MAULE'S SELECT LIST OF CHOICE PEAS. 



Peas belong in three groups: Garden, field and edible podded. Garden peas are smooth or 

 WTinkled. The smooth are earliest and most hardy. The wrin kled are sweetest. Field peas are 

 of high value in stock feeding and green manuring. Edible podded peas are growing in favor. 



Culture. —Peas do not demand the richest soil, but repay the use of fertilizers. Sow in earliest 

 ■pring and make successional plantings every 10 days until July L In the latter part of August 

 gow early peas for an autumn crop. Drill one to two inches deep in rows to 4 feet apart. In 

 the field use no sticks. In garden culture sow in double rows 10 inches apart, and use supports 



for the vines. > me pint to 75 feet of drill; 

 2 to 3 bushels per acre. 



MAULE'S EARLIEST OF ALL. 



TOM THUMB. 



MAULE'S EARLIEST OF ALL This 



most profitable pea is unsurpassed in ex- 

 tra early qualities, in flavor, in size of pod 

 and productiveness, in vigor and regular- 

 ity of growth, and in genuine merit by any 

 other early variety on the American mar- 

 ket. Every seedsman claims to sell an 

 "earliest'' pea, but after testing them all 

 I know that none excel my own cele- 

 brated strain In the points mentioned. 

 Maule's Earliest of All iB the most protit- 

 eble early sort grown, if I may judge by 

 its sales. The demand for it increases year 

 by year, and my stock Is often completely 

 exhausted before the end of the planting 

 season. This pea can be cleared of almost 

 its entire crop in two pickings, thus quickly leaving the 

 ground ready for some other crop. The dry peas are 

 smooth, and of a light green color, and the variety is a 

 favorite with market gardeners as well as with amateurs. 

 Pkt., 10c; pt., 25c; qt., 40c, postpaid, Pfe., 81.00; bu., 83.75. 



ALASKA. — The popular and profitable extra earlv sort. 

 Pkt., 10c; pt., 25c; qt, 40c, postpaid. Pk., 81.00; bu.,"$3.75. 



TOM THUMB.— An old fashioned, smooth, very dwarf 

 sort. The vine never attains a growth of over ten inches, 

 even In rich soil, and usually bears when only five or six 

 inches high. It is extra early and very productive for so 

 small a vine. It has remained in favor during a long 

 term of years by reason of its intrinsic merit. The peas 

 are sweet and tender. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; 

 quart, 40 cents, postpaid. Peck, 81.25; bushel, 84.00. 



ADVAXCER. — An early wrinkled pea. The vines grow 

 to a height of 2}£ to 3 feet, and are very prolific. The peas 

 are tender and of delicious flavor. This is a standard pea, 

 and a very popular market sort in some sections. Packet, 

 10 cts.; pt.", 2-5 cts.; qt., 40 cts., postpaid. Pk., 81.00; bu., 83.50. 



PREMIUM GEM. — A fine, early wrinkled pea, with 

 vine about 15 inches high. The pods are long, and are 

 produced in abundance. It is claimed to be an improve- 

 ment on Little Gem, being more robust. One of the most 

 profitable early wrinkled peas for market or family use. 

 It has been successfully used for forcing under glass. 

 Pkt., 10c; pt., 25c; qt., 40c, postpaid. Pk., 81.50; bu., 85.00. 



SOTT'S EXCELSIOR.— This is one of the very best 

 dwarf wrinkled peas in cultivation. It is so hardy arid vig- 

 orous that it may be safely planted nearly or quite as early 

 in spring as the smooth varieties, and will mature almost 

 as soon; and the superior flavor of a wrinkled pea to a 

 smooth pea needs no comment. Nott's Excelsior is fre- 

 quently ready for the table in 45 days from the sowing of 

 the seed. The pods are square and chunky, containing 

 from 7 to 9 large peas, packed so closely that they are 

 more nearly square than round. The peas are at all 

 times tender and of fine flavor. The vines grow to a uni- 

 form height of about one foot. Nott'9 Excelsior is highly 

 recommended by all who have tried it. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt!, 

 25 cts; qt, 45 cts., postpaid. Peck, §1.50; bushel, 85.50. 



■*s Excelsior 



AMERICAN WOXDER A wrinkled pea 



of dwarf habit; vines only 8 or 10 inches high. 

 One of the earliest of the wrinkled varieties. 

 Quite distinct from all other sorts in genersl 

 appearance, the vines being robust and 

 stocky. In good weather will mature in 42 

 days. A great favorite in some localities, at 

 times yielding forty pods to a vine, with nine 

 peas to the pod. I have the original Bliss stock, 

 as choice as ever. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts ; 

 qt., 40 cts.. postpaid. Pk., 81.50; bu., 85.50. 



NEW EARLY PRIZE A smooth pea of 



light green color, a cross between Tom Thumb 

 and Advancer, possessing rare excellence. It 

 grows about 18 inches high, and is a good 

 eariy cropper, with large and heavy pods. It 

 is a valuable combination of dwarf growth, 

 earliness, heavy yield and high quality. Al- 

 though a smooth pea it has the sweetness of 

 its wrinkled ancestor, while from the other 

 parent it gets its strong constitution. It mav 

 be planted earlv. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 

 40 cts., postpaid. Pk., 81-25; bu., 84.00. 



NOTT S PERFECTION. 



A wrinkled pea of high quality, a I 

 fitting companion for Sott's Excel- 

 sior, but rather taller as to vine. It is 

 the result of a cross between Excelsior 

 and Premium Gem, and has the ster- 

 ling virtues of both parents. It is 

 not quite so early as Excelsior, but 

 is hardier and more productive. It 

 grows from 14 to 16 inches high, and 

 produces pods liberally, which are 

 well filled with fine peas! of sweet and I 

 rich flavor. Pods are of good size | 

 and appearance, and show off to ad- 

 vantage in the basket, and this finel 

 variety will be found satisfactory for [ 

 both home and market purposes. 

 Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, | 

 40 cents, postpaid. Pk., 81.25; bu., 84.00. 



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