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SEEDS AND IMPLEMENTS 



PUMPKIN 



One pound will plant from 

 200 to 300 hills. 



L.AKGE CHEESE PUMPKIN. 



Culture.— The common practice is to drop two or three 

 seeds iuto every third or fourth hill in the cornfield ; may be 

 sown in hills, eight feet apart each way, four plants to each 

 hill. 



Cashaw, or CrOOkDCCk. — Large, light cream 

 color, solid and sweet, very fine grained, splendid for 

 table or feeding stock. Packet, 5c. Ounce, loc. ^4 

 pound, 20C. Pound, 75c. 



Ijarg"e Cheese. — A good cooking variety, cheese 

 shape, creamy yellow color, flesh fine grained, and 

 one of the best for pies. Price per packet, 5c. Per 

 ounce, IOC. y^ pound, 20c. Pound, 6oc. 



JapaDese Pie. — Crooked-neck variety ; ex- 

 tremely small seed cavity; nearly all solid meat; 

 quality extra 'fine. Packet, 5c. Ounce, loc. ^ 

 pound, 20C. Pound, 60c. 



Larg^e Common Yellow Field (Yankee Cow Pumpkin, Connecticut Field. )— Hardiest 

 of all Pumpkins, good for pies and stock -feeding. K pound, loc. Pound, 30c. Quart, 25c. 



PEAS. 



On account of the very short crop in some 



varieties of Peas prices are subject 



to change without notice. 



Peas mature early in a light, rich soil. For a gen- 

 eral crop, a rich deep loam, or inclining to clay, 

 would behest. They thrive better if the ground has 

 been manured for a previous crop, but it the ground 

 is poor and requires manuring, use well rotted man- 

 ure, and for the dwarf varieties you can hardly make 

 the soil too rich. When grown for a market crop they 

 are seldom staked or brushed, but are sown in single 

 rows, I inch apart and 3 to 5 inches deep, the depth 

 depending on time of sowing, nature of soil, as well 

 as variety. Rows should be from 2% to 3K feet apart, 

 according to variety and manner of culture desired. 

 "When grown in gardens it is best to sow in double 

 rows, 6 to 8 inches apart, the tall ones requiring 

 brush, which is stuck in between the rows. Com- 

 mence sowing early varieties as early as the ground 

 can be worked in the Spring, and continue, for a suc- 

 cession, every two weeks uo to June, discontinuing 

 until the middle of July, when a good crop can usu- 

 ally be secured by sowing the extra early and early 

 sorts. They should be kept clean with the cultivator 

 or hoe, and earthed up twice during growth. Wrinkled 

 varieties are not as hardy as the smooth hard sorts, 

 and if planted early should have dry soil and not 

 planted deep or they are liable to rot in the ground; 

 they are, however the sweetest and best flavored vari- 

 eties. One quart sows 80 feet of drill ; two or three 

 bushels to the acre. 



(PEAS.— Erbsen.) 



Extra Early Alaska.— The earliest blue 

 pea. The dark green color of the pods makes 

 it extremely desirable, as it can be carried long 

 distances without losing color, which quality, 

 combined with its earliness and uniformity of 

 ripening, makes it a most desirable pea for mar- 

 ket gardeners. Height two feet. Quart, 20c. 

 Peck, .90C. Bushel, $3.00. 



First and Best.— It is very profitable for 

 the gardener and shipper because it is very early, 

 ripens uniformily, so that all the pods may be 

 picked within seven weeks from the time of 

 planting, and that at one picking. Quart, 20c 

 Peck, 75c. Bushel, $3.00. 



Allan's Maud S.— Undoubtedly the most pop- 

 ular early pea for market gardeners yet produc- 

 ed. Seed round, light cream color, slightly dent- 

 ed; height 21/^ feet. Quart, 25c. Peck, $1.00. 

 Bushel, $3.50. ^ 



EXTRA EARLY ALASKA. 



Nott's Excelsior Pea. — The best and sweet- 

 est early Dwarf Wrinkled Pea. Robust and 

 vigorous in growth, producing in profusion long, 

 handsome pods. Seed green, wrinkled. Height 

 12 inches. Price per quart, 25c. Per peck, $1.50. 

 Per bushel, $5.00. 



American Wonder. — This variety stands 

 unrivaled in point of productiveness, flavor and 

 quality, and is without exception the earliest 

 wrinkled pea in cultivation. It is of dwarf and 

 robust habit, growing from ten to fifteen inches 

 high, and produces a profusion of good sized 

 and well filled pods of the finest flavor. Dry 

 peas, medium size, wrinkled and flattened, pale 

 green. Requires liberal fertilizing. Quart, 25c. 

 Peck, $1.50. Bushel, $5.00. 



