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Prince of Wales. Hard}', vigorous and 

 uprighl in habit. Pods producing abun- 

 dantly in pairs near top of vine. Flavor of 

 first quality, which is true of nearly all 

 white wrinkled peas. Height 2^ feet. Seed 

 white wrinkled and flattened. 



Daisy or Dwarf Telephone. Habit 

 dwarf, stocky, healthy and vigorous. Very 

 uniform in height and little or no tendency 

 to sport. Exceedingly productive. Plants 

 frequently bearing from five to seven pods. 

 The height under favorable or ordinar}- cul- 

 ture averages from fifteen to sixteen inches. 

 It comes to the table from five to seven days 

 earlier than the stratagem. Pods frequent- 

 ly five inches in length, broad and straight, 

 round or curved at the end. remarkably well 

 filled, often containing ten peas to each pod. 

 This is a most excellent pea for table pur- 

 poses and very attractive in the field. 



Gradus or Prosperity. This is the 



earliest, large podded wrinkled pea in cul- 

 tivation. The vine has heavy stems with 

 dark green leaves, and grows three feet in 

 height. It produces uniformly large pods, 

 measuring four to four and a half inches 

 long, nearly round and well filled with 

 large, handsome peas. The peas remain 

 edible, tender and sweet for some time. 



Nott's Bxcelsior Peas. This pea re- 

 embles in habit Carter's Premium Gen. but 

 is more dwarf and uniform in growth; of 

 medium height, between American Won- 

 der and Gem, being more uniform and pro- 

 ductive and earlier than either. Seeds are 

 green, wrinkled and square at the end like 

 American Wonder. Height 12 inches. 



Carter's Telephone. Another wrin- 

 kled English late variet}'; grows about from 

 4/'2 to 5 feet high. The pods are very long, 

 containing from 8 to 12 fine flavored peas. 

 It is productive; will bear twice as much as 

 the Champion of England, which is about 

 of the same season. 



Paragon. Recent!}^ introduced by W. 

 H. Grenell. It is a white wrinkled pea, sec- 

 ond earl}^, long straight pods containing six 

 to nine peas. Short stocky vine with luxu- 

 riant foliage, pods light green ; quality iin- 

 surpassed, the largest producer known. It 

 will stand more heat than any other vairiety, 

 not affected by mildew. 



Dwarf Blue Imperial. A very good 

 bearer if planted early, pods are large and 

 well filled. 



Carter's Stratagem. 



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. 



I^arge 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. Three 

 feet high. 



Tall Sugar. Has the same qualities as 

 the foregoing kind, only grows taller, and 

 the pods are somewhat larger. Neither of 

 these two varieties are very popular here. 



THE PKA BUG. 



All peas grown near Philadelphia 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 cm of the dry pea, leaving the hole. 



I^argest Seed Howse in the Soiath. 



