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.1SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 
Peas. 
McLean's Little Gem—An old standard Tom Thumb 
variety, still among the very best for a first crop Pea. 
Very hardy. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 25c.; quart, 40c. 
This delicious vegetable is so much fiDer when 
freshly gathered, than when allowed to shrivel for days 
in the market, that every family, if possible, should 
j grow their own Peas. For early crop plant as soon 
as the ground can possibly be worked in the spring, 
and plant every two -weeks thereafter for succession 
until summer. 
Childs* Universal —In Childs* Universal we have a new 
sort destined to become the universal garden favorite 
the world over. It was originated over ten years 
ago, since when it has been carefully selected and 
grown, until we now have what we believe is the 
most perfect Pea in cultivation. It combines a 
dwarf habit with fine quality and enormous pro¬ 
ductiveness, the three essential features all in one 
sort. It can he styled a half-dwarf, not tall enough 
to require staking, yet branching freely and pro¬ 
ducing vine enough to give one of the largest crops 
any Pea can yield. The Peas are of medium size, 
wrinkled and of exceedingly high flavor. It is 
medium early, and fine for a succession if sown at 
intervals of two weeks. For a standard garden sort 
it must take the lead, being superior to Champion of 
, England inasmuch that it does not require staking. 
Per pkt., 10c.; pint, 40c.; quart, 75c. 
Alaska The best of all early round varieties, ripening 
ahead of all others, except Childs’ Morning Star, and 
bearinggreat quantities of fine Peas richly flavored. 
A fine market Pea, as the whole crop matures at 
almost one time. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 30c.; quart, 40c. 
Champion of England Still holds its own among all 
new comers as a Pea of superlatively fine quality. 
Late, and a heavy cropper. Unsurpassed quality. 
Pkt., 10c,; xnnt, 20c.; quart. 35c. 
Stratagem— The largest, showiest Pea of all. So dis¬ 
tinct even ingrowth as to attract the attention of 
every visitor. Luxuriant, large-leaved foliage, with 
enormous great pods bolding from 7 to 9 large, square 
Peas, dark green in color, and of surpassingly rich 
flavor. It is not an early variety, but does not turn 
“mealy” in the South, while still green, like the 
majority of late Peas. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 30c.; quart, 
55c. 
Everbearing A fine sort for the home garden, as it 
does not ripen its pods at one crop, but continues in 
hearing a long time. Fine flavor. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 
3°c.; quart, 50c. 
American Wonder— An early wrinkled Pea of exquisite 
flavor, ready for the table in thirty to forty days 
after planting. Grows only a few inches high. Pkt., 
10c.; pint, 30c.; quart, 50c. 
Childs® Rflornlng Star— Best early sort. See Novelties 
