KXTRA EARLY PEAS. 
Peas. 
Peas are among: the first seeds that may be sown iit close of Winter, froqucntlv being planted before 
sharp frosts are fully over. The drilling of Peas may be sni'ely comnienced when the Pench is in 
bloom and continued at intervals np to within sixty days of frost for the enrlv kinds, or seventy 
(lays for the intermediate varieties, or eighty days for the later sorts. Lalo .sown Peas ai e never as 
productive as those sown in the Spring, and often arc found to be .subject to mildew. Laudretlis' 
E.xtra Early will be found to be the best for Ansust and .Sonti-mbcr 'sowing.s because of its earlv 
ripcnitig habit and its ability to resist mildew. The dwarf varieties may b(^ drilled at two feet if 
cultivated by horse power, or fifteen inchcsif to be hoed bv hand. The varieties of medium lensth 
should be drilled not closer than three feet and the tall-ftrowintr .sorts at live feet a part. The number 
.-ft Peas in a row may vary from ten to the foot in the case of the verv dwarf kind.s, to ei?rht to the foot of the medium tall varieties, ami six to the foot of 
■he very tall Icinds. Yield 100 to 300 bushels. At Philadelphia tnc hii;hest average price paid bv commission merchants for Earlv Peas is from S3. 00 to $"1.00 
per bushel, and the highest price paid for late varieties is $1.50 to S2 00 per bushel, while the price sometimes is as low a-s fiO to 80 cents per bushel. Early 
Peas arc not jjrown profitably at less than 80 cents per btwhel, nor late Peas at less than GO cents per bushel. The PeOgAlinvcs best in light, loamy soil ; the 
early and dwarf sorts demand rich ground. ""^ 
I.,andretlis> Extra Early rea.— Tn Landreth's Gardeu Seed Cataloguo of 1823. appeared the 
first notice of this now famous Pea, that year named and oirercil for the lir.sl time. The other early 
Peas of th.it date and which preceded it being the Einlv ( Iitu Hoii and Golden Hotspur, both now out of 
existence. The continued popularity of the I,audreihs' K.xtra Karly Pea for 71 years is remarkable 
among vegetables, few sorts having so long a cultivation. This fact proves its value, and \ve are safe iii asserting no Pea under anv name has ever surpassed 
it in quick maturity and excellence of quality. We sell (hese Peas put up in Ked Cloth Bng.s (wired and i«>ad-sealed) with «>ur Oell Ti ado-uiark, 
"f one bushel, halves, Quarters and eighths— no e.vtra charge for b.ags— and in .sealed Carilboard Pai kagos of one pints and one-third pints, and in Flat 
Pa(!kets. We will sell tlieni in this form atone, introduced by us in the Autumn of 1.S78. to clieck the enormous frauds pr.icticed bv irresponsible parties, 
who alike injured the conscientious merchant, the consumer, and our.sclves liv palming upon the public as LANnRlCTHS' KX I RA KA RI.Y PEAS stock of 
which we had no knowledge and of doubtful quality at best. Purehasers of fjaiidreths' .Sealed Ked CaBs cm pliuit the contents with confidence, and 
rest satisfied to abide the result. flsSTAny Kxtra Early Peas olfered loose in hulk i\s Landretlis' are frnodnlent. It is -sal'c not to make uny u."cperiment3 in 
sowing a Pea which requires seven weeks of culture to prove its merits ; bettor stick to a certainty. Pkta. 6c. and lOc. ; per ijt. 30c. 
f^iaum sathmm—PoU—Guisante—1xi\tn—Havexrt. 
Three Quarts of Seed to loo Yards of Row. 
Two Bushels to the Acre. 
Earliest Sorts. 
No. 4284. 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
PATENT OFFICE. 
To wit: Be it rememliered. That on the seventh day of November, Anno Domini 1884, Oliver Landretli. of Phihidelphia, Pennsylvania, deposited in 
•-his office for registration a Label, of which the following "is the title : 
••LANDRETHS' EXTRA EARLY PEAS." 
The right whereof bo claims a^ sole proprietor, in conformity with the law of the United States entitled " An Kct. to amend the law relating to Patents. 
Trade marks and Cojivrights," approved June 18, 1871. 
In ter,timony whereof I have caused llie seal of the Commissioner of Patents to be hereunto affixed this ninth day of December, 1884, and 
of the Independeiice of the United States, the one hundred and ninth. 
Given under my hand at Wjishingtoii, D. C. The foregoing is a copv of the record, and attached hereto is a copy of said Label. 
1?ENJ. fiUTTKKWORTH, t'omwiJSS/onero/Pa/t.vi?.s. 
Landretbs' new book on market gardening advises us that in the Northern and Middle States the season for sowins seeds in tlie 
open air may be indicated by the blooming of well-known .shrubs and trees, though seedings may l>e made wifh profit both belore and 
after the.se periods, as it ia a safe rule in gardening to divide the risks. When the peach blooms sow those seeds which will resist a 
Wild soil and a slight frost, as peas, spinach, onion. When the oak bursts its leaf-buds sow beet, carrot, celery, lettuce, parsnip, salsify, 
tomato, turnip. When the blackberry blooms sow the bean, corn, cucumber, canUloupe, watermelon, pumpkin, squash, okra.—ific/ti^an 
Farmer.^ March 18, 1893. 
If you want varieties of seed NOT kept by your merchant he can get ►hem for you or you can write to us. 
