altogether, of excellent flavor; a very 



good market variety ; height, 2 feet 10 40 800 



Bliss' American Wonder. This is the earliest new wrinkled variety in cultivation ; in produc- 

 tiveness, flavor and quality it is unsurpassed. It is of dwarf and robust habit, growing from 

 10 to 12 inches high. Peas planted in June matured in 33 days. (See illustrations.) 15 6d 16 00 



Laxton's William The First. One of the best green Marrows, combining flavor, earliness 



and productiveness ; with well-filled, long, deep-green pods ; height, 3 feet 10 50 1000 



Early Varieties. 



Laxton's Prolific Long Pod. A productive hardy second early variety, producing long pods, 



containing from 10 to 12 peas each ; height, 4 feet 10 40 800 



Laxton's Alpha. One of the earliest blue-wrinkled marrows ; a prolific variety, of fine flavor; 



pods large and well filled ; height, 3 feet 10 40 800 



Extra Early Premium Gem. A fine flavored dwarf, wrinkled variety; pods long, dark green 



and prolific; height, 18 inches 10 40 8 00 



McLean's Little Gem. A dwarf first early, green-wrinkled marrow, very prolific, and of supe- 

 rior flavor; height, t foot 10 40 8 00 



McLean's Advancer. A fine early market variety, prolific, weil-filled long pods, tender, and 



of delicious flavor ; height, 2 feet to 40 8 00 



Eugenie. An early white-wrinkled marrow, of good flavor, and excellent cropper ; height, 3 feet. 10 40 8 00 



Late Varieties, For a General Crop. 



Champion of England. One of the best and most popular wrinkled varieties in cultivation, of 



delicious flavor ; a profuse bearer ; height, 5 feet '. 10 30 600 



Telephone. This new variety is one of the finest tall wrinkled marrows yet introduced. It is 

 immensely productive, of the finest quality, and excellent sugary flavor; vines very strong, 

 averaging i3 to 20 pods per stalk ; the pods are of a large size and closely packed with large 

 delicious peas; height, 4 feet 20 1 00 24 00 



Hair's Dwarf Green Mammoth. A fine-flavored wrinkled marrow, the peas are of extra large 



size; height, 2% feet 10 50 1000 



Veitch's Perfection. A very large, delicious, green marrow variety, an excellent cropper; 



height, 4 feet 10 50 12 00 



Yorkshire Hero. A splendid wrinkled marrow for market and kitchen gardens ; of branch- 

 ing habit, abundant cropper, and excellent quality ; height, 2 J/2 feet 10 40 800 



Laxioti's Fillbasket. A large, handsome, prolific variety, pods long, round, and closely filled ; 



for a late crop it has few equals ; height, 3 feet 10 50 1000 



Dwarf Blue Imperial. A favorite summer market gardener s variety; good bearer, and of 



fine flavor; height, 3 feet 10 30 6 00 



Large V/hite Marrowfat. A favorite late market variety, with broad, well-filled pods; 



height, 5 feet 10 20 3 50 



Black-Eyed Marrowfat. This ani the White Marrowfat are extensively grown as field peas, 



hardy, productive, and well-filled pods ; height, 4 feet 10 20 300 



Early Dwarf Wrinkled Sugar. -A French wrinkled variety, with edible pods, when young 



and tender, of excellent quality ; height, 2*4 feet 10 60 16 00 



Dwarf Sugar. Edible pods in the green state, when young and tender, of fine flavor ; used like 



Snap-Short Beans, also as a shelled pea ; height, 2 feet 10 50 12 00 



Tall White Sugar. Large, long edible pods ; used like the Dwarf Sugar ; height, 5 feet 10 60 16 00 



Tall Gray Seeded Sugar. A purple blossom, edible pod variety ; used as above; height, 5 feet. 10 60 16 00 



PEPPER. 

 Pfejfer, Ger. Piment, Fr. Fimicnto, Span. 



Pepper and Capsicum are tender annuals, used as a hot seasoning for soups and meats, the large varieties for 

 pickling and pepper sauce; the mild sweet varieties are preferred for the latter purpose. Sow in h.n-beds in 

 March or April, or on a warm sheltered border in May, and when the season is favorable transplant in good, rich, 

 mellow ground, in rows 2 feet apart and 18 inches in the rows; hoe frequently to keep down the weeds, and earth 

 up a little at one or two hoeings. 



Remit for postage, 16 ets. per pound, or 25 cts. per quart or fraction thereof, when ordered to be sent by maiL 



