D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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EXTRA EARLY SORTS. 



EARLIEST OF ALL, OR ALASKA.- By careful selection 

 and growing we have developed a stock of this smooth, blue 

 pea. which in evenness of growth of vine and early maturity 

 of pods is unequaled by any other extra early pea. Vines 

 two to two and one-half feet high, unbranched. bearing 

 four to seven long pods w hich are filled with medium .size 

 dark green peas of excellent flavor. Ripe peas small. Ijluish 

 green. Ripens all the crop at once and an invaluable variety 

 for market gardeners and canners. 



LAXTON'S ALPHA.— The earliest tall growing wrinkled 

 pea, and almost as early as American Wonder. \ ines about 

 three feet high, slender, mostly unbranched and bearing four 

 to seven medium size, slightly curved pods, having four to 

 eight green, wrinkled peas of medium size, and of the highest 

 flavor. AVe recommend this variety as the best quality of 

 any tall early pea; especially adapted to the home garden. 



AMERICAN WONDER.-A variety whose .stout branching 

 vines only grow about nine inches high, and are covered with 

 long well filled pods containing seven or eight large, exceed- 

 ingly sweet, tender and well flavored peas, nearly as early as- 

 First and Best. Dry pea medium size, much wrinkled and 

 flattened, pale green. We liave taken great pains in growing 

 our stock, and know it to be pure and true. 



FERRY'S EXTRA EARLY TOH THUMB.-Yines dwarf . 

 about nine inches high, and maturing about the same time 

 as the American Wonder. It can be planted in rows ten 

 inches apart. Peas small, white, smooth, round and not of 

 the very best quality. 



BLUE PETER.— Sometimes called Blue Tom Thumb. An 

 early blue pea of fine quality: as dwarf as the Tom Thumb 

 and a great producer. An excellent pea in all respects, 

 and one of the best of the dwarf varieties. Peas large, 

 round, semi-wrinkled; dull blue in color. 



PEAS, FIRST AND BEST. 



PEAS. NOTT'S EXCELSIOR. 



FERRY'S FIRST AND BEST.-By most careful compari- 

 son we are convinced that this is the earliest and most even 

 stock of white extra early peas in existence, maturing so 

 well together that a single picking, or at most. two. will 

 secure the entire crop. Vines vigorous and hardy, two to 

 two and one-half feet high, unbranched, bearing three to 

 seven straight pods, having five to seven medium size, 

 smooth peas of good quality. Dry pea medium size, smooth, 

 yellowish-white. 



D. M. Ferry & Go's Extra Early, Rural New 

 Yorker and Improved Daniel 0' Ron rke. —These are 

 strains of first early white peas similar to the last and of 

 which we offer carefully grown and selected stocks which 

 are fully equal, and we believe, superior to any obtainable 

 elsewhere. 



EXTRA EARLY KENT.-This is a very old strain of white 

 extra early, growing about three feet high; formerly very 

 popular, but is now largely superseded by other sorts. 



NOTT'S EXCELSIOR.— We consider this variety one of the 

 best of recent introduction. Some of the stock offered under 

 this name is not genuine, but the stock we offer is from the 

 originator and can be tlepended upon as being the true sort. 

 Vines are a little larger and more vigorous than American 

 Wonder, and earlier and more prolific than Premium Gem. 

 Pods are always well filled, and the peas for sweetness and 

 tenderness have no equal. 



PREMIUM QEn.— This variety is nearly as early as the 

 American Wonder, and the vine is decidedly larger, growing 

 to a height of from 12 to L^ inches, and bearing an inunense 

 crop of pods which are larger and invariably well filled with 

 peas of the best quality. The drj' peas are green. large, 

 wrinkled, often flattened. Market' gardeners use more of 

 this sort than of any other wriukleii pea. 



MCLEAN'S LITTLE GEH.-A very desirable early, 

 dwarf, green, wrinkled variety, growing about fifteen inches 

 high. When in a green state, it is very large, sweet and 

 of delicious flavor. 



