Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
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PEAS 
Extra- 
Early 
Varieties 
One quart will plant 
100 feet of drill ; 1% 
bus. for an acre. 
CULTURE. -, When 
grown for market, sow 
in single rows 1 inch 
apart and 2 to 8 inches 
deep, the rows from 2 to 
4 feet apart, according 
to variety. When grown 
in garden, so%v in double 
rows 6 to 8 inches apart; 
tall sorts require crush. 
Begin sowing the extra- 
early varieties as soon 
as the ground can be 
worked in February and 
March; contimie for a 
succession every two 
weeks until June. 
Holmes 9 
Pedigree 
PEAS 
Extra- 
Early 
THE MOST PROLIFIC, EARLIEST AND 
EVEN STOCK IN CULTIVATION : • : 
By careful selection for a number of years we have, developed this magnificent 
strain which must not be classed with the extra-earlies listed in many catalogues under 
various names. Being grown in the far North and with the selection of the earliest 
and choicest vines, this strain has been so improved that it fully bears out our claim 
as the earliest, most prolific and even strain in existence, maturing so well together 
that. sometimes a single picking will secure the entire crop. Vines vigorous and hardy, 
2 to 2% feet high, bearing abundantly. Market-gardeners, who cannot afford to go over 
the rows several times for small quantities of pods, will do well to give this new strain 
a trial. When this variety is planted exclusively, sowings should be made every week, 
to insure a constant supply of fresh young pods. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 
cts., postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.25, bus. $4.75. 
Sacks free. 
NEW PEA 
GRADUS 
GRADUS pea. (f actual size ; from photograph.) 
Earliest Large-Podded Pea Ever Introduced. Height, 3 feet. Plant Thickly 
. From trials made at our trial grounds we can truthfully say that the Gradus 
ranks with any early variety. By actual test the Alaska and Holmes' Market-Gardeners' 
Extra-Early, known as the earliest Peas, alongside the Gradus came in only three days 
ahead. In the Gradus, of which we give an illustration {% actual size), we have one 
of those long strides of progress not often found in the ordinary advancement of vege- 
tables. The variety is an imported one, having been raised by Thomas Laxton, in 
England. The vine has very heavy stems, and produces uniformly large pods, measur- 
ing 4 to 4% inches long, nearly round, and well filled with eight to ten large, handsome 
peas. In regard to other attributes, Gradus has merit as a home Pea, because a pick- 
ing of sufficient size may easily be made, the shelled peas bulk up well, and the process 
of shelling is very easily performed. In flavor and quality Gradus is of the highest 
" marrow" type, melting and sugary, retaining, when served, its bright, vivid green. 
A gentleman from another seedhouse stopped with the writer over night, and at the 
dinner-table remarked, as he ate the Gradus Pea, that he never tasted anything to com- 
pare with them, and had no idea they were so fine. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 
cts., by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.25, pk. 
$2.25, bus. $8. 
NEW 
PEA 
A new variety, producing large pods in abundance. Delicious, matures as early 
as the extra-early smooth Peas, being a wrinkled sort is much sweeter. Pkt. 10 cts., 
pt. 30cts.,qt. 50 cts., by mail, postpaid ; by freight or express, qt. 40 cts., 
4 qts. $1.25, pk. $2.50, bus. $9. 
See General List of Vegetable Seeds, pages 33 to 48 for other varieties 
