CARTERS TESTED SEEDS— BOSTON, NEW YORK, TORONTO 
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Cultural Hints. — The smooth round- 
'■ seeded extra early varieties of Peas are 
generally the first to be sown in spring, and should be sown as 
soon as the ground is fit to be worked. The wrinkled sorts are 
not so hardy, and should not be planted before the ground has 
warmed up a little. The tall varieties require brush or other 
suitable support, but by selecting sorts that do not grow over 2 ft. 
the necessity of providing brush may be eliminated. A careful 
selection of varieties and a frequent planting for succession will 
insure a continuous crop of peas from June until the early frosts. 
The seed should be sown in rows 3 ft. apart and 3 in. deep, 
and should be planted at the rate of 1 qt. of the smoother 
sorts to 100 ft. of drill and 1 qt. of the wrinkled varieties to 80 
running feet. The taller sorts may be planted in double drills 
and brush placed between for a support. For best results all 
garden peas require good, fertile soil and abundant moisture. 
Much success has been attained by the use of only the very earliest 
dwarf peas by making plantings ten days apart from early spring 
until the last of July. 
Note. — W hen ordering Peas to be sent by mail add postage at 
zone rates. Average weight, 1 pt. equals 1 lb.; 1 qt. equals 2 lb. 
GARDEN 
EARLIEST GARDEN PEAS. 
No. 
Carters Eight Weeks ( Green Round 
Jit. 1 ]4, ft.) — This is the Earliest 
Dwarf Pea in the World, proved 
not only from our own trials, but 
from the expert reports we receive 
from time to time. A very hardy 
" Marrowfat, possessing all the good points of the best type American 
Wonder, which was one of its parents. As both a forcing and an 
early border variety it has become a boon to gardeners whose 
demands are heavy early in the season. 
Award of Merit 
R. H. S. 
Carters Early Duke ( Wrinkled Mar- 
rowfot. Ht. 3 ft.). — A new and abso- 
lutely distinct first early. This unique 
variety, selected from a cross between 
Blue Express and Duke of Albany, 
is offered after several seasons’ tests 
both at Raynes Park, and the grounds of the loading growers 
throughout the country. For quality it is unequalled, the foliage 
and pods being of an exceptionally deep rich green, being fit to pick 
about the same time as Carters Early Morn. 
Award of Merit, 
R. H. S. 
Carters Snowdrop ( Wrinkled Mar- 
row/at. Ht. 4 ft.). — Award of Merit, 
R.Ii'.S. A cross between Early Morn 
and Express. This first early Pea can 
best be described as an early Ne Plus 
Ultra, having pods similar in shape and 
colour to that variety. It is a few days later than our Early 
Morn, growing rather taller. 
Price . . . . 3 'i pint. pint. pint. quart. 
.20 .30 .50 .90 
No. 
874 Carters Giant Lightning ( White Round. Ht. 3 to 4 ft.) — 
The new large-podded early white round Pea; hardy. 
8S4 Carters American Wonder, Re-selected ( Wrinkled Marrowfat. 
Ht. 1J6 ft.). An early dwarf Marrow. Our stock of this variety 
is highly selected, and is in every way far superior to the older 
stock, having pods nearly as large again; handsome in appearance 
with Peas of very fine flavour. 
885 The Pilot, Carters Re-selected) (Round Seeded. Ht. 3 ft.) — 
This well-known variety has been carefully selected by us, and is 
without question the most perfect stock on the market; it pro- 
duces large, well-filled deep-coloured pods, the size of Gradus. 
888 Gradus or Prosperity. — Wrinkled marrow fat, height 4 ft. An 
early large podded Pea with large deep green pods, well filled 
with Peas of good size and fine flavour. 
902 Earliest of All or Alaska (Blue Round. Ht. 2 ft.). — A well- 
known extrt^ early round blue Pea, which produces Peas in great 
quantity. The seed can be planted as soon as the ground is fit to 
work in spring time. 
Award of Merit, 
R. H. S. 
912 Notts Excelsior (Wrinkled, Ht. 1J6 ft.) — An improved type ot 
Little Gem, being as early and pods decidedly larger, and con- 
taining 7 to 9 large solid Peas of fine quality. 
913 Excelsior, Carters Dwarf Improved (Wrinkled. Ht. ft.). — 
Very early and prolific, producing an abundance of broad pods 
well filled with Peas of an unsurpassed flavour. This sort can be 
planted without fear at the same time as the smooth round varie- 
ties. The haulm is very stout. This is a very fine all-round Pea for 
any garden. 
Price pint. pint. pint. quart 
.15 .25 .45 .80 
f ‘ Please order Carters Tested Seeds by Catalogue 
Number and Price 
Carters Early Morn (see Photo- 
graph) (Wrinkled Marrowfat. Ht. 
3 ft.). — A Superb First Early. 
This grand introduction maintains 
its. position as one of the best early 
Marrowfat Peas ever raised. Al- 
though very early, the seed should not be sown until the soil is in a 
fit state to receive it, as it is a rapid grower. The pods are^very 
large and well filled, and are often ready to pick during June. 
876 Laxtonlan, Carters Re-selected (Wrinkled Marrowfat. • Ht. 
1% ft.). — This fine new Pea has been highly selected by us, and 
the stock we now offer is saved from deep-green giant-podded 
plants only. It is very early, closely following Eight Weeks. 
Its deep-green pods are long and curved, and of most excellent 
flavour; an excellent forcing Pea. 
875 ' 
Award of Merit 
R. H. S. 
Price . . . . pint. H pint. pint. 
.20 .30 .50 
quart 
.80 
quart. 
.90 
