Holmes Seed Company, Harrishurg, Pa. 



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PEAS 



Extra- 

 Early 

 Varieties 



One quart will plant 

 100 feet of drill ; IK 

 bus. for an acre. 



OULTUUE. - When 

 grown for market, sow 

 in single rows 1 inch 

 apart and S to S inches 

 deep, the rows from 2 to 

 4 feet apart, according 

 to variety, Wlven grown 

 in garden, sow in douMe 

 rows 6 to 8 inches apart; 

 tall sorts require "brush. 

 JSegin sowing the extra- 

 early varieties as soon 

 as the ground can he 

 worked in February and 

 March; continue for, a 

 succession every two 

 weeks until June. 



Holmes' 

 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 tinder 

 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 feet high, bearing abundantly. Market-rgardeners, 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. 43 

 cts., postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.25, bus. $4.7S, 

 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 unifoi-mly large pods, measur- 

 ing 4 to 4>2 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 sufacient 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 wei-e so fine. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 

 cts., by mall, postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.25, pk* 

 $2.25, bus. $8. 



THOMAS LAXTON 



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. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 30 cts., 

 4 qts. $1.10, pk. $2.00, bus. $7.00, 



See General List of Vegetable Seeds, pages 33 to 48 for other varieties 



