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DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO 
SOUTHERN TABLE PEAS 
Southern Table Peas or edible Cow Peas resemble bush 
beans in growth, requiring same culture and being prepared 
for the table same as beans. The dried seeds are highly 
prized by many, either boiled, baked or in soups. These peas 
produce immense quantities of pods which are much longer 
i ban those of beans, the pods are straight, round and packed 
with as many as 21 luscious, sugary peas, very tasty and 
nourishing. You’ll like these, just try them once. 
EXTEA EARLY BLACK EYE— Ready in 65 days from date 
of planting, bearing a heavy crop of fine, long, straight, well- 
filled pods. Popular market variety because early. Pkt. 10c; 
lb. 30c, prepaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs. $1.60. 
CREAM CROWDER —Almost as early as the proceeding va¬ 
riety, pods extra long, large and heavy. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c, 
prepaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs. $1.60. 
Welcome Pea 
NEW LEADER PEA 
Leader is the best pea of the Alaska type. About the 
same in earliness, has much larger pods and is a tremendous 
producer. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $1.7U; 100 lbs. $14.00. 
SUGAR DWARF GRAY SEEDED—This variety is used the 
same as snap beans, both pod and pea being eaten. The pods 
■are broad, and when young very sweet and tender. Pkt. 10c; 
y 2 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 40c, prepaid. 10 lbs. $2.00. 
WHICH PEA IS THE BEST? 
ABOUT PEAS—Market growers must plant only the highly de¬ 
veloped new varieties, in order to stay on the right side of the ledger. 
These are: For the earliest crop WELCOME, a large podded pea 
with pods not very well filled out and of rather pale green color. 
Welcome makes a crop days ahead of even the finest strain of 
Alaska, and no other pea will show the grower better profit. Mark, 
that we recommend Welcome ONLY for the earliest crop. To follow 
Welcome, Laxtonian or Model should be planted. Blue Bantam will 
be ready 4-5 days after Laxtonian and should be planted by every 
grower because the pods are extra large, well filled, dark green 
and of the very finest quality, so that Blue Bantam will sell even 
when the market is Hooded with peas. The best medium early pea is 
Potlach and for a late crop Chieftain is hard to beat. We would 
never touch such varieties as First and Best, Alaska, Gradus, etc. 
All these WERE fine varieties years ago and are a poor excuse for 
peas today. We list these varieties however because there are still 
calls for these “back numbers.” 
WHAT KEEPS PRICES DOWN? 
Inferior stocks. Too many gardeners bring to market vegetables, 
that really should never reach the market—poor in quality. Poor 
stuff is hard to sell, even for a low price. These producers of low 
grade vegetables stand on the market for hours, their vegetables are 
not moving, they lose patience and in the end sell to peddlers for 
whatever they can get. And they get mighty little. The peddlers 
then start on their routes, they cover the whole city, they sell to 
households. That kills the call for good stuff, for sale in the regular 
stores. The storekeeper cannot sell, because his customers are loaded 
with the cheap peddler’s stuff. What is to be done about it? Or¬ 
ganize, educate, preach quality. Grow less, save time, hard work 
and expenses, offer for sale only the very best. For high grade 
produce you will get good prices. 
We sell half pounds at pound rate, 5 lbs. or over 
at 10 lbs. rate, 25 lbs. or over at 100 lbs. rate. 
NEW PEA—CHIEFTAIN 
Chieftain Pea—(Starosta) leads all other peas, dwarf or 
tall, early or late, in 
size of pod and pro¬ 
ductiveness. The 
vines are truly bur¬ 
dened with large, 
broad, medium dark 
green pods, and ev¬ 
ery pod is well filled 
with extra large, 
tender, delicious 
sweet peas. It is the 
best and most profit¬ 
able pea to grow, to 
follow Gradus o r 
Laxtonian and rip¬ 
ens just a few days 
ahead of Telephone. 
The pods are very 
attractive in appear¬ 
ance, they are very 
broad and heavy, 
and soon fill the 
baskets. The vines 
are 2% feet tall, re¬ 
quiring no staking, 
very strong and 
sturdy of deep green 
color. The pods are 
from 4 y 2 to 6 inches 
long, and contain 
from 8 to 10 large, 
bright green peas. 
Chieftain is the 
largest podded pea 
that we have ever 
grown, and we have 
never seen so many 
pods on a vine, not 
even in the far north 
where the climate 
for the perfect de¬ 
velopment of peas is 
ideal. Chieftain can 
be justly called the 
Jumbo of the pea 
family and we rec¬ 
ommend it strongly 
as the best main 
crop variety to all, 
and especially t o 
those who wish to 
grow the largest 
sized pods for exhi¬ 
bition purposes. Pkt. 
10c; % lb. 20c; lb. 
40c; postpaid. Not 
prepaid: 10 lbs. 
$2.30; 100 lbs. $21.00. 
Chieftain Peas 
