WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 71 



494 



Prosperity or Gradus 



An Extra Early Wrinkled Pea 



This remarkable pea has produced a sensation in the 

 horticultural world, and there is no longer any doubt about 

 its position and standing. It is now recognized as a leader. 

 It is not only large and of best quality, but it is as early as 

 the small, round, extra early sorts. It may be planted as 

 soon as the ground is fit to work in spring, along with the 

 smooth peas. It promises to take the place of" the smooth 

 peas in general culture to a great extent. Prosperity or 

 Gradus is a wrinkled pea, with vine growing 18 to 30 inches 

 high. It requires no sticks or brush, though sticks may be 

 used, if preferred. The peas are freely borne, and remain 

 in good order for a number of days. The pods are of a 

 bright green color, and measure 4 inches or more in length, 

 being as large as Telephone, and equally well filled with 

 luscious peas — 8 to 10 or more in a pod. The peas them- 

 selves are of a first-class table quality, and retain their color 

 and attractive appearance after cooking. The pods are 

 round and plunip. On light, sandy soils it attains a growth 

 of only 15 or 18 inches, while on rich, heavy loams it reaches 

 30 inches. It is entirely adapted to the purposes of the 

 market gardener, requiring only good field treatment. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 40 cts.; qt., 75 cts.; postpaid. By express or freight, 

 not prepaid, qaart, 60 cts.; 4 quarts, $2.25; peck, $4.00, bushel, $15.00. 



FULL CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 



will be found printed on each packet and ounce 

 of Maule's Seeds, both Flower and Vegetable. 

 If they are followed it means that you will have 

 the best garden in your neighborhood. 



GRADUS 



495 



PERPETUAL 

 PEA. 



Perpetual Pea 



A True Pick Forever 

 Bears from Jvne Until October 



Twenty-six years ago I offered Perpetual as a 

 novelty, and have continued to supply it to a num- 

 ber of my customers regularly every year since. 

 Probably there are no two concerns In the country 

 who know more about peas or who grow more 

 peas for seed purposes than Messrs. Keeney & 

 Son, of Genesee Co., N. Y., or Rogers Bros., ol 

 Jefferson Co., N. Y. Messrs. Keeney & Son write : 



"It is more accurately named than any other 

 pea in the list, and for the private garden is an 

 excellent variety, as it will continue producing 

 for a long time, if the peas are promptly and 

 completely picked as fast as they become large 

 enough to use on the table." 



This was supplemented by a letter from Rogers 

 Bros., who made the following statement : 



"We consider it the best or nearest to a per- 

 petual pea of anything we have ever seen yet." 



Perpetual pea is everything its name implies. 

 It grows about 2^ to 3 feet high, is of strong, 

 robust habit, a good cropper, and, to secure best 

 results, requires sticljs or brush. After removing 

 the pods as fast as they are filled it will continue 

 to bear right along throughout the season. This 

 one feature makes it especially desirable for the 

 home or family garden and I know of no large 

 podded pea that will produce so many pods and 

 none that are so well filled as the Perpetual. It 

 is certainly the most remarkable everbearing pea 

 that has ever come to my knowledge. 



I am offering this year what I consider an Im- 

 proved Perpetual, on account of its having larger 

 pods than the old strain I have been offering for 

 so many years. 



Packet, 15 cents; pint, 50 cents, postpaid. 

 By exp. or freight, not prepaid, pint, 40 cts. 



