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William Black, Harriot, needier Stowe, 



J. T. Tniwbridge. Louise (handler Moult on, 



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The Earliest and Best Dwarf Wrinkled Pea ! 



Extra Early! 



Requires No Bushing ! ! Exquisite Flavor ! ! i 



The best variety for forcing under glass, and 

 the best for early sowing in the garden. 



JSP™ Oil account of its exceedingly dwarf habit, it 

 can be grown in Hot Beds like cucumbers or lettuce. 

 This new and tine flavored variety is a seedling-, the 

 result of a cross between the favorite varieties. Cham- 

 pion of Enijhniil and Little Gem, raised by Mr. Charles 

 Arnold, the well-known Canadian aurieulturM h 

 combines all the good qualities of both of its parents, 

 with the addit'oual ones of superiority in flavor' to 

 the Champion and of greater productiveness than the 

 Little Gem, besides being earlier than any other of 

 the wrinkled varieties. Peas planted June 5th were 

 ready for the table in thirty-three days from date of 

 planting. On good soil, each vine will average twelve 

 pods, and each pod six peas. Fifteen pods have been 

 counted on some vines, and nine large peas in some 

 of the pods, and every pod is well filled. The vine 

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