SELECT GENERAL LIST OP VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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PEAS. 
EARLIEST SORTS. 
Per qt.— s. d. 
ADVANCER. (Maclean’s), a green wrinkled Marrow, very prolific and of 'excellent 
flavour 2i ft. 1 G 
ALPHA (Laxton's), an early and productive variety 31 ft. 2 0 
DANIEL O’ROURKE or SANGSTER’S No. 1, a well-known early variety . . 3 ft. 0 10 
FIRST CROP (Carter's), identical with Sutton's Ringleader, and the earliest variety 
grown . . . ; 2J ft. 1 6 
FIRST AND BEST EARLY (Dickson's) very early, hardy and productive . . . 3 ft. 1 6 
KENTISH INV'ICTA (Basle’s), a blue round early variety 2 ft. 1 6 
LITTLE GEM (Maclean's), a blue wrinkled Marrow, excellent quality . . . . 1 ft. 1 6 
PERFECTION ( Taber’s ) a better Cropping Pea than Sangster's No. 1, but a few days 
later 3 ft. 1 3 
SUPREME (Laxton’s), a green Marrow of excellent quality 41 ft. 1 6 
WILLIAM THE 1st (Laxton’s) vide page 39 . 3 ft. 2 0 
SECOND EARLY VARIETIES. 
CHAMPION OP PARIS or PARADISE MARROW, very prolific long-podded Pea . 4 ft. 1 0 
CLIMAX or NAPOLEON, blue, wrinkled, excellent flavour 3 ft. 1 0 
DICKSON’S FAVOURITE or AUVERGNE, a well-known productive sort. . . 5 ft. 0 1 0 
DR. MACLEAN (Turner’s), vide page 39 3J ft. 3 0 
DWARF LONG PODDED (Bishop's), a good cropper, and very useful for small 
gardens . . . . 2 ft. 1 0 
ESSEX RIVAL (Bley’s), very productive and fine flavoured 3 ft. 1 0 
PRIZETAKER or IMPROVED GREEN MARROW, a well-known prolific sort . 5 ft. 1 0 
QUALITY (Laxton's), a fine second early wrinkled variety . . . . . 3 ft. 1 0 
SUPERLATIVE (Laxton's), vide page 39. 
GENERAL CROPS. 
BEST OF ALL (Maclean’s), vide page 39 3 ft. 2 0 
CHAMPION OF ENGLAND, one of the best Peas in cultivation . . . . 5 ft. 1 3 
HUNDREDFOLD, a fine late variety . • • . . 4 ft. 1 6 
HUNTINGDONIAN, a good cropper, fine flavoured 4 ft. 2 0 
PERFECTION (Vcitch’s), one of the best wrinkled Marrow Peas in cultivation, habit 
robust, an abundant cropper ; peas large and of excellent flavour . . . . 3 ft. 1 3 
PRINCESS ROYAL ( Maclean's ), a free bearing smooth white variety, of fine flavour . 3 ft. 1 0 
WATERLOO or VICTORIA MARROW, a prolific branching variety, of fine flavour . 6 ft. 1 0 
WONDERFUL (Maclean's), very prolific, of excellent quality 3 ft. 1 6 
LATE VARIETIES. 
BRITISH QUEEN, a well-known variety, very prolific, delicious flavour . . 6 ft. 16 
HAIRS’ DWARF MAMMOTH, strong branching variety, free bearer, fine flavour 2J ft. 1 6 
NE PLUS ULTRA, a first-class wrinkled Marrow, prolific, and excellent flavour . G ft. 1 6 
PREMIER (Maclean’s), a first-class wrinkled variety 3J ft. 1 6 
TALL GREEN MARROW (Knight's), a very sweet fine flavoured variety . . 6 ft. 13 
TALL GREEN MAMMOTH or KING OF MARROWS, very prolific . . . 6 ft. 16 
Sow end of January, a/nd for a regular succession during summer and autumn, sow every three weeks 
up to the end of June. The late wrinkled varieties should be soion during April and May. When the 
plants are about 3 inches high, the soil should be drawn against them on both sides. 1 he distance 
between the roves is generally regulated by the extent of ground at disposal, the earlier varieties 4 feet, 
and the late and tall kinds not less than 6 feet apart, so that both sides oj the row may have full benefit of 
light and air. 
