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D. M . FERRY & GO'S 



Ferry's First and Best. 

 EXTRA EARLY SORTS. 



Ferry's First and Best. — In this variety we think 

 •we have what -will suit the most c-ritical market ga-r- 

 dener. We have been experimenting for years, with a 

 view of obtaining the emrliest variety, and one that 

 would fipen all its pods within a very /ezv days, so 

 that the gardener could clear off the ground and plant 

 another crop after having had the full advantage of the 

 high price for the first peas coming into market. This 

 is the selection of the earlieil ripening for a series of 

 years, and is recommended with the greatest confidence 

 as being unsurpassed for earlmess and evenness of rip- 

 ening, desirable qualities for a market variety. About 

 forty-live days from planting is the average time for 

 ripening the whole crop. 



D. M. Ferry & Go's Extra Early.— For family 

 use, this is probably equal to the preceding, though it 

 does not ripen as evenly. Peas large enough to eat are 

 afforded as early as from any known variety, and the 

 pods continue in bearing for a week or ten days, which 

 is a desirable feature for family use. 



Laxton's Alpha. — The earliest -wrinkled "^^a. known, 

 and in some seasons producing pods fit for the table 

 about as early as the smooth sorts. About two and a 

 half feet high, much indented and wrinkled, light blue 

 and of delicious flavor. One of the best in every respect. 



Kentish Invicta. — A round, blue pea, about two feet 

 in height, with straight, handsome, well-filled pods. 

 Tested by the side of our Extra Early, it proved only 

 two days later ; it is the earliest of the blue sorts, and 

 ■superior in flavor to any of the white varieties. 



Ferry's Extra Early Tom Thumb.— A remarka- 

 "bly early variety , very dwarf, growing but nine inches 

 high. Established by selection from the common Tom 

 Thumb. 



Carter's First Crop.— This is an English variety, 

 introduced by Carter & Co., of London, It has been 

 ^rown in this country several years, and unquestionably 

 ranks among the earliest peas yet introduced, but we 

 fail to discover any superiority over our Extra Early. 

 It grows two and a half feet high, is very prolific, and 

 of good flavor. 



Caractacus.— Nearly identical with Carters First 

 Crop, though perhaps not quite so early ; it is a first - 

 early variety, and gives general satisfaction. 



Blue Peter. 

 Blue Peter, or Blue Tom Thumb.— An early, 

 dwarf, blue pea, of robust habit and strong growth. It 

 grows about nine inches high, and needs no sticks ; it is 

 a great producer, and is of good flavor. With perhaps 

 the exception of the new variety. Bliss' American Won- 

 der, the best of the very dwarf peas. 



McLean's Little Gem. 

 McLean's Little Gem.— A very desirable early, 

 dwarf, green, wrinkled variety. When in a green state, 

 it is very large and of delicious flavor, being full of rich, 

 saccharine matter. It is one of the earliest varieties, 

 grows about one foot high, and is really a very valuable 

 acquisition. 



