1884 <^> 
RELIABLE SEEDS 
<^> 1935 
OKRA 
CULTURE—Sow late in the spring, 
after the ground has become warm, in 
drills three feet apart, where the plants 
are to remain. Thin out from nine to 
twelve inches. They should be well 
manured. They may also be raised in 
pots or a hot-bed and transplanted. 
LONG GREEN; EARLY DWARF; 
WHITE VELVET— 
Prices: oz., 5c; lb., 15c. 
PEAS 
CULTURE—A week may be gained 
in earliness by sowing a quantity in 
moist sand, placed in a box in the cel¬ 
lar, planting outside when well sprout¬ 
ed. Light, dry soil, not over-rich, suits 
the pea. Sow as early as the ground 
can be worked, and again every ten 
days, for succession, up to the first of 
June, after which there is danger from 
mildew. Sow in single or double rows, 
from four to six feet apart, according 
to the different heights, about an inch 
apart in rows (except such sorts as we 
note to sow thin) and four inches deep. 
Hoe often and keep the ground clean 
and fine. The tall sorts can be made 
to bear more freely by pinching-in. 
The dwarf varieties may be grown in 
beds like Bush Beans, with rows about 
the same distance apart. 
First Early Peas 
GRADUS —A new English variety of the 
wrinkled peas; it is very hardy, so much so 
that, unlike most of its type, it can be plant¬ 
ed extremely early. The vine grows about 
2V 2 feet high, is vigorous and very produc¬ 
tive; the pods are large and well filled with 
good sized peas, seven to nine usually in a 
pod. The Gradus is one of the earlies wrink¬ 
led peas in cultivation and one of the most 
delicious in quality. x / 2 lb., 20c; lb., 35c. 
NOTT’S EXCELSIOR— Height 20 inches. 
The finest Dwarf Wrinkled Extra Early Va¬ 
riety—it is the best of recent introductions; 
vines are larger and more vigorous than the 
American Wonder, while the pods are fully 
one-third larger, containing five to seven fine 
large peas, packed so closely together in the 
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pods that the peas are always more square 
than round. The pods are always well filled 
with peas, which in sweetness and quality 
have no equal, being superior to any other 
wrinkled sort. Prices: lb., 20c; lb., 35c. 
THOS. LAXTON —Height 30 inches. The 
only rival to the famous Gradus, as a long- 
podded, extreme early wrinkled pea, and in 
some respects even better. The growth is 
identical, but the pods are a deeper, richer 
green and square at the end. In the judg¬ 
ment of experts, Thos. Laxton is even sweet¬ 
er and finer in flavor, while as the large peas 
are of a deeper green, they present a more 
attractive appearance on the table. x / 2 lb., 
20c; lb., 35c. 
LAXTON’S PROGRESS— A new variety 
of unusual merit, large podded, large fruited 
wrinkled peas; vines dwarf but heavily laden 
with fruit; pods long, averaging more peas 
to pod than the Laxtonian. The best va¬ 
riety for home use. lb., 20c; 1 lb., 35c. 
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