DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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premium Gem. Marrowfat Peas. 
Premium Gem. — A new and valuable variety, grow¬ 
ing about fifteen inches high, and among the earliest 
dwarf, green wrinkled sorts. The quality is excellent ; 
many people consider it the finest flavored pea grown ; 
but the most remarkable characteristic is its wonderful 
prolificness, as many as twelve pods often appearing on 
a single stem. 
EARLY SORTS. 
Extra Early Kent. —This is a very early variety, 
growing about two and a half feet high. Pods well 
filled with good sized peas; productive, ripening nearly 
all at once. An early market variety, when true, but 
has greatly degenerated of late years. Our stock is 
true. 
Extra Early Philadelphia.—A variety somewhat 
in demand in the vicinity of Philadelphia. We have 
failed to discover any merit in it over earlier and more 
prolific varieties. 
Early Daniel O’Rourke.—This was at one time 
considered the earliest sort, but has now been super¬ 
seded by much better new varieties, and we cannot rec¬ 
ommend it. Since the introduction of our Extra Early, 
it must rank as second early, and quite inferior. 
Tom Thumb.— Plants of remarkably low growth, 
seldom exceeding one foot in height ; stout and branch¬ 
ing ; pods about two and a half inches in length, con¬ 
taining five or six peas, which are of a creamy-yellow 
color; very productive. It may be cultivated in rows 
ten inches apart. No sticks required. 
Bishop’s Early Dwarf.—A very prolific variety, 
producing pods abundantly from bottom to top of the 
moderately dwarf vine ; the large, smooth peas are of 
excellent quality. 
Bishop’s Dwarf Long Pod. — Pods very broad, con¬ 
taining four or five large, white peas of fine quality. 
Vine medium high, continuing in bearing longer than 
most sorts. 
Dwarf Champion. — This pea has proved quite dis¬ 
tinct, and is very much liked by those who have tried 
it. It is in quality and flavor equal to the Champion of 
England, while the vine is much more dwarf. Peas 
white, much shrivelled and indented. Wc think it quite 
equal to McLean’s Little Gem in all respects, except in 
point of earliness, it being some ten days later. 
McLean’s Advancer. — A green, wrinkled variety, 
about two and a half feet high, with long pods, which 
arc abundantly produced and well filled to the end. 
Nearly as early as the Extra Early Kent, and of most 
excellent flavor. An English variety, and highly rec¬ 
ommended. 
LATE SORTS. 
Yorkshire Hero. — A fine, white, wrinkled pea, very 
prolific, quite early, and of delicious flavor ; grows about 
two and a half feet high, and keeps a long time in sea¬ 
son, in fact, never becomes hard. The seed, when ripe, 
is of a creamy-white color, much shrivelled and indent¬ 
ed, and in its green state, is unsurpassed in sweetness 
and delicate flavor. 
Eugenie. — A most excellent late variety, of delicious 
flavor. About three feet high ; pods single or in pairs, 
about three inches long, containing five or six peas. 
When ripe, the peas are of medium size, cream colored, 
and much shrivelled or indented. 
Champion of England. — Universally admitted to 
be one of the richest and best flavored peas grown, and 
very productive. Height four or five feet; seed whitish- 
green and much shrivelled. We consider this equal in 
quality to any in cultivation, either for the amateur or 
market gardener, and will always sell, green, better 
than any other variety. 
Large Blue Imperial.— About three feet high, and 
very strong. Pods large, long, pointed, rather flat, con¬ 
taining eight or nine peas. Seed large, blue and a little 
flattened. A good bearer, and one of the best varieties 
for summer use, but requires to be planted early, or 
they will be apt to mildew. 
Dwarf White Marrowfat. — Similar in general 
character and appearance to the Large White Marrow¬ 
fat, but of stiffer habit and dwarfer growth, being only 
three or four feet high. It will do very well without 
bushing, and is much earlier than the tall Marrowfat. 
Large White Marrowfat. —Is an American variety, 
cultivated more extensively for the summer crop, than 
all the others. .About five feet high, of strong growth. 
Pods large, round, rough, light colored and well filled ; 
seed large, round and yellow or white, according to the 
soil in which they are grown. This variety is so wdll 
known that it is needless to speak of its good qualities. 
It is excellent for summer use, and undoubtedly the 
greatest bearer in the field or garden. 
Large "Black-Eyed Marrowfat. — An excellent va¬ 
riety, growing about five feet high ; pods large and full; 
a prolific bearer, and can be recommended as one of the 
very best Marrowfat varieties. 
EDIBLE-PODDED SORTS. 
Dwarf Grey Sugar, Edible Pods.— The most de¬ 
sirable of all the edible podpeas. It is a new variety, 
growing only one foot high, and is remarkable for its 
earliness as well as its prolific character. The seeds arc 
large, shriveled and indented, of a dark brown color. 
The pods are broad, flat and crooked, and contain five 
or six peas. A very desirable acquisition. 
Tall Sugar, Edible Pods. —About five feet in height; 
seeds dark colored, very sweet and tender. Designed 
only to be eaten with pods. 
FIELD SORTS. 
The Golden Vine, Crown and Blue Prussian are, per¬ 
haps, the best varieties on the list for general cultiva¬ 
tion, though large quantities of Creepers, Common 
White and Common Blue are used annually. The 
Golden Vine can be sown later than any other variety, 
and on lower land, as they are not liable to mildew. 
These varieties are used for field culture only. In their 
dry state they are used extensively for feeding stock, for 
making soups, and in the manufacture of coffee. It is 
highly essential to have them as free from bugs as pos- 
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