DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



APIUM PETROSELINUM. 

 Fr. Persil. — Ger. Petersilie. 



Fine Triple Curled. Myatt's Garmshing. — The Garden Parsley is 



a very useful and pleasant vegetable. Its flavor for seasoning soups and stews, 

 is very agreeable to many. It may be preserved by drying it till crisp, in sum- 

 mer ; then rub it fine between the hands, and put in bottles for winter use. 



PISUM SATIVUM. 

 Fr. Pois. — Ger. Erbsen. 



The Pea is a hardy annual, in the highest estimation in all countries, as one 

 of the most agreeable culinary vegetables, in its green state ; there is often 

 much emulation among seed growers, to obtain the very earliest varieties, and 

 among amateur gardeners, to present at their own table, the first dish of the 

 season. The varieties are very numerous, but we have selected the best sorts, 

 which, if sown at proper intervals, will give a succession throughout the season. 



D. M. Ferry & Co's Extra Early. — This has proved, under our own 

 growing, to be as early, if not THE EARLIEST Pea we have yet seen, coming in 

 a week earlier than many highly puffed varieties. As a standard early Pea, we 

 feel sure it has no equal, and is much sought after. Grows two and a half feet 

 high, yields well, and ripens evenly. 



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

 Carter & Co., of London. It has been gi-OAvn in this country two or three 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. 



CaractucUS. — Nearly identical with the preceding, though perhaps 

 not quite so early ; it is a first-early variety, and gives general satisfaction. ; 



Kentish Inyicta. — A round, blue Pea, about two feet in height, with i 

 straight, handsome, well filled pods. Tested by the side of our Extra Early, 

 it proved only two days later ; is the earliest of the blue sorts, and superior in 

 flavor to any of the white varieties. 



Laxton's Alpha. — The earliest wrinkled Pea known. Last season it 

 proved to be only about three days later than our Extra Early. About two 

 and a half feet high, much indented and wrinkled, light blue, and of delicious 

 flavor. One of the best in every respect. 



Extra Early Kent.* — This is a very early variety, growing about two 

 and a half feet high. Pods well filled with good sized peas ; p-oductive, ripen- 

 ing nearly all at once. As an early market variety, it has but few superiors. 



* Note. — Some houses are offering a degenerate article, called " Ea^ly Kent,' 



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le Cheapest 



apparently low price, but really unworthy of cultivation. Our motto is "■ The Best is Always 

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