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



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kRLIEST OF 



CARACTACUS.— This popular English variety grows 

 from two to three and a-half feet high, is prolific and of 

 pood flavor, continuing longer in bearing than most extra 

 early sorts. 



EXTRA EARLY KENT.— This is a very early variety, 

 growing about three feet high. Pods well filled with good 

 sized peas; productive, ripening nearly all at once. An 

 early market variety, vhen true, but has' greatly degenerated 

 of late years. Our stock is true. 



IMPROVED EARLY DANIEL O'ROURKE By 



careful selection we have secured a stock of this old and 

 popular variety, which has all the good qualities it originally 



LAXTON'S ALPHA.— Vines about three feet high; 

 seeds much indented and wrinkled, light blue, very tender 

 and of delicious flavor; one of the best in every respect. 





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FERRY'S EXTRA EARLY TDM THUMB.— Estab- 

 lished by many years' selection from the common Torn 

 Thumb. Vines dwarf, about nine inches hi^rh. so that it can 

 be planted in rows ten inches apart. Peas small, round and 

 not of the very best quality. 



BLUE PETER.- Sometimes called Blue Tom Thumb. A 

 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. 



McLEAN'S LITTLE GEM.— 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. 



PREMIUM GEM.— Somewhat like the last, but with a 

 little shorter, heavier, more prolific vine and larger pods. 

 This and the last fully equal the later sorts in quality, 

 which with their earliness, dwarf habit and productiveness, 

 make them the most desirable for private gardens of anv on 

 the list. 



BLISS' EVERBEARING.— A new variety maturing 

 soon after the Gems, and continuing a long time in bearing. 

 Vine stout, about eighteen inches high, bearing at the top six 

 to ten broad pods. If these are removed as they mature, 

 and the season and soil are favorable, the plant will throw 

 out from the axil of each leaf branches bearing pods which 

 will mature in succession, thus prolonging the season. Peas 

 wrinkled, large, cooking quickly and very tender, of superior 

 flavor; on this account preferred by many to any other sort, 

 although they are not quite so sweet as some. 



I ELEPHONE. 



McLEAN'S ADVANCER.— A green wrinkled variety, 

 about two and a-half feet high, with broad, long pods, which 

 are abundantly produced and well filled to the end. Con- 

 sidered by some the best of its season, being of most excel- 

 lent flavor. This pea is used very extensively by the market 

 gardeners in the vicinity of New York, on account of its 

 great productiveness, the fine appearance of its pods, and 

 its exceedingly fine flavor. After careful comparison with 

 other stocks we are convinced that ours is .the best in the 

 country. 



TELEPHONE This new pea has proved to be a valu- 

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

 Puds 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 crown, and is 

 more prolific and far better than that usually sold. 



BLiss' ABUNDANCE.— Vine of medium height and 



bearing alone its entire length numerous well filled pods. 



each containing six to eight medium sized, roundish, 

 wrinkled peas, which are of most superior tla -. 

 forty sorts tested on our trial grounds, tins cooked the 

 quickest and was considered one of the very best in quality. 



