For the Southern Staten. 
Extra Early or First and 
Best. This is the earliest Pea cul¬ 
tivated ; very popular with the small 
market gardeners here, who have 
rich grounds. It is very productive 
and good flavored. The stock I sell 
is as good as any sold in the coun¬ 
try, not surpassed by any, no mat¬ 
ter whose name is put before “Extra 
Early.” 
Early Washington, Early 
Hay or F r a in e . which are all 
nearly the same thing; is about ten 
days later than the Extra Early. 
It is very productive and keeps 
longer in bearing than the fore¬ 
going kind. Pods a little smaller. 
Very popular about New Orleans. 
T o in T li n in h. Very dwarf 
and quite productive Can be cul¬ 
tivated in rows a foot apart; re¬ 
quires no branches or sticks. 
EaxCon’s Alpha* This is a 
variety of recent introduction ; it is 
the earliest wrinkled variety in cul¬ 
tivation ; of delicious flavor and very 
prolific. This variety deserves to 
be recommended to all who like a 
first class pea. It will come into 
general cultivation when better 
known. 
American Wonder. (New.) 
A wrinkled pea of dwarf growth, 10 
to 12 inches; it is prolific, early and 
of fine quality; it comes in after the Extra Early. 
Bishop’s Dwarf Long: Pod. An early dwarf variety, very 
stout and branching, requires no sticks, but simply the earth drawn 
round the roots. It is very productive and of excellent quality. 
Champion of England. A green, wrinkled variety of very 
fine flavor; not profitable for the market, but recommended for 
family use. 
McLean’s Advancer. This is another green, wrinkled variety, 
about two weeks earlier than the foregoing kind. 
TtlcEcan’s Eittle Gem. A dwarf, wrinkled variety, of recent 
introduction. It is early, very prolific and of excellent flavor. Re¬ 
quires no sticks. 
Eaxton’s Prolific Eong Foil. A green marrow pea of good 
quality. Pods are long and well filled. It is second early, can be re¬ 
commended for the use of market-gardeners, being very prolific. 
Extra Early or First and Best. 
