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see that the Rural New Yorker pea offered bv other seeds¬ 
men differs in any essential particular from our Extra Early. 
EARLIEST OF ALL, OR ALASKA. Without doubt 
the earliest and best smooth blue pea. and fully as early as 
our First and Best Vines two to two and one-half feet high, 
uubranched, bearing four to seven long pods which are filled 
with medium siz^ dark green peas of excellent fiavor. W'e 
have taken great pains with our stock and know it to be as 
good as any in the country. Ripens all the crop at once and 
an invaluable variety for market gardeners and canners. 
K ENTISH I X VICTA. Vines two to three feet in height, 
with straight, handsome, well filled pods. Peas superior in 
fiavor to the white sorts; when ripe of a dull blue color. 
EXTRA EARLY KENT. This is a very early variety, 
growing about three feet high, l’ods well filled with good 
size peas: productive, ripening nearly all at once. An early 
market variety, when true, but has greatly degenerated of 
late years. 
IMPROVED EARLY DANIEL O’ROURKE.—By 
careful selection we have secured a stock of this old and 
popular variety, which has all the good qualities it originally 
possessed. Dry pea, smooth, white. 
BLISS’ AMERICAN WONDER.-A variety whose 
stout, bmnching vines grow only about nine inches high, and 
are covered with long, well filled pods containing seven or 
eight large, exceedingly sweet, tender and well flavored peas, 
nearly as early as First and Best. Dry Pea, medium size, 
much wrinkled and flattened, pale green. We have taken 
Ferry's First and Best. 
Earliest of All. or Alaska. 
particular pains in growing our stock, to be sure it is true 
and of the best quality. 
PREMIUM GEM.— This variety is a little larger grow¬ 
ing than the American Wonder, the height being usually 
twelve to fifteen inches, is more branched, bears larger 
pods and more of them, while the green peas are of most 
excellent flavor; the dry peas are medium size, wrinkled, 
flattened, green. We think this to be, all things con¬ 
sidered, the very best dwarf wrinkled pea for general 
market or family use. Almost as early as the American 
Wonder. 
WM. HURST.— We have refrained from offering this 
most excellent pea sooner: first, because we wanted to sat¬ 
isfy ourselves regarding its real merit, and secondly, because 
we were working up a stock sufficient to justify placing 
it on the market. It is of English origin and is considered 
there one of the very best kinds of its season. We have 
grown it for three years beside American Wonder and do 
not hesitate to pronounce it hardier and more prolific, with 
larger, more attractive pods. It is also fully as early, 
which Ufact. combined with its other qualities, make it 
more desirable for either market or family use. Vine one 
one foot high, having stout stems, much branched near the 
ground, carries six to ten long, curved and pointed pods, 
closelv filled with large, finely flavored peas. Dry pea, 
wrinkled, almost white. This variety should find favor 
with market gardeners everywhere on account of its gi*eat 
