VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 
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FIRST OF ALL or FIRST AND BEST PAPPY 56 
As the name indicates, this variety is one of the very earliest peas known for early market. 
VINE —30 to 36 inches tall, vigorous, hardy, medium green, slender, good yielder. 
PODS —2M to 3 inches long, light green, 5 to 7 peas, blunt, round, and single. 
PEAS —Round, light green, fair quality. Dry seed, round, white to whitish green, and 
smooth. 
GRADUS or PROSPERITY PARED 62 
Most valuable as an early, large-podded pea for home and market gardeners. 
VINE —30 to 36 inches tall, a very vigorous, uniform grower, heavy medium green 
foliage. 
PODS —4 inches long, light green, single, broad, pointed, 8 peas per pod. 
PEAS —Large, oblong, sweet, very fine flavored. Dry seed, large, oblong, wrinkled, 
cream to green colored. 
HUNDREDFOLD PURLY 63 
A splendid dark-podded variety of Laxtonian type that has proved most satisfactory for 
truckers, shippers, and also home gardeners. 
VINE —18 to 20 inches tall, very uniform, dark green, sturdy stem, heavily productive. 
PODS —434 to 434 inches long, single, broad, curved, pointed, dark green, 8 peas. 
PEAS —Large, sweet, excellently flavored. Dry seed, large, wrinkled, cream to green 
colored. 
LAXTONIAN PURIM 62 
This variety represents one of the leaders of the early dwarf large-podded peas. Like 
Hundredfold, it serves as an excellent sort for truckers, shippers, and home gardeners. 
VINE —18 inches tall, sturdy, dark green, heavily productive. 
PODS —434 to 434 inches long, single, large, handsome, medium green, slightly 
curved, pointed, containing 7 to 8 peas. 
PEAS —Green, large oval, tender, sweet. Dry seed, elongated, somewhat flattened, 
color yellow and green, wrinkled. 
Laxton’s Progress Peas 
LAXTON’S PROGRESS PUTTY 62 
This variety has been so readily accepted by shippers, home and market gardeners, that it 
appears it will soon be the most important of the dwarf, large-podded, Laxtonian sorts. 
VINE —17 inches tall, dark green, prolific grower. 
PODS —434 to 4j34 inches long, single, attractive, broad, dark green, curved, and 
pointed, with 7 to 9 peas. 
PEAS —Large, green, oval, tender, excellently flavored. Dry seed, large, elongated, 
flattened, wrinkled, green and yellow. 
LAXTON’S SUPERB PYGMY 58 
Sometimes called Early Bird. The earliest of the large-podded dwarf peas. Very fine 
for the earliest home and market garden demands. 
VINE —20 inches tall, light green, very hardy, robust, heavy yielder. 
PODS —4 to 434 inches long, medium green, sometimes double, curved, pointed, 8 to 9 
peas. 
PEAS —Dark green, round, tender, good quality. Dry seed, dark green, dimpled, be¬ 
longing to the semi-wrinkled class. 
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