VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 
KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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GARDEN PEAS 
Pisum sativum 
EXTRA EARLY AND EARLY VARIETIES 
Season. 
Days to 
Picking 
ALASKA PANEL 56 
This standard variety is probably the most widely grown of all peas. Its uses in the 
canning industry and as a first early market garden variety have made it familiar to everyone. 
VINE —24 to 30 inches tall, slender stemmed, light green, uniform in growth. 
PODS -—2% inches long, smooth, blunt, light green, straight, round, 5 to 7 peas. 
PEAS —Small, round, light green, medium quality. Dry seed, bluish green and smooth. 
ALASKA WILT RESISTANT or ALCROSS PUREE 56 
Especially developed for resistance to Fusarium Wilt. Peas develop and mature practically 
all at one time, making especially valuable for canning. 
VINE —24 to 30 inches tall, light green, uniform, vigorous grower. 
PODS —2 z /i inches long, single, blunt, light green, straight, round, 5 to 7 peas. 
PEAS —Small, round, light green, medium quality. Dry seed, bluish green and smooth. 
AMEER (CLAUDIT or MAMMOTH POD ALASKA) PANGE 60 
Used by market gardeners as it has a larger pod than Alaska. 
VINE —30 to 36 inches, uniform in height, light green. 
PODS —3 to 3H> inches long, single, medium green, blunt, somewhat curved, 7 to 8 
peas. 
PEAS —Round, light green, medium quality. Dry seed, bluish green, round, and smooth. 
AMERICAN WONDER PANIC 60 
A pea which has become a part of every home garden. A wrinkled, early sort with a very 
fine flavor. 
VINE —10 to 12 inches tall, sturdy, dark green. 
PODS —23^ to 2 % inches long, blunt, medium green, single and sometimes double, 
straight, 5 to 7 peas. 
PEAS —Fine flavored and tender. Dry seed, cream colored to green, wrinkled. 
DWARF TOM THUMB PURGE 54 
An extremely early and very dwarf smooth-seeded variety. 
VINE —8 to 12 inches tall, dark green. 
PODS —23^ inches long, light green, paired, ripening over a long season. 
PEAS —Light whitish green, fair quality. Dry seed, whitish green, round, and smooth. 
EXTRA EARLY (EARLY FRAME or MAY) PAPER 58 
Another very early, smooth-seeded variety that is in demand on early markets. 
VINE —36 to 40 inches tall, slender, medium to dark green, hardy. 
PODS —23^ to 3 inches long, sometimes paired, medium green, blunt. 
PEAS —Round, light sreen, fair quality. Dry seed, round, whitish green, and smooth. 
A Keystone Seed Field of Wilt Resistant Alaska Peas 
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