PEAS 
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Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
GENERAL 
LIST OF 
Vegetable Seeds 
PEAS. (1 quart to 100 feet of drill; 2 to S bushels for an acre.) 
(Those prefixed * are wrinkled varieties ; all others smooth.) 
Liberal packets of any variety of Peas 10 cts. each. 
DWARF EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. Require no staking or 
brush. 
^American Wonder. 10 to 12 inches. Extra early; of dwarf , 
compact growth, wrinkled; of the finest quality 
*Little Gem. 16 to 18 inches. A dwarf, green, wrinkled Pea, 
prolific and of excellent flavor. A few days later than above 
*Nott's Excelsior. 14 inches. A superior dwarf, wrinkled 
early; ready for the table in about 45 days; vigorous constitu- 
tion and wonderfully productive; quality extra fine. 
Premium Gem. 15 inches, A fine dwarf Pea of the "Little 
Gem " type, on which it is a great improvement 
Tom Thumb. An old variety, 8 inches, very dwarf. 
EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES OF MEDIUM HEIGHT. 
Holmes' Masterpiece. 2 feet. We believe this to be the finest 
and most prolific, large-podded pea ever introduced. (See 
special description) , 
Alaska. 2 feet. A wonderfully early, smooth, blue Pea; vines 
slender; pods very dark green, about 3 inches long, well filled 
with small, smooth, blue-green Peas. The earliness, uniformity 
in ripening and deep color render it a desirable market and 
canning Pea 
Daniel O'Rourke Improved, or Philadelphia Extra Early. 
3 feet. An old favorite extra early, round, smooth Pea 
Holmes' Pedigree Extra Early. 2% feet. An extra early 
round, smooth white Pea unequaled in earliness, uniformity in 
ripening, size, yield and flavor. The universally popular ex- 
tra early Pea for both market and private gardens. 
Gradus. 2>2 feet. (See special description.) The earliest 
long-podded, large wrinkled or "marrow " Pea grown; it pro- 
duces enormous tender, sweet and luscious ' 1 marrow " peas 
in early June. Productive, healthy and vigorous grower 
*Thomas Laxton. 2>2 feet. (See special description.) More 
prolific than Gradus, very large pods ; quality delicious 
Holmes' Market-Gardeners Extra Early. A superior strain 
of the Extra Early Peas, ripening even throughout the crop. 
2 feet 
New Surprise. (Eclipse.) Earliest wrinkled variety. 2 feet.. 
SECOND OR MEDIUM EARLY VARIETIES. 
*Advancer. 2 X A feet. A great favorite, and popularly known 
as the Dwarf Champion; green, wrinkled peas of fine flavor 
*Abundance. 3 feet. A deservedly popular variety, branching 
from the bottom and bearing abundantly roundish pods 3 to 
3% inches long, well filled with 6 to 8 large wrinkled peas of 
excellent quality 
^Everbearing. 3 feet. A prolific and continuous-bearing Pea 
giving it especial value for both summer and autumn use ; pods 
3 to 4 inches long, containing 6 to 8 large wrinkled peas, % 
inch in diameter 
*Horford's Market Garden. 2 feet. A grand wrinkled Pea, 
noted for its uniform growth and prodigious yield. The pods, 
though of medium size, are packed with peas of sweet flavor. . 
Carter's Daisy, or Dwarf Telephone. Cross of Stratagem 
on Telephone. Very productive. Pods long and well filled . . . 
*Shropshire Hero. 3 feet. A robust grower, producing abund- 
antly long, handsome pods, well filled with large, wrinkled 
peas of exquisite flavor '. 
MAIN CROP OR LATER VARIETIES. 
Long Island Mammoth, or Telegraph. Large pods and peas. 
3% feet 
Pride of the Market. (Imp.) Large pods; popular for mar- 
ket. 1% feet 
*Yorkshire Hero. A spreading variety ; very productive. 3 ft. 
New Giant-Podded Marrow. The hardiest large-podded Pea: 
can be used at all seasons, heavy cropper. 2 feet 
*Duke of Albany, or American Champion. 4% feet. A 
grand, large-podded, wrinkled Pea, each pod containing from 
9 to 12 immense peas; the largest of all varieties, while the 
quality is superlatively fine, tender, rich and sweet; very pro- 
ductive 
-Champion of England. 5 feet. A superior selection of this 
well-known favorite, noted for the rich, marrow-like quality of 
its immense, wrinkled peas 
*Juno. 2 feet. A dwarf main crop, green, wrinkled, marrow 
Pea of superb flavor and vigorous constitution 
PRICES 
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