Garden Peas 
All smooth-seeded Peas may be planted as early in spring as 
the soil can be prepared for them. They are very hardy and 
will endure a low temperature, both before and after sprouting. 
By sowing for the first crop as early as is practicable, and for 
succession at intervals of about two weeks until the first of 
June, a good supply of this delicious vegetable may be enjoyed 
through the greater part of the summer. Late sowings, how¬ 
ever, do not yield so well as early ones, because the hot and 
dry weather is unfavorable to the development of the plants. 
The seeds should be sown in drills about 3 inches deep and 
from 3 to 4 feet apart, according to the variety, taller sorts 
requiring more room than the dwarf ones. Dwarf Peas require 
a very rich soil, while tall ones thrive best in rather thin 
ground which does not stimulate too luxuriant growth in the 
vines, to the detriment of the pods. The latter are frequently 
sown in double rows, with brush or support of some kind 
between them. Wrinkled Peas are not so hardy as the smooth 
sorts, and should not be sown so early, but are superior to them. 
One pound of seed will sow 100 feet of drill; 120 pounds, an acre 
If to be sent by mail, add postage at the rate given in 
table on Order Sheet 
Extra-Early Peas 
Medium and Dwarf Sorts 
Alaska. 60 days. One of the earliest in cultivation; about 
75 per cent of the pods can be gathered at the first picking. 
Vines are very thrifty, growing about 2 feet high; pods 
small, but well filled with plump, excellent dark green Peas. 
Smooth seeded. 
Gradus. 65 days. This is undoubtedly the greatest advance 
ever achieved in Peas, for it is as early as the first-earlies, 
with pods as large as the Duke of Albany and the same 
shape and color, each pod containing nine or ten wrinkled 
Peas of the typical fine marrow flavor, cooking very tender. 
Altogether, Gradus is the most distinct and largest-podded 
early Pea ever raised. 
Hundredfold. 65 days. This is, without doubt, the very best 
dwarf Pea ever grown. We have found none so near per¬ 
fection as Hundredfold. It is the best-flavored and the 
largest-podded dwarf-growing sort in existence, ready about 
three days after the earliest, and bears an enormous crop of 
handsome, intensely dark green, fairly broad and pointed 
pods, 4 inches long, containing about eight large, dark green 
Peas of excellent quality. The vines are 16 inches high, 
sturdy, and resist heat well. 
Laxtonian. 62 days. One of the best dwarf, wrinkled Peas 
for the market-gardener. Pods about 4 inches long, re¬ 
sembling those of Gradus, but a little earlier. Vines pro¬ 
ductive and vigorous; average height under \}/2 feet. 
Laxton’s Progress. 62 days. An improved Laxtonian type 
Pea. Larger dark green pods, very sweet; heavy bearer. 
Little Marvel. 62 days. This is a Pea of extra value. It 
grows about 15 inches high with pods very dark green, well 
filled with five to seven Peas of excellent flavor; very pro¬ 
ductive; quite early. We recommend it for either the family 
garden or for market. 
Nott’s Excelsior. 62 days. Robust and vigorous in growth; 
throws out laterals from the base of the stock, producing in 
profusion long, handsome pods, closely packed with large 
Peas of fine flavor; more vigorous and prolific, with larger 
pods and more Peas than either American Wonder or 
Premium Gem. Seed green and wrinkled. 1 foot. 
Sutton’s Excelsior. 65 days. This is today probably the 
most popular dwarf wrinkled sort in America. In this 
variety we have an early dwarf wrinkled Pea in the front 
rank for earliness, with much larger and handsomer pods 
than any dwarf early wrinkled Pea yet introduced. The Peas 
are very tender and of superlative flavor. Height 15 inches. 
The W. E. B. Co.’s Maud S. A favorite with the market- 
gardeners on account of its earliness, extreme productive¬ 
ness, vigor, and vitality, often resisting a drought and ma¬ 
turing a crop when ordinary sorts of earlies have failed. 
2 feet. Smooth seeded. 
Little Marvel Peas 
Laxton’s Progress Peas 
W. E. BARRETT CO., Providence, R. I. 
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