VEGETABLE SEEDS 
GARDEN PEAS. 
CuLTlVAllON. — I’eas do well in any good garden soil, but thrive best in ground deeply trenched and manured or a previous 
crop. Sow about an inch and a-half deep in double rows 6 or 8 inches apart. It is also a good plan to sow in trenches wide ap.irt, 
with some other crop between ; by this means both sides of the rows get the full advantage of light and air, while the trenches are 
convenient for watering in dry seasons. They should be kept clean from weeds and earthed up twice in their growth. The height 
to which peas will grow in a great measure depends on the richness of the soil and the wetness of the season. The large wrinkled 
varieties are the sweetest and most delicately flavoured, but are not so hardy as the dwarf sorts, and therefore not so well adapted 
for small gardens. Those growing 3 feet high should not be nearer each other than 3 or 4 feet, and have stakes or bush for support. 
For an early crop a sowing of the Earliest varieties may be made in November, December, and January — they are hardy, and frost 
will not harm them. Sowings of Second Early varieties may be made in February, and the main crops in succession from March to 
the end of May. Late sowings for Autumn crops may be made, according to the season, until the early part of July. Petis should 
be gathered as fast as they become fit for use. 
Earliest Varieties. 
Per quart — 
COOLING’S FIRST EARLY, a cai-e. 
fill selection from Earliest of All; 
it is ready quite 3 or 4 days before 
that variety, and produces longer 
and better filled pods ; we offer it 
with every confidence as the best 
and ino.st prolific fir.st early round 
variety with which we are ac- 
quainted 24 ft. 
COOLING’S EARLY MARKET, an 
early wrinkled Pea, which quickly 
follows the preceding variety. It 
grows about 18 inches high, and is 
far superior to all varieties of the 
American Wonder type. It is 
hardy and very productive ; highly 
recommended ... 
THE LAXTONIAN. The raisers 
say this is the finest early Pea yet 
introduced ; it is x'eady for gather- 
ing several days 
before Gradus, it iLlll'mifl 
has a true marrowfat flavour, 
pods very large and, if anything, 
larger t^ian that well - known 
variety ...18 in., per J-pint pkt. 1/(5 
CHELSEA GEM, an etirly wrinkled 
variety of superior quality, as early 
as American Wonder, but a much 
larger cropper 1 ft. 
gradus, a large podded first early 
wrinkled marrow of great merit; 
produces deep green coloured pods 
' filled 
which are as large and well 
as Duke of A Ibany 
3 ft. 
IDEAL (Sutton), a good first early 
marrowfat, very superior flavour, 
one of the best of the taller first 
crop varieties ... ... ... 3 ft. 
SUTTON’S SEEDLING MAR- 
ROWFAT, a very excellent dwarf 
Pea, ready to gather at same tin:e 
as American Wo7ider or Willia^n 
the Fh'st, very large pods .. I ft. 
s. d. 
2 0 
2 0 
2 I) 
2 (I 
2 (5 
2 fi 
Cooling’s First Early— The best Pea for first sowings. 
