Richard Frotscher’s Almanac and Garden Manual 
Eugenic. A white wrinkled variety, of fine flavor; it is of the 
same season as the Advancer. Cannot be too highly recommended for 
family use. 
DwarfBlue Imperial. A very good bearer if planted early; 
pods are large and well filled. 
Royal Dwarf Harrow. Similar to the large Marrowfat, but 
of dwarf habit. 
Rlack Eyed Marrowfat. This kind is planted more for the 
market than any other. It is very productive, and when young, quite 
tender. Grows about four feet high. 
Eurgc White Marrowfat. Similar to the last variety, except 
that it grows about two feet taller, and is less productive. 
Dwarf Sugar. A variety where the whole pod can be used, 
after the string is drawn off* from the back of the pod. Three feet 
high. 
Tall Sugar. Has the same qualities as the foregoing kind, only 
grows taller, and the pods are somewhat larger. Neither of the^p two 
varieties are very popular here. 
THE PEA BUG. 
All peas grown near Philadelphia have small holes in them, caused 
by the sting of the Pea Bug, while the pod is forming, when it deposits 
Its egg in it. Later the insect perfects itself and comes out of the dry 
pea, leaving the hole. 
The germ of the pea is never destroyed, and they grow equally as 
well as those without holes. Market-gardeners in this neighborhood 
who have been planting the Extra Early Peas for years, will not take 
them without holes, and consider these a trade mark. 
FIELD OR COW PEAS. 
There are a great many varieties of Cow Peas, different in color 
and growth. They are planted mostly for fertilizing purposes, that 
is sown broad-cast, and when a good stand and of sufficient height, 
they are plowed under. The Clay Pea is the most popular. There 
are several varieties, called crowders, which do not grow as tall as the 
others, but produce a great many pods, which are used green, the 
same as snap-beans, and if dried, like dried beans, make a very 
good dish. The crowders are of an oblong shape, almost pointed at 
one end; they are on an average larger than the other Field Peas. 
Lady Peas are small, white, with a black eye; they are generally 
planted between corn, so that they can run upon it. Dry, they are 
considered the very best variety for cooking. 
Long Bed Cayenne. 
Red Cherry. 
Bird Eye. 
Sweet Spanish Monstrous. 
New Golden Dawn Mango. 
Peppers are tender and require to be raised in the hot-bed. Seed 
should be sown in January, and when large enough transplanted into 
the ground in rows from one and a half to two feet apart, and a foot 
to a foot and a half in the rows. There are more Peppers raised here 
