18 HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dreer’s Selected Garden Peas..-cer. Ertsen. 
Extra Early Varieties. 
Dreer’s Extra Early Electric. 
This is a variety of the green-seeded 
Alaska type, but a great improvement, 
being much earlier than the Alaska and 
bearing larger pods. The vines grow 
from 2% to 3 feet high, and are literally 
loaded down with pods, which are 
crowded with the large peas, closely 
shouldered in pod. It is very uniform 
in growth, and usually produces pods 
containing seven or eight peas. The 
quality is excellent, remaining tender 
until fully matured. As an ‘Extra 
Early ’’ for the market gardener we can 
recommend this variety very highly. 
Qt., 25 cts.; 4 qts., $1.00; peck, 
$1.50; bu., $6.00. 
Dreer’s Eureka Extra Early. 
One of the earliest and most prolific extra 
early varieties, which has given the 
best results wherever grown, and is a 
standard for earliness and fine quality. 
It is an extremely even cropper, and can 
be gathered clean in two pickings. For 
a late fall crop it has few equals ; 
height 20 inches. Qt., 25 cts.; 4 qts., 
go cts.; peck, $1.35; bu., $5.25. 
Daniel O’Rourke. Good early 
sort for market gardeners and private 
use. Qt., 20 cts.; 4 qts., 75 cts.; 
THE ‘‘ THOMAS LAXTON”’ PEA. peck, $1.25 ; bu., $5.00. 
Dreer’s Extra Early Pioneer. Pods of medium size, containing 4 to 
6 full, plump peas of fine flavor. The attractive appearance of the pods makes 
it a good seller, and the quality is all that could be desired. It will suit the 
most critical market. Qt., 20 cts.; 4 qts., 75 cts.; peck, $1.25; bu., $5.00. 
Alaska. An extra early round pea. Of good flavor, and bearing pods of a 
dark green color, which are well filled and ripen uniformly ; height 2 feet. 
Qt., 25 cts.; 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50; bu., $6.00. 
Lightning. A very early pea, bearing in great profusion long, well-filled pods, 
containing peas of a bright green color, well flavored, sweet and of good size ; 
height 2 feet. Qt., 25 cts.; 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.50; bu., $6.00. 
The ‘* Thomas Laxton.’’? (See cut.) Two years ago we received a 
small sample of this Pea for trial from England, from the originator, Mr. 
Thomas Laxton. We were very much pleased with the results, and found it 
to be extremely early, ripening fully as early as the well-known ‘‘Gradus’’ and 
producing pods and peas fully as large. The plant is a very hardy and strong 
grower, producing the extra large size pods in abundance. ‘The quality is 
delicious and cannot be surpassed by any other variety. The ‘‘Thomas 
Laxton’’ will mature fully as early as any of the extra early smooth peas, and 
being a wrinkled sort is much sweeter. When this variety is thoroughly 
introduced it will command equal attention with the ‘‘Gradus.’’? Qt., 45 cts.; 
4 qts., $1.50; peck, $3.00; bu., $12.00. 
Gradus, or Prosperity Pea. (See cu.) This fine, extra early, 
combines the finest quality with extreme earliness, and is also very productive. 
The smoth varieties of Extra Early Peas have heretofore filled their place in a 
way, as they could be planted very early ; but there has been the need of an 
“extra early’? which would also have that sweetness and fine flavor of the 
wrinkled varieties. ‘* Gradus,’’ fillsthis want. Vines 2% feet in height, and 
very prolific, bearing pods fully as large as Telephone, usually containing from 
8 to Io large peas. Qt., 45 cts.; 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $3.00; bu., $12.00. 
Nott’s Excelsior. An improvement on American Wonder, being as early, 
if not a little earlier, and the pods are decidedly larger and many more of them 
to the plant. It grows about half taller than American Wonder ; height 14 
inches. Qt., 30 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $1.75 ; bu., $7.00. 
American Wonder. A very fine, extra early, wrinkled variety. Quite 
productive. The flavor and quality of the peas are excellent, and its dwarf 
habit of growth makes it a desirable sort ; height, 10 inches. Qt., 30 cts.; 
4 qts., $1.10; peck, $1.75; bu., $7.00. GRADUS, OR PROSPERITY PEA. 
