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PEAS 
One quart ■will plant 100 feet of drill. 
Culture. Peas mature earliest in a 
light, rich soil. For general crop use a 
rich, deep loam, or Inclining to clay Is 
best. When grown in garden, sow in 
double rows G to 8 inches apart; the 
rows 2 to 4 feet apart, and tall ones 
qulring brush. Commence sowing the 
extra early varieties as early as the 
ground can be worked in February or 
March; continue for a succession every 
two weeks until June, then discontinue 
until the middle of August, when a good 
crop may be secured by sowing the ex- 
tra early and early sorts for fall use. They should be 
kept clean and earthed up twice during the growth. The 
wr*inkled varieties are not as hardy as the small round 
sort, and if planted early should have a dry soil, or they 
are liable to rot in the ground; they are, however, the 
sweetest and best davored varieties. The dwarf vane- 
tics ar© bsst suited for srns-ll gardens. 
CRASITS. To eat Gradus Peas is to enjoy all the lus- 
cious sweetness and rich flavor, combined with melt- 
ins tenderness of the finest butter you can imagine. 
Gradus is the greatest of the ivrinklcd pea varieties; 
it is large and handsome as well as delicious. A table 
luxury Ind delight which retains its attractiveness, 
beautiful color and fine appearance after being cooked. 
It is the most popular of all the extra early wrinkled 
peas. IH. 35 cts.; qt. 70 cts. 
T-WT'R.A EARIiV AI.ASKA. The earliest of all smooth 
^?*n peas, having the best color when shelled and the 
best quality when cooked. The dark green color of 
the pods make it extremely desirable, as it can be 
carried long distances without losing its color, which 
quality, combined with its earliness and uniformity of 
ripening, make it one of the best extra early peas for 
, truckers and market gardeners. Pt. 25 cts.; qt. 50 cts. 
THOMAS I.AXTON EXTRA EAREY. An extra-early 
wrinkled marrow of excellent quality, and a -valuable 
addition to the very early varieties. It is three feet 
high and somewhat more vigorous in habit than Ptos- 
ne?itv The pods are medium to large, blunt-endcd and 
.. . L "marrow” flavor. Its strong vine and heavy 
filled to the tip with large Peas of „ early crop in the private garden. It may 
cropping character make it very suitable tor an Prosperity. If sown together, 
be used to great advantage as an f as the crop of Prosperity is diminishing. 
Thomas I^axton will be in full production just as me ciup 
Pt. 30 cts.; qt. 70 cts. — 
fEEEFHOHE. A wrinkled variety of very robust habU and 
a great bearer. A single vine produces from 8 to 10 un- 
usually long, well-filled pods of largest size, containing 10 
to 11 peas. It is very productive, of fine flavor and an 
excellent table variety; height, about 4 feet. Pt. 2b cts. 
MFROVED STRATAGEM. The pods are of immense size 
and uniformly filled with very large dark green peas o^ 
the finest quality. All the good qualities of the old Strata- 
gem are highly developed, and it is 1°, . 
now generally sold as Stratagem. Vine medium height, but 
very stocky, with very broad, light green 
ing an abundance of large, handsome pods. I t. oo cts.. 
qt. 70 cts. 
UVIEEK PEAS. Exceptionally fine podded Extra Early; very 
prolilic. Pt. 25 cts.; qt. 60 cts. 
I^HAMPION OP ENGLAND. A well-known Standard sort; 
sow thickly. Pt. 25 cts.; qt. 50 cts. 
PEAS, EDIBLE — Podded or Sugar 
BDIBLE-PODDED PEA, GIANT “SUGAR-SWORD.” The 
vines are most vigorous in growth, attaining a height of b 
to 7 feet, hriinchhig freely; when given sufficient support, 
thev present a striking sight covered with the violet uowers 
and* thick fleshv pods in varying stages of development, ihe 
sword-shaped ‘pods are truly gigantic in size, measuring b 
to 7 inches in length by 1 to inches in breadth. The pods 
are extremely crisp and “full.” as if blown up with wind. 
They are surpassingly delicious in flavor. Used either as a 
salad or broken and boiled like siring beans and s^wed with 
butter sauce, they make “a dish Ot for a king! Pt. 40 cts. 
Add 10 cents per quart for postage. 
Gradus Peas. 
Extra-Early 
Alaska Peas. 
