CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
Peas 
Culture.—Our trial of Peas enables us to 
discard inferior sorts and to offer only 
the best varieties. Peas come earliest to 
maturity in light, rich soil. For general 
crop, a deep loam or a soil strongly in¬ 
clining to clay is best. For early crop, de¬ 
composed leaves or leaf mold should be 
used; or, if the soil is very poor, strong 
manure may be used. For general crop, a 
good dressing should be applied, and for 
the dwarf-growing kinds the soil can hard¬ 
ly be too rich. When grown as a market 
crop, Peas are never staked; for private 
use, they are generally sown in double rows, 
and the tall varieties staked up by brush. 
For an early crop sow as soon as the ground 
can be worked, and make repeated sowings 
every two weeks for succession. After 
June first sowing should be discontinued 
until the middle of August, when a good 
crop may be secured by sowing an extra- 
early sort. 
One quart for 75 feet of drill; 2 to 3 bushels 
in drills for an acre 
All marked thus (*) are wrinkled varieties 
Eight Choice Peas 
♦HUNDREDFOLD 
A wonderful new pea of English origin, 
on the order of Laxtonian. Pods nearly as 
large as Telephone on a vine only 16 inches 
high. This pea is grown extensively as a market garden sort and is equally adapted to the home 
garden. The pods are nearly 4% inches long, broad, pointed and well filled with 8 or 9 large, de¬ 
licious, sweet peas. 
♦LITTLE MARVEL 
An exceptionally productive, early, high quality variety for the home garden. The vines are about 
14 inches in height, sturdy and loaded with long, straight pods nearly 4 inches in length. This pea is 
rapidly superseding many of the older varieties for home culture and is worthy a place in every garden. 
♦THOMAS LAXTON 
The favorite large-podded market gardeners’ variety and probably more generally grown for mar¬ 
ket purposes than any other sort. Vines 2% feet in height, bearing numerous well filled pods 3V 2 
inches long, nearly round, square ended and of high quality. Noted for its productiveness and de¬ 
pendability. 
♦WORLD'S RECORD 
A new variety on the order of Gradus, which it resembles in many ways; might well be considered 
an improvement on that sort, being slightly earlier, more productive and true to a fixed type. Grows 
about 2 feet in height, with large, dark green pods nearly 4 inches in length, broad, pointed and al¬ 
ways well filled with large, sweet peas of splendid quality. An excellent, profitable sort for home or 
market garden. 
♦ALDERMAN 
Undoubtedly the best of the dark-podded Telephone type of peas and now more largely grown for 
either market or home garden than any of the tall growing, main crop varieties. Vines strong and 
sturdy, nearly 4 feet in height and loaded with mammoth, dark green pods nearly 5 inches in length, 
very broad, straight, pointed and well filled with large sweet peas of highest quality. 
♦ONWARD 
One of the finest English peas of recent introduction. Grows about three feet in height, having 
heavy dark green foilage and mid-season in maturity; pods four inches long, broad, dark green in 
color and of excellent quality. One of the most productive sorts and should prove more profitable 
than the Telephone types. 
♦PRIZEWINNER 
An excellent new, semi-dwarf pea of the Stratagem type and one of the best of the late, or main 
crop, varieties. A very productive sort, growing about 2V 2 feet in height with heavy, stout vines. The 
large, dark green pods are about 4% inches in length, straight, pointed and always well filled with 
excellent peas. 
MAMMOTH PODDED EXTRA EARLY 
An outstandingly fine large podded, extra early pea for the market gardening trade. Altho coming 
in almost with the first earlies, it has pods nearly four inches long of an attractive dark green color 
on a two and a half foot sturdy vine. Well worthy a trial in any garden. 
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Onward Pea 
