Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide 
SECTION I. ; or EARLIEST VARIETIES. 
Height 
in feet. 
American Wonder — A well-known early variety, com- 
pact in habit, good for forcing, must have good well 
prepared soil ; green wrinkled 1 
Daniel O’Rourke — A well-known kind 3 
Dillestone’s Early — A good cropping early variety ... 3 
Dr. Hogg — An early wrinkled Marrow, possessing the 
flavour of some of the late varieties 3J 
Early Sunrise — A first-rate white wrinkled Marrow, suit- 
able for sowing late or early ; fine flavour 2J 
First and Best — One of the best for early sowing ... 3 
Kentish Invieta — The earliest blue Pea in cultivation, 
with handsome, well-filled pods 3 
Lightning — The earliest of all white round Peas; a good 
cropper 3 
Ringleader, or First Crop— Very early, hardy, and 
productive 
Per qt. 
8. d. 
2 0 
X 0 
1 0 
2 0 
1 9 
1 0 
1 0 
1 6 
1 3 
Sangster’s No. 1, Improved — A very early variety, 
ready for gathering about a week earlier than the old 
variety of Saugster’s No. 1 3 13 
William the First — A remarkably fine early Pea, most 
productive ; rich, sweet flavour 3£ 19 
We can also supply the following varieties:— 
Blue Chinese. I Climax. I Exonian. 
Chelsea Gem. | Earliest of All. | Wm. Hurst. 
We invite our Customers to write to us -for Special Prices when requiring larger quantities than 
offered here, but more especially of Beans, Cabbage, Onion, Peas, Spinach, and Turnips. 
SECTION II. ; or, SECOND EARLY VARIETIES. 
Height Per qt. 
are 
in feet. 
Advancer — Green wrinkled Marrow; abundant bearer ... 3 
Champion Of England — One of the most useful Peas, and 
can be relied’ on. It is hard to beat, very prolific, con- 
tinuous bearer, and does best in light soils ... ... 5 
Colossus. — A sefcond early wrinkled Pea, with very long 
well-filled pods of a light green colour, many containing 
12 large peas of the finest flavour ; a great cropper 
in sealed 4-pint packets 2/0 5 
Hundredfold, or Cook’s Favourite— A sure and heavy 
cropper ; capital flavour 4 
Laxton’S Alpha — A fine early Marrow Pea, haulm com- 
pletely covered with well-filled pods 2J 
Laxton’s Fillbasket— A very prolific Pea, the pods long, 
curved, and closely filled; a deep green colour; suitable 
for exhibition 3 
Laxton’s Supreme — An excellent variety, with long pods ; 
grown extensively by market gardeners 4 
McLean’S Little Gem — An early dwarf wrinkled Marrow, 
requiring no sticks; maybe sown for late as well as early 
crops 1 
Prince Of Wales — A first- class white wrinkled Pea of 
excellent flavour; good cropper 3 
Prizetaker — Very prolific Pea, of a fine green colour ... 4 
Sharpe’s Queen— A blue wrinkled Marrow of sturdy 
branching habit. The pods are long, slightly curved, 
neat, and packing close ; the Peas are of full average 
size, seven to eight in a pod ; deep green, and of a delicious 
flavour , 24 
Shropshire Hero. — A second-early dwarf wrinkled Pea, 
robust and productive. First-Class Certificate Royal 
Horticultural Society ... 
Stratagem — A dwarf wrinkled variety of robust habit, with 
immense pods, containing 8 to 10 rich flavoured peas ... 2 
The Stanley — Large, well-filled pod, dwarf stocky vine, 
and needs no sticking. It is very sweet, inheriting from 
both parents — American Wonder and Telephone — their 
delicacy of flavour. In rich soil it grows about 18 inches 
high. They mature very evenly, so that almost the entire 
crop can be taken at one picking ... ... ... 14 
Victor . — Pods produced in pairs, each containing on an 
average six to seven large peas of the finest flavour ... 2J 
s. d. 
1 6 
1 3 
1 G 
1 6 
1 G 
1 4 
1 9 
2 6 
2 0 
2 0 
3 0 
THE STANLEY. Height 
in feet. 
Walker’s Perpetual Bearer— Of robust habit, a great 
cropper and continuous bearer, resisting the mildew 
renders it very valuable as a late variety ; should be sown 
very thinly 3 
William the Conqueror — A first-rate second early blue 
Marrow, coming into use about the same time as William 
the First. Dark green pods, well filled. The best Pea 
for market gardeners 5 
Yorkshire Hero — A superior wrinkled variety, compact 
habit, dark green foliage, flavour good ... 2J 
We can also supply the following varieties :— 
Per qt. 
s. d. 
1 9 
1 G 
1 6 
Abundance 
Criterion 
Dickson’s Favourite 
Gladiator 
Huntingdonian 
McLean’s Wonderful 
Prodigy 
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