DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



length, containing five or six peas, which are of a creamy yellow color ; fine 

 flavor ; very productive. It may be cultivated in rows ten inches apart. No 

 sticks required. 



Ferry's Extra Early Tom Thumb. — A new variety ; remarkably 

 early ; very dwarf, growing but nine inches. The demands on us for seed annu- 

 ally increase, and our anticipations of its popularity are fully realized. If plant- 

 ed early in the Spring, three crops can be obtained in a single season. 



McLean's Little Grem. — This is comparatively a new variety, and com- 

 bines two very desirable qualities not possessed together in any other Pea, being 

 very dwarf and green wrinkled. When in a green state, it is very large and 

 of delicious flavor, being full of rich, saccharine matter. It is one of the earli- 

 est varieties, grows about one foot high, and is really a very valuable acquisition. 



Dwarf Champion. — This Pea we grew the past season in limited quanti- 

 ties, and is an entirely new and distinct variety, never having appeared in the 

 catalogues of English or American seedsmen. It is, in quality and flavor, equal 

 to the Champion of England, and is quite dwarf, growing only one foot high. 

 Color, white; much shrivelled and indenled, and of exceedingly rich, sugary 

 flavor. We think it quite equal to McLean's Little Gem in all respects, except 

 in point of earliness, it being some ten days later. 



Multam in ParTOe -— A most excellent dwarf Pea, growing only nine 

 inches high, and our previous good opinion of it is more than sustained by this 

 year's growhig. We look for a great demand for it when it becomef, fully known. 

 Like the Champion, it is much shrivelled, and possesses that peculiar rich and 

 delicate flavor, and is quite early. 



Dwarf Sn^ar, Edible Pods. — This variety can be used either shelled 

 or whole, the pods, when young, being sweet and tender. The string on the 

 back of the pods should be drawn oif before boiling. 



Tall Sugar, Edible Pods. — About five feet in height ; seeds, dark col- 

 ored, very sweet and tender. 



Field Peas. — The Golden Vine, Crown and Blue Prussian are, perhaps, 

 the best varieties on the list for generd cultivation, though large quantities of 

 the Creepers, Common White and Common Blue, are used annually. The 

 Golden Vine can be sown later than any other variety, and on lower land, as 

 they are not liable to mildew. These varieties are used for field culture only. 

 In their dry state, they are used extensively for feeding stock, for making soups, 

 and in the manufacture of coffee. It is highly essential to have them as free 

 from bugs as possible, and for soups and coffee, absolutely necessary. We keep 

 constantly on hand a large stock of all these varieties, obtained from the Prov- 

 ince of Ontario, where the bug does not infest them. Our customers may rely 

 on having the seed pure, and free from bugs. 



All Wrinkled Peas are superior to, and more delicate in flavor, than those 

 that present a full and pei'fect form; like Sugar Corn, the saccharine matter 

 which they contain, causes them to shrivel when dried, and they will remain much 

 longer in season, than other kinds. 



Culture. — Peas, for an early crop, should be sown as soon as the ground 

 is in working condition. The soil for their reception should be light, dry, and 

 well sheltered. Mild manure, such as leaf mould, has a beneficial effect ; but 

 for many of the varieties, the soil cannot be too rich. For general crops, the 

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