NORTHRUP, KING & CO. ’ S 
PEAS-Extra Early Wrinkled Varieties (Cont.) 
Thomas Laxton 58 days 
An especially desirable pea for the home 
garden as well as for market gardeners. 
Vines 214 to 3 ft., medium dark green. Dark 
green pods, 314 in. long, % in. wide, square 
ended, containing about 7 very large peas. 
World’s Record 58 days 
Vines grow 24 to 30 in. tall, bearing a 
profusion of broad pointed pods, 4 in. long, 
with 7 to 9 peas in a pod. An improved and 
earlier type of the Gradus. 
Early Wrinkled Varieties 
Advancer 65 days 
Vines 30 to 36 in. tall, upright in growth 
and very popular with market gardeners 
and commercial canners. Pods 2’% in. long 
containing 5 to 6 good flavored peas. Pods 
borne in pairs. 
American Wonder 60 days 
A very popular and profitable sort for 
home gardens. Same as Nott’s Excelsior. 
Vines 10 to 14 in. high, dark green, prolific. 
Medium green pods 214 to 3 in. long, 14 in. 
wide, containing 5 to 8 tender, sweet fla¬ 
vored peas. Pods straight and square ended. 
Alderman 
Little Gem or Premium Gem 
65 days. Vines medium green, 20 to 
30 in. tall. Of rather straggling 
growth, but an old-time favorite with 
home and market gardeners. Pods 2% 
in. long, V 2 in. wide, 5 to 7 peas in a 
pod. Very productive. 
Nott’s Excelsior 
Similar to American Wonder. 
Main Crop Varieties 
Alderman 7 5 days 
A giant podded variety of the “Tele¬ 
phone” group. Vines 414 to 5 ft. tall, 
dark green. Pods dark green, tapered, 
4% to 514 in. long, % in. wide and 
contain 5 to 7 peas. Recommended for 
home and market gardens and ship¬ 
ping. 
Carter’s Daisy or Dwarf 
Telephone 70 days 
Vines about 20 in. high. Pods bright 
green, 414 in. long, containing 7 to 9 
peas of finest quality. A popular home 
and market garden variety. 
Stratagem 
Champion of England 80 days 
Vines grow 4 to 5 ft. tall, dark green foli¬ 
age, branched. Light green pods, 3 in. long, 
Containing 5 to 7 fine flavored, wrinkled 
peas. Pods frequently borne in pairs. An old 
standard variety and still popular for home 
and market gardens. 
Dwarf Gray Sugar, Edible Pod 7 5 days 
Vines 24 to 30 in. high with an abundance 
of medium sized sweet and tender pods, 
gray mottled in appearance. To be prepared 
for the table in the same manner as snap 
beans. 
Everbearing 7 0 days 
Vines 2 to 3 ft. high, branching, and may 
be grown without brush or other support. A 
prolific and continuous bearing sort, with 
pods 3 to 4 in. long containing 6 to 8 large 
wrinkled peas. 
Melting Sugar, (Edible Pod) 
Gray Seed 75 days 
Vines 414 feet high, light green. Pods 414 
in. long, flat, straight and tapered at end. 
Fleshy, stringless and brittle. Use like snap 
beans. 
Melting Sugar, (Edible Pod) 
White Seed 75 days 
Vines 4 to 5 ft. Similar to the gray seeded 
variety in growth. Should be broken and 
cooked, pods and all, like snap beans. 
Stratagem 7 8 days 
Vines 24 to 28 in. Pods Telephone type 
about 4 in. long, plump, straight and tap¬ 
ered at end. A favorite with home garden¬ 
ers because of its large, handsome pods. 
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