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pea, G^ ilds ’ Star. 
A New Wrinkled Pea, Earlier by Nearly a Week Than Any of the Small Round Varieties, 
This Is the greatest vegetable and Alpha and American Wonder. It astonished me by Its 
novelty of 1801. It is the earliest earliness, coming in ahead; and it is a good cropper and of 
Pea grown by nearly a week. It line quality. Better still, it is the most reliable wrinkled 
is a fair sized, wrinkled variety, pea for fall use—sown August 1st—that I have ever grown.' 
and, therefore, jiossesses the same Mr. J, Goody, of Clan, Suffolk, England, writes: "7our 
delicious quality of the late wrin- pea. Morning Star, heats any pea in England fora first, crop.” 
kled kinds. For the first time tho The supply of tills wonderful Pea is limited and we can 
-.<ra fine quality of the late va- offer it only In small quantity. Pkt., 15c.; 8 pkts„ 3*c.; pint. 
JjiL rletles is combined with -tOc!; quart, 75c.; 3 quarts. $2.00. 
^L n i's n on^triS s, no'ott.er Cucumber, Childs’ Early Beauty. 
5G5a early Pea will be grown. A most remarkable and valuable early Cucumber, first 
Added to its other qualities it is offered last year. Tt. is a sport from Early Siberian, 
exceedingly prolifloand continues VjW and has that variety’s great value as a cropper. It 
to bear longer than other early * is as early as Extra Early Russian though twice as 
sorts. It grows 18 to SO inches large as that variety, and keeps its lively green color 
high and does not require bushing. waSHs* toa very late stage of growth, and will supplant all 
Mr. William Falconer, garden- utd other early sorts, snch as Siberian, Russian. Green 
er to Charles A. Dana, and editor Prolific, Thorbum’s Everbearing, etc., for it is not only 
of Gardening, says: "I ought to curlier, but larger and much finer in every respect. It is 
ng Star’ wrinkled pea you let me even so fine that it lias been called Early White Spine, 
sowed it in single rows In light, though it lias no relation to that superb late variety. Pkt., 
f March when I bowed round peas 15c.; 3 pkts., 30c.; oz„ 50c.: lb., $5.00. 
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