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GREAT NORTHERN SEED CO., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS—BEST QUALITY SEEDS 
Prince Edward or Prodigious 
PEAS 
Continued 
These Seeds are Bred for Disease-Resistant Qualities 
Mammoth Luscious Sugar 
The Finest Edible Podded Pea. Vines Rather Dwarf for This Class of 
Peas, But Pods Are Larger and Well Filled. 
These peas are not shelled, but are eaten like snap beans; the pods 
are stringless and are unexcelled in flavor, brittleness and sweetness. 
The vines grow medium tall, the pods are short and broad and are 
produced continuously for a long period in the greatest abundance. 
2 oz. Pkt. 10c; V 2 lb. 23c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 72c, postpaid. 
Alderman or Improved Telephone 
Highly Bred Main Crop Sweet Wrinkled Peas. 
The vines grow nearly 4 feet high, are dark green, vigorous and 
exceedingly productive. Pods are very large, long, dark green. They 
appear a little later than those of Carter’s Telephone, but are larger, 
often measuring 5 inches and over. The Peas are of the largest size, 
and of unsurpassed quality. Pkt. 8 c; V 2 20c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c, 
postpaid. 
Melting Sugar Pea—Edible Pods 
Pods as Well as the Peas Are Eaten. Same as Green Beans. Good 
Size; Fine Yielder; Wonderful Quality and Very Sweet and Tender. 
An excellent edible podded Pea with large sized pods, of delicious 
quality. Pods are very large, sweet, smooth, extremely tender, so 
brittle that they snap, absolutely without any string and of the most 
delicious flavor. Vines are tall, about five feet high, and do better if 
supported. Pkt. 8 c; Vz lb. 23c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 72c, postpaid. 
Prince Edward or Prodigious 
The Giant of the Pea Family. Unrivalled in Quality and Productiveness. 
This is the largest garden Pea we grow. It is truly the giant of the 
Pea family and is unsurpassed for exhibition purposes. The vines grow 
about 4 feet in height, are of vigorous and robust habit and have dark 
green foliage and pods. The pods are produced in pairs and in great 
profusion. They attain the extraordinary length of 5 % inches and up¬ 
wards and are closely packed with 11 to 13 large, dark green Peas of 
delicious quality. Pkt. 8 c; V 2 lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c, postpaid. 
PEANUTS 
Our Peanuts Are Grown for Seed Purposes Only and Are the Finest 
That Can Be Grown. 
Peanuts have always been an important farm crop in this country; 
millions of acres have been planted with them in the southern states, 
butjiow that their great value for producing oil and oil-cake is being 
better realized,, a much larger acreage will be grown with them. Last 
year about a hundred million bushels of Peanuts have been ground up 
by oil mills for oil and oil-cake, while a few years ago none had been 
used. A ton of Peanuts in pods produces 80 gallons of sweet oil and 
also 750 pounds of feeding cake. This oil and cake are superior to 
that from cotton seed. Peanut oil is fully equal to olive oil and Peanut 
meal makes hard hog-flesh. The Peanut Family contain a larger per¬ 
centage of oil than the other legumes and are wanted by the oil mills 
who now pay a higher price for a bushel of them than for cotton seed. 
In the South, especially on a sandy land. Peanuts will supplant cotton 
as a money crop, being more profitable. The cultivation of this crop 
is also every year extending farther north, and on suitable soil in the 
northern states Peanuts will make a profitable crop for stock feed 
where Indian Corn thrives and with a season of only four months free 
from frost. 
Plant in rows 2 % to 3 feet apart and 6 to 8 inches apart in the rows. 
The Seed Peanuts are planted either shelled or in pods, using 1 peck 
of shelled or 2 bushels in pods per acre. The pods may also be broken 
in 2 parts, soaked in water and then planted at once. The larger 
varieties are mostly planted shelled at the rate of bushel per acre. 
Planting must not be done until the weather is warm. Cultivate until 
they begin to form pods. When they mature pull them up, turning the 
roots to the sun. In bright weather they will be cured in 24 hours. 
They must be pulled before frost. 
New Early Long Pod Bush Peanut 
forage for stock. Will ripen even as far north as Canada. Hundreds 
of our young friends reported a wonderful crop the past season. The 
standard variety for roasting. Postpaid, pkt. 8 c; 1/4 lb. 15c; V 2 lb. 25c; 
lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 5 lbs. $1.30. By Express, not prepaid, 5 lb. $1.00; 
10 lb. $1.90. 
New Early Long Pod Bush' 
Originated by one of the best Peanut growers in the South and is 
certainly a distinct improvement in appearance over any Southern 
variety now in use. Will do well on most all kinds of soil, and fill out 
better than any other large variety. Can be pulled up with the vine 
same as the old Spanish Peanuts. The distinct long pods grow close 
and are well filled, containing 3 to 4 nuts to each pod. Very produc¬ 
tive and of a mild, sweet flavor. Well adapted for stock feeding. 
Postpaid, pkt. 8 c; 1/4 lb. 15c; 1/2 lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 5 lbs. 
$1.30. By Express, not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.00; 10 lbs. $1.90. 
New Mammoth Virginia 
New Dixie Giant 
The Jumbo of the Peanut family; owing to its extremely large size 
and handsome appearance is very desirable in every market, always 
bringing fancy prices. Plants grow about 18 inches high, with heavy, 
erect stalks and large leaves, fruits near the tap root. Can be planted 
close together, thus producing a large yield, and are more easily 
cultivated than the running varieties. The pods fill out well, 
forming few. if any pops. Should yield a gallon of nuts to 
one kernel planted. Postpaid, Pkt. 8c; Vi lb. 15c; 1/2 lb. 25c; lb. 
35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 5 lbs. $1.30. By Express, not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.00; 
10 lbs. $1.90. 
Spanish Peanut 
The earliest variety grown; maturing in about 100 days; in 
some parts of the South two crops are raised in a year. Plants 
upright, with abundant and heavy foliage; the. pods cluster at 
their base. Pods are small but well filled with nuts of sweeter 
and finer flavor than the larger sorjs. The yield is on an aver¬ 
age from 50 to 60 bushels of nuts and a ton of hay per acre, 
but frequently 100 bushels of nuts have been harvested. Can 
be cultivated with the plow. Because of its earliness, easy cul¬ 
tivation and great productiveness it is the best variety for farm 
use, for fattening hogs and other stock. In harvesting, the 
nuts hang to the vine and tops and nuts are fed together as 
a complete hay and grain ration. This variety has also a com¬ 
mercial value over that for feeding; it is the kind mostly used 
for Peanut candy and salted Peanuts and is also the best for 
oil, containing 10 per cent more oil than others. Postpaid, pkt. 
8c; V 4 lb. 15c; V 2 lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 5 lbs. $1.30. By 
Express, not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.00; 10 lbs. $1.90. 
This Mammoth Virginia Peanut is more profitable and desirable than 
the common spreading kind, because more productive, earlier, yields 
fewer imperfect pods and is more easily cultivated and harvested, hav¬ 
ing very erect stems and upright foliage. The vines make valuable 
New Mammoth Bush Peanut 
Spanish Peanut 
Sec pages 2 and 3 for lower price on large quantities 
