PORTLAND SEED COMPANY 
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PEAS 
For the best results, peas need a moderate temperature, 
plenty of sunshine and lots of moisture. Peas may be 
planted as early in the spring as the condition of the soil 
will permit. Light frosts do not bother these sturdy vege¬ 
tables. Seed should be planted in rows at a depth of IV 2 
to 2 inches. The rows should be 21 to 28 inches apart for 
dwarf varieties and 28 to 42 inches for the taller varieties. 
Varieties growing taller than 2 feet should be staked 
when about 5 inches tall. The crop should be gathered just 
as soon as it is fit for table use. If not, new pods will cease 
to form. 
All varieties of Peas: 4 oz. pkt. 10c; ^-lb. 20c; 1 lb. 30c; 
10 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. 
Early Varieties 
EARLY DWARF GRADUS. This very tender variety is 
slightly earlier and more dwarf than the regular Gradus. 
The pods are medium green and rather large. Well-filled 
with dark green peas of exceptional quality. One of the 
outstanding early types, being very tasty. 
LAXTONIAN. A bit earlier than other dwarf large-podded 
peas, considered by many as the best of their class. The 
pods are a blue-green color and rather long. The peas 
are dark green. We highly rceommend this variety for 
home use. 
AMERICAN WONDER. If weather conditions are right 
you will harvest your first crop in 60 days. The vines 
grow quite high and staking is necessary. The plump, 
blunt-ended, straight pods are medium green, containing 
tasty, brilliant green peas. 
LITTLE MARVEL. Dwarf bushy vines that bear exceed¬ 
ingly well and early. The pods are from 2% to 3 inches 
long, tightly filled with plump, luscious, deep green peas. 
A very fine variety for home gardeners because of their 
sturdy growth and free bearing. 
DWARF TELEPHONE or DAISY. This variety is a little 
later than the earlier types. The vines grow only about 
2 feet tall and produce fine, well-filled pods. It is an 
excellent variety to follow the early peas in the home 
garden. 
ALASKA or EARLIEST OF ALL. Extremely early. The 
round, well-filled pods, are first ready in about 55 days. 
The peas are small, round, and tender. Vines are from 
2 Y 2 to 3 feet tall, and is best to give them support. Ex¬ 
cellent flavor. 
PREMIUM GEM. A very fine home garden variety. It is 
ready in 62 days. One of the earliest dwarf varieties with 
tasty, tender peas. The pods are medium green, 3 inches 
long, plump, blunt-ended and straight. 
Late Varieties 
GRADUS or PROSPERITY. Earliness and high quality 
are combined in this wrinkled pea of medium height. 
The pods are large well-filled and dark green. The vines 
grow 2 V 2 to 3 feet high. Excellent quality and flavor. 
Very popular with market gardeners. 
TALL TELEPHONE. A standard market variety. Tall, 
sturdy vines growing from 4 to 5 feet in height and 
heavily loaded with very large well-formed pods of light 
yellowish-green color. The peas are very tender and are 
a delicate light green. 
IMPROVED STRATAGEM. One of the best large-podded 
varieties. The peas are large, dark green, and very fine 
quality. Vines are medium height, stocky and very 
sturdy. This variety is ready in 75 to 80 days. This type 
is also known as Potlatch or Prizewinner. Very fine for 
both market and home gardening. 
POTATOES 
CERTIFIED SEED 
All varieties—10 lbs. $1.00 postpaid. Write for special low 
prices on quantities. 
EARLY ROSE£—Certified. The best lot of this old stan¬ 
dard variety we have ever had. A big yielding early 
potato and the best baking variety grown. Has rose 
skin, white flesh, with a Burbank shape. 
EARLY OHIO—Certified. Vines erect, with rather heavy 
stems. Easy to cultivate. Somewhat light yielder, but 
catches the very early markets. Tubers are cylindrical 
and blocky, skin pink with russet dots. They ship well 
as new potatoes. 
BURBANKS—Certified. This is the standard commercial 
variety. It is a very profitable potato to grow, meeting 
the popular demand of the Pacific Coast markets. We 
offer a select, true, heavy yielding strain. When in 
doubt as to the variety to plant, Burbank will prove 
your safest choice. 
AMERICAN WONDER—Certified. Vigorous vine, profuse 
bloomer, heavy setter. Used by truck gardeners for 
early crops. The elongated shape meets the Pacific 
Coast market demands. 
PORTLAND SEED CO.’S EARLIEST OF ALL—Certified. 
The tubers are of a flattened, round shape, with few 
and shallow eyes, white skin; are exceptionally smooth, 
seldom making a second growth, which always insures 
a high percentage of marketable tubers. The tubers 
form close together in the hills, making digging easy. 
A remarkably good keeper for an early variety. An 
ideal forcing potato for market gardeners. 
NETTED GEMS (Russet Burbanks)—Certified. A splen¬ 
did late potato that is grown extensively in irrigated 
sections. Tubers are elongated, russet netted skin, 
flesh white, shallow eyes. Good keepers and produce 
a fine yield. 
IRISH COBBLER—Certified. This potato is the leading 
market variety. Grown extensively on the early truck 
lands of the East. Sets quickly with marketable size 
tubers early. Produces a round, blocky tuber. 
