Dreer's Garden Calendar. 25 



PEAS— Early Varieties— Cbnanu^^f. 



Extra Early Premium Gem. A fine dwarf extra early, wrinkled variety ; Pkt Qt. Bu. 



pods long and prolific; height, IS inches; also fine for forcing $0 10 40 8 00 



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



prolific, and of superior flavor; height, 1 foot 10 35 7 00 



McLean's Advancer. A fine market variety, prolific, well-filled long pods, 



early, tender, and of delicious flavor ; height, 2i feet 10 35 7 00 



Eugenie. A white-wrinkled marrow, of good flavor, and an excellent cropper ; 



height, 3 feet 10 30 6 00 



Late Varieties, Fop General Crop. 



Champion of England. One of the best and most popular wrinkled varie- 

 ties in cultivation, of delicious flavor ; a profuse bearer; height, 5 feet 10 25 6 00 



Hair's Dwarf Green Mammoth. A fine-flavored wrinkled marrow, peas 



of extra large size ; height, 2 i feel 10 40 8 00 



Veitch's Perfection. A large, delicious, green marrow pea, an excellent 



cropper ; height, 3 feet 10 40 8 00 



Laxton's Fillbasket. »A. new large, handsome, prolific variety, pods long, 



round, and closely filled ; for a late crop it has few equals ; height, 3 feet.... 10 60 16 00 



Dwarf Blue Imperial. A favorite with the market gardeners ; a good bearer, 



of fine flavor: height, 3 feet. 10 25 5 00 



Large White Marrowfat. A favorite late market variety, with broad, well- 

 filled pods; height, 5 feet 10 20 4 00 



Black-Eyed Marrowfat. This, as well as the White Marroirf at, \s exten- 

 sivelv jrrown as a field pea, hardy and productive, with well-filled pods; 

 height,^3 feet 10 20 3 00 



Early Dwarf Wrinkled Sugar. A new French variety, with edible pods 



of excellent quality ; height, 2i feet 10 50 12 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 varietv; height, 

 2 feet. ' 10 50 10 00 



Tall Sugar. Edible pods, very large and long pods ; used like the Dwarf 



Sugar; height, 5 feet 10 60 14 00 



PEPPER. 



Ffeffer, Ger. Piment, Fr. Pirniento, Span. 



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

 varieties for pickling and pepper sauce ; some are mild and sweet, which are preferred for pe})- 

 per sauce. Sow in hot-beds in March, or on a warm sheltered border early in May, and trans- 

 plant in good, rich, mellow ground, in rows 2 feet apart and IS inches in the rows ; hoe frequently 

 to keep down the weeds, and earth up a little at one or two hoeings. 



Large Sweet Bell, or Mountain. A large early variety, of mild flavor, Pkt. Oz. lb. 



rind thick and fleshy ; the best for pickling .' $0 10 30 3 00 



Tomato, or Squash-Shaped. A productive variety, of large size, somewhat 



flattened, and hotter than the above ; fine for pickling 10 30 3 00 



Long Red Cayenne. From 3 to 4 inches long, of a bright red color, very 



productive and hot, the Capsicum of commerce 10 35 3 50 



Long Yellow Cayenne. The same as the above, except in color 10 40 4 00 



Small Chili. Pods conical, about 2 inches long, very hot; used for seasoning. 10 50 5 00 

 Cherry Red. A beautiful ornamental variety, fruit round, of a rich glossy 



color, and very hot ; for seasoning 10 40 4 00 



PUMPKIN. 



Kurhis, GePv. Potiron, Fe. Calabaza, Span. 



They are now principally cultivated for dairy purposes. Sow in May in hills, 8 or 10 feet 

 apart each way, or in fields of Corn about every fourth hill ; plant at the same time with the 

 Corn ; always avoid planting near other vines, as they will hybridize. The Cashaw is generally 

 preferred for cooking, similar to the yellow Crook-neck "Winter Squash. 



Cashaw. Jjong,je\\ovr crook-neck, similar to the Crook-ne<:k Winter Squash; Pkt. Oz. lb. 

 the best for table use or feeding stock, flesh yellow, solid, fine-grained, and 

 sweet $0 5 10 75 



Large Cheese. One of the best for table use, productive, skin orange, flesh 



yellow and sweet 5 10 60 



Mammoth. A French variety, which grows to an immense size, often weigh- 

 ing over a hundred pounds 10 30 3 00 



Common Yellow Field. Very productive, and grown for feeding stock. 

 Per oz., 5 cts. ; qt., 25 cts. ; bu., $.5.00. 



Eenit for poitage, 16 cts. p«r jwiBd, or V> cts. per quart or frartiea th«»4 wkea ordered to be gent bj mail 



