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D. M. FERRY & CO'5 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



ELEPHOWE. 



TEIiEPHONE This new pea has proved to be a valu- 

 able acquisition. Vines large, with large, coarse leaves. 

 Pods very large, filled with immense peas, which are the 

 largest of any, tender, sweet, and of excellent flavor. Not- 

 withstanding the large amount of inferior and spurious stock 

 which has been sold, no pea of recent introduction has 

 gained more rapidly in popularity than this, thus showing 

 that it has sterling merit which gardeners appreciate. The 

 stock we offer has been carefully selected and is more pro- 

 lific and far better than that usually sold. 



LATE SORTS. 

 YORKSHIRE HERO.— Vines stout, about two feet high, 

 bearing at the top a number of broad pods filled with large 

 peas, which keep a long time io season, and never become as 

 hard as most sorts. They are of fine quality and vrill be 

 preferred to any other by those who Uke a rich, marrowlike 

 pea. 



CHAMPION OF ENGL,AND Universally admitted 



to be one of the richest and best flavored peas grown, and 

 very productive. Height four or five feet; seed whitish- 

 green and much shriveled. We consider this equal in quality 

 to any in cultivation and the best of its season either for the 

 amateur or market gardener. 



STRATAGEM.— An English variety which has become 

 very popular in this country. Vine of medium height, but 

 stout, with large, light green leaves, and having near the top a 

 good number of large, long pods, well filled with large peas of 

 good quality. The pods are the most showy of any of the 

 varieties we offer. 



PRIDE OF THE MARKET.— Vines of medium height, 

 stiff, with large dark green leaves and bearing at the top, 

 generally in pairs, a fair crop of very large, dark green pods 

 well filled with large peas of good flavor. This has become 

 popular on account of its handsome pods, and is one of the 

 few English peas which do well in this coTintry. 



Strategem 



LARGE BLUE IMPERIAL.— About three 

 feet high, and very stocky. Pods lar^e, long, 

 pointed, rather flat, containing eight or nme peas. 

 Seeds large, blue and a little flattened. A good 

 bearer, and one of the best varieties for summer 

 use, but requires to be planted early, or it will be 

 apt to mildew. 



LARGE WHITE MARROWFAT.— Culti- 

 vated very extensively for the summer crop. 

 About five feet high, of strong growth. Pods 

 large, cylindrical, rough, light colored and well 

 filled; seed large, round and yellow or white, 

 according to the soil in which they are grown. It 

 is excellent for summer use, but inferior in quality 

 to the newer sorts, although undoubtedly the most productive 

 of the garden varieties. 



LARGE BLACK EYED MARROWFAT.— An excel- 

 lent variety, growing about five feet high; pods large; a 

 prolific bearer, and can be recommended as one of the very 

 best Marrowfat sorts. 



EDIBLE PODDED VARIETIES. 



^^TThese might appropriately be called "snap" peas, as 

 they are eaten pod and all like snap beans. The pods are desti- 

 tute of the tough, inner lining found in the varieties described 

 above and are as highly prized by some as " snap " beans. 



DWARF GRAY SUGAR, EDIBLE PODS.-Grows 

 about two feet high and is remarkable for its earliness as 

 well as its prolificness. The seeds are large, shriveled, 

 indented, gray. The pods are broad, flat and crooked, and 

 contain five or six peas. 



TALL GRAY SUGAR, EDIBLE PODS.— About five 

 feet in height; very sweet and tender. 



FIELD SORTS. 



The Golden Vine and Blue Prussian are, perhaps, the best 

 varieties on the list for general cultivation, though large 

 quantities of 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 North, where the bugs do not infest them. 

 Our customers can rely on having the seed pure and free 

 from bugs. 



FBPPBR. 



French, Piment. Grerman, Pfeffer. 



CtrLTURE.— Should be the same as for egg plant, and the 

 plants need quite as much heat to perfect them, but taking a 

 shorter time to mature, the seed may be sown later, or even 

 planted out of doors after warm weather has fairly set in. 

 Guano, hen dvmg, or any other bird manure, hoed into the 

 siuf ace soil when the plants are about six inches high, will 

 be found to increase the product wonderfully. 



