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PEAS 



For best results with Peas it is essential to get an early start. The smooth-seeded 

 varieties being- extra-hardv, may be planted as early in the spring as the soil can 

 be prepared for them, often as early as the latter part of March. Wrinkled Peas are 

 not so hardy as the smooth sorts, but they will stand a good deal of cold and wet 

 and may be started early in April. Sow the seed in drills 2 to 3 inches deep, making 

 the rows 2 to 4 feet apart, according to variety, taller Peas requiring more room 

 than dwarf ones. The dwarf varieties do best on a heavy and moderately rich soil 

 while the tall sorts seem to prefer rather thin ground. Peas that make vines over 

 2 feet high should be supported with brush, chicken wire, old fish-net or on strings 

 6 inches apart stretched between posts set at the ends of the rows. Tall-growing 

 Peas are frequently grown in double rows 6 or 8 inches apart with the support be- 

 tween. Do not grow Peas against a fence or wall as they like to be out in the open 

 where the air can circulate through the vines. 



EXTRA-EARLY SMOOTH SEEDED SORTS 



(60 pounds to bushel) 



These are extra-early and hardy so may be sown 10 to 14 days before it is safe to 

 put the more tender wrinkled Peas in the ground. They are somewhat inferior in 

 quality, however, and must be gathered as soon as ready, for they lose their flavor 

 quickly. 



Beckert's First and Best 



This is an extra-early, very productive 

 variety. The pods are short but well filled. 

 Grows 30 inches high. An ideal variety 

 for the home garden. 



ALASKA. A select strain of the old favor- 

 ite for early market and canning. Ma- 

 turing a few days after Early Eight 

 Weeks, it bears a large crop of pods 

 which are small but well-filled with 

 Peas of fair quality. The crop is very 

 uniform and is usually gathered in one 

 picking. 



Little Marvel Peas 



EARLY 

 WRINKLED PEAS 



(1% lb. to a quart; 56 lb. to a bushel) 



Although not so hardy, these are more 

 tender than the smooth-seeded kinds and 

 much superior in flavor. 



PRESIDENT WILSON. A splendid half 

 dwarf early Pea with a flavor surpassed 

 by none. Do not require staking. Pods 

 are dark green 4% to 5 inches long and 

 usually contain 8 large peas. Easily 

 picked as pods are borne on upper half 

 of plants. 



WORLD'S RECORD. The earliest strain of the well-known Gradus or Prosperity Pea, 

 and a thoroughbred in every way. Does not grow quite so tall as Gradus but is more 

 productive, bearing pods 3% inches, containing 7 to 9 Peas of superb quality. Beck- 

 ert's strain of World's Record Peas comes on the market 3 or 4 days ahead of any 

 other wrinkled Pea and is in tremendous demand with our critical market-gardener 

 customers. 



GRADUS, Prosperity, or Extra-Early Telephone. A very dependable and productive va- 

 riety; with the exception of World's Record, the earliest of the wrinkled Peas. Vines 

 3 feet tall and robust; pods about 4 inches long, broad and pointed, medium green 

 in color; quality excellent. 

 BLUE BANTAM. A new dwarf, extremely early variety, very productive, vines 15 inches 

 high, bearing large, well-filled pods of deep green Peas. Eight to ten Peas to a pod. 

 THOMAS LAXTON. Those who appreciate genuine quality in Peas will find all they 

 desire in Thomas Laxton. It closely resembles Gradus in season, productivity and all 

 other respects, except that the pods are a trifle narrower, more blunt-pointed and 

 always packed to the tip with Peas of superb flavor. It is one of the sorts we par- 

 ticularly recommend to the home-gardener. 

 LITTLE MARVEL. A splendid dwarf early Pea of fine quality, in season a few days 

 later than Gradus or Thomas Laxton. Vines 15 inches tall, bearing a remarkably 

 large crop of pods which average Zy 2 inches long and are literally filled to bursting 

 with sweet, dark green Peas of the largest size. Since it requires no brush or other 

 support, and is such a reliable producer, it is one of the most popular sorts in the 

 home-garden. 



Bu. 



PEAS Pkt. lib. 2 1b. 5 1b. 101b. 56 1b. 



Beckert's First and Best (60 lb. Bu.) $.10 $.35 $.65 $1.35 $2.00 $10.00 



Alaska (60 lb. Bu.) 10 .35 .65 1.35 2.00 10.00 



World's Record 10 .35 .65 1.35 2.00 10.00 



Gradus or Prosperity 10 .35 .65 1.35 2.00 10.00 



Blue Bantam 10 .35 .65 1.50 2.25 11.00 



Thomas Laxton 10 .35 .65 1.35 2.00 10.00 



Little Marvel 10 .35 .65 1.50 2.25 11.00 



President Wilson 10 .35 .65 1.50 2.25 11.00 



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