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Daisy or Dwarf Telephone. Half dwarf, 

 stocky, healthy and vigorous. Exceedingly 

 productive. The height averages from 15 to 

 16 inches. 



Early Alaska. This is an extra early pea, 

 blue in color, the earliest by a few days of any 

 other kind; very pure and prolific, the best 

 flavored pea among the Extra Early smooth 

 podded kinds. Recommend it highly. 



Extra Early or First and Best. Very pop- 

 ular with the small market gardeners here, 

 who have rich grounds. It is very produc- 

 tive and well flavored. The stock we sell is 

 as good as any, no matter whose name is put 

 before Extra Early. 



The New Prize Winner. The best all- 

 round and earliest Sweet Wrinkled Pea in the 

 world. An ideal p^a for the market gar- 

 deners. Decidedly superior to any other sort 

 for the home garden. 



MorRsng Si.ar. Where earliness, produc- 

 tiveness, large-sized pods and sweetness of 

 flavor are desired, this is the variety to grow, 

 they stand at the head of the list for the 

 above fine qualities. In a favorable season 

 they are ready for market in forty-two days. 



Eugenie. A white wrinkled variety of 

 fine flavor; it is of the same season as the 

 Advancer. Cannot be too highly recom- 

 mended for family use, 



Carter's Stratagem. This is a wrinkled 

 variety from England. It is very distinct in 



vine and foliage; growing thick and large, 

 does not need any support. It is the largest 

 podded variety ever brought out; pods 4 to 6^ 

 inches long, v/hich cannot be surpassed in 

 flavor, and is very productive. 



Carter's Telephone. Another wrinkled 

 English late variety; grows from about 4^ to 

 I 5 feet high. The pods are very long, con- 

 taining from 8 to 12 fine flavored peas. It is 

 productive. 



Paragon. It is a white wrinkled pea, sec- 

 ond early, long straight pods, containing six 

 to nine peas. Short stocky vine with luxu- 

 riant foliage, pods light green; quality un- 

 surpassed, the largest producer knov/n. 



Dwarf Blue ImpeiiaS. Avery good bearer 

 if planted early, pods are large and wellfdled. 



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 4 feet high. 



Large 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. 



Tall Sugar. Has the same qualities as 

 the foregoing kind, only grows taller, and the 

 pods are somewhat larger. 



FIELD or COW PEAS. 



Canada Field. 



White, Bed and Speckled Sugar Crowder 



or Forty JJay. 

 Lady Peas. 

 BUick-Eyed Field. 

 Wliippoorwill. 



Clay Cow Peas. 



Wonderful Peas. 



Bed Bipper. 



Unknown Cow Peas. 



Steckl(r''s Improved Louisiana Wild Ckywpeas 



Neio Era. 



CULTURE— There area great many varieties of Cow Peas,- different in color and growth. 

 They are planted mostly for fertilizing purposes and are sown broadcast; when in a good 

 stand, and of sufficient height, they ere plowed under. The Clay Pea is the most popular. 

 There are several varieties called crowders; which do not grow as tall as the others, but pro- 

 duce a great many pods, which are used green, the same as snap beans, and if dried, like 

 dried beans, makes a very good dish. The crowders are of an oblong shape, almost pointed 

 at one end; they are on an average larger than the other Field Peas. Lady Peas are small, 

 white, with a black eye, they are generally planted between corn, so that they cnu run upon 

 it. Dry, they are considered the very best variety for cooking. The Clay and Unknown 

 Peas produce the most vines. 



Canada Field. For sowing broadcast as 

 a fertilizer; used as common Cow Peas. 



White, Red and Speckled Sugar 

 Crowder or Forty Day. These are largely 

 used in the Southern States for early Peas. 

 They grow upright, bushy, and under ordi- 

 nary conditions do not need support, very 

 prolific and grow larger tlian ordinary Cow 

 or Field Peas; very compact in pods; peas 

 are flattened from being so close in pods. 



Lady Peas. These are small, round and 

 pure white, and are generally planted be- 

 tween corn. A delicate vegetable. 



Black-Eyed Field. A long white pea with 

 a large black eye, from which it derives its 

 name, and belongs properly to the Cow Pea 

 family. 



WhippoorwilJ. Dark gray in color; ro- 

 bust grovv'th, but of dwarfish habit; consid- 

 ered by some equal to other varieties of peas; 

 this, however, is a matter of taste. 



Clay Cow Peas. This is one of the best 

 peas for our Southern country, being a vigor- 

 ous grower and an abundant bearer; very 

 large foliage, which keeps the ground moist, 



Hoes, Shovels and Rakes, All Makes. 



