JEROME B. RICE SEED COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
PEAS 
Culture :— Our trial of Peas is probably the 
most extensive on this side of the Atlantic, and 
it enables us to discard inferior sorts and to 
offer in the following list only the best varieties. 
Peas come earliest to maturity in light, rich soil. 
For general crop, a deep loam or a soil strongly 
inclining to clay is best. For early crop, decom¬ 
posed leaves or leaf mold should be used; or, if 
the soil is very poor, strong manure may be used. 
For general crop, a good dressing should be ap¬ 
plied, and for the dwarf-growing kinds the soil 
can hardly be too rich. When grown as a market 
crop, Peas are never staked; for private use, they 
are generally sown in double rows, and the tall 
varieties staked up by brush. For an early 
crop sow as soon as the ground can be worked, 
and make repeated sowings every two weeks for 
succession. After June first sowing should be 
discontinued until the middle of August, when a 
good crop may be secured by sowing an extra- 
early sort. 
One quart for 75 feet of drill; 2 to 3 bushels in 
drills for an acre 
All marked thus (*) are wrinkled varieties 
EIGHT CHOICE PEAS 
We name below eight splendid Peas, which 
through extended trials have proved, to our 
mind, to be the choicest and most desirable of 
their respective classes. 
♦HUNDREDFOLD 
A wonderful new pea of English origin, on the 
order of Laxtonian. Pods nearly as large as Tele¬ 
phone on a vine only 16 inches high. This pea is 
New English Pea Onward 
grown extensively as a market garden sort and is equally adapted to the home garden. The pods are nearly \ x /i 
inches long, broad, pointed and well filled with 8 to 9 large, delicious, sweet peas. 
♦LITTLE MARVEL 
An exceptionally productive, early, high quality variety for the home garden. The vines are about 14 inches in 
height, sturdy and loaded with long, straight pods nearly 4 inches in length. This pea is rapidly superseding many 
of the older varieties for home culture and is worthy a place in every garden. 
♦THOMAS LAXTON 
The favorite large-podded market gardeners’ variety and probably more generally grown for market purposes 
than any other sort. Vine 2^ feet in height, bearing numerous well filled pods inches long, nearly round, square 
ended and of high quality. Noted for its productiveness and dependability. 
♦WORLD’S RECORD 
A new variety on the order of Gradus, which it resembles in many ways; might well be considered an improve¬ 
ment on that sort, being slightly earlier, more productive and true to a fixed type. Grows about 2 feet in height, 
with large, dark green pods nearly 4 inches in length, broad, pointed and always well filled with large, sweet peas of 
splendid quality. An excellent, profitable sort for home or market garden. 
♦ALDERMAN 
Undoubtedly the best of the dark-podded Telephone type of peas and now more largely grown for either market 
or home garden than any of the tall growing, main crop varieties. Vines strong and sturdy, nearly 4 feet in height 
and loaded with mammoth, dark green pods nearly 5 inches in length, very broad, straight, pointed and well filled 
with large sweet peas of highest quality. 
♦ONWARD 
One of the finest English peas of recent introduction. Grows about three feet in height, having heavy dark green 
foliage and mid-season in maturity; pods four inches long, broad, dark green in color and of excellent quality. One 
of the most productive sorts and should prove more profitable than the Telephone types. 
♦PRIZEWINNER 
An excellent new, semi-dwarf pea of the Stratagem type and one of the best of the late, or main crop, varieties. A 
very productive sort, growing about 23/£ feet in height with heavy, stout vines. The large, dark green pods are about 
4^ inches in length, straight, pointed and always well filled with excellent peas. 
MAMMOTH PODDED EXTRA EARLY 
An outstandingly fine large podded, extra early pea for the market gardening trade. Altho coming in almost 
with the first earlies, it has pods nearly four inches long of an attractive dark green oolor on a two and a half foot 
sturdy vine. Well worthy a trial in any garden. 
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