COUNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA 
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Little Marvel 
De Giorgi’s Model 
Garden Peas 
CULTURE—3 pts. or 3 lbs. for 100 feet of row. 3 bushels for 1 acre. 
EARLY VARIETIES—Plant as early In the spring as the ground is thawed 
out to the depth of about 3 inches, sow by hand very thickly in a trench about 
2 inches deep. 
Peas properly sown lay in the trench at places so thick as to touch one an¬ 
other and of course in some places they will be an inch or two apart, in other 
words, you cannot sow them evenly by hand. The idea is to sow as thick as to 
have the vines close together so that they'will hold each other erect. This does 
away with support and the pods will be kept off the ground. Many gardeners 
have been very stingy with the seed, they planted way too thin. The results of 
thin planting are: The vines since they are wide apart cannot support each other 
and the first rain that comes beats them down and they lay in the mud, the pods 
start to rot and half the crop is lost. To pick the pods from such planting is no 
pleasure. To sow thickly as we are advising y»u is the only profitable method. 
It will insure a heavy crop and the job of picking will be an easy one. 
LATE PEAS—These can be planted at any time from March 15th up to May 
1st. The method of culture is the same as given for early peas but long vined 
varieties like Telephone and others must be supported by trellis or brush. Peas 
do well on most any soil, but low and excessively rich ground should be avoided 
as on such ground the crop has a tendency to grow rank vines but not pods. 
SMOOTH AND WRINKLED VARIETIES—Seed of some sorts of peas is 
smooth and others wrinkled. You have been at all times advised not to plant 
the wrinkled sort as early as the smooth seeded. In our experience we find that 
the wrinkled sorts can be planted just as early as the smooth seeded without any 
injury. 
WELCOME PEA 
Welcome is a new pea that produces pods fully as large as those of Laxtonian, ten 
days earlier. See description on page 3. 
DE GIORGI’S MODEL PEA 
BIG PODS—EXTRA EARLY—EVERBEARING 
Wonderful extra early pea, ready in 50 days from date of planting, yielding an enor¬ 
mous crop of dark green pods 4 inches long, fairly broad pointed, containing 8 to 9 large 
dark green peas, tender and sweet. The vines are short, not over 18 inches. Unlike other 
peas MODEL can be planted for succession of crops throughout the entire season as it 
bears even in hot weather. From one planting you will harvest two full crops of pods. 
When you pick the first crop, your vines will cover themselves again with bloom and 
produce another crop. And under good cultivation MODEL produces three crops from one 
planting. De Giorgi’s Model is one of the best extra early, large podded peas we know of, 
sure to pay you handsomely. 1 lb. 30c, prepaid; 10 lbs. $2.00; 25 lbs. or over at IT cents per 
lb. F. O. B. 
LAXTONIAN PEA 
LARGE PODS—VERY EARLY 
The vines are of sturdy, vigorous and healthy growth, with deep green leaves, 
grow only 1G to 18 inches high, require no supports of any kind, bear in prodigal abun¬ 
dance from top to bottom of vines, large dark green plump pods which contain 8 to 10 
delicious Peas of double the size of any other early Pea. Laxtonian has pods as 
large and the seeds are of such high superlative quality that thev fully equal the best 
main crop Marrowfat variety. Hardy and very early. Pkt. 10c; % lb. 18c; 1 lb. 35c, pre¬ 
paid. 10 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $17.00, not prepaid. 
LITTLE MARVEL PEA 
A MARVEL OF PRODUCTIVENESS 
It is a great improvement over American Wonder, having larger pods which contain 
usually two or more peas to the pod. The pods are of deep green color, a feature of great 
importance, filled almost to bursting with luscious, sugary, large and better peas, frequently 
borne in pairs. The vines are of uniformly even growth, averaging 15 inches in height, 
the pods average 3% inches in length and are square at the ends, remaining in prime 
condition for a week longer than those of either American Wonder or Nott’s Excelsior. 
Pkt. 10c; % lb. 18c; 1 lb. 35c, prepaid. 10 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. $18.00, not prepaid. 
ALASKA PEA 
Nearly identical with First of All. Seed round, not wrinkled, of bluish green 
color. Absolutely unsurpassed in earliness. Pods are 2% to 3 inches long, filled with 
medium sized, beautiful bright green Peas. A first class shipper. Our Alaska Pea is 
early, has long pods, and is as pure as skill and patience can make it. You can buy 
Alaska Peas for a lower price than we ask, but in the end you will find that it does not 
pay to buy the low priced seed. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c, prepaid. 10 lbs. $1.20, 100 lbs. $14.00. 
DWARF TELEPHONE—A medium early Pea with large pods holding from 7 to 9 peas 
of fine quality. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c, prepaid. 10 lbs. $1.'80; 100 lbs. $15.00. 
GRADUS—An early variety bearing on vines 3 feet tall, handsome pods about 4 inches 
long of light green color. The pods are frequently not well filled. This is the nature of 
this pea and has nothing to do with the quality of the seed. Pkt. 10c; V, lb. 20c; lb. 30c, 
prepaid. 10 lbs. $1.90; 100 lbs. $16.00. 
POTLACH OR BIG DINNER PEA 
The vines are vigorous and strong, of even growth, 20 to 24 inches in length, with 
luxuriant dark green foliage, bearing pods of rich green color which average 4 inches 
in length and are filled to bursting with 9 to 11 luscious, sugary Peas of finest flavor 
and best quality. The pods are quite broad, pointed at the ends and usually borne in pairs. 
No other variety will produce more pods, and no pods could shell out better. In season 
it is quite early, pods being fit for table use in about sixty days after planting. The Potlach 
is a variety of great merit. Pkt. 10c; % lb. 15c; lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $1.90; 100 lbs. $16.00, not » 
prepaid. 
FINE HEAVY ENDIVE 
is Italian Red Rib variety. We supply quantities of seed to many large growers. The 
fact that their orders come to us year after year, proves that Red Rib is a paying variety 
to grow. 
PRICES: FOR PEAS IN LOTS OF 10, 25, AND 100 LBS.. \ RE F. O B. COUNCIL BLUFFS 
We sell 5 pounds at 10 pound rate, 25 pound* or ®vei at 100 pound* rate. 
