WHOLESALE GARDEN SEE D S 
PEAS 
G ARDEN PEAS is another item in which we grow our own requirements and usually a 
surplus to be sold to the seed trade. In Idaho, not far from our Bean fields, we contract 
and supervise the growing of thousands of acres of peas, each tract being produced from 
our own stock seed. Our own experts live in these areas and devote all of their time—dur¬ 
ing the planting, growing, harvesting and shipping periods—to the production of finest 
quality stocks. The climate and soil of Idaho are, without question, the most satisfactory 
for the growing of both bean and pea seed. 
The maturity dates listed after the variety names are based on the Minnesota growing 
season. They are given here largely for making comparisons as to the earliness or late¬ 
ness. 
Extra Early Round Seeded Varieties 
Alaska 56 days 
This variety and the First and Best are 
the earliest garden peas. Vines from 2 ft. to 
over 30 in. high. Pods light green, 2 x /4 in. 
long and V 2 in. wide, usually have 6 to 8 
peas. Blunt pods borne singly. Widely grown 
for canning. 
First and Best or Extra Early 56 days 
A round, yellow seeded pea growing 2 ft. 
high and over. Dark green foliage with light 
green pods, 2% in. long and V 2 in. wide, 
blunt, contain 6 to 8 peas. Crop ripens evenly. 
Excellent for home and market gardens for 
early crop. 
Extra Early Wrinkled Varieties 
Gradus 60 days 
A large podded, wrinkled variety for home 
garden and market. Vines grow 3 to 3 V 2 ft. 
Pods 4 in. long and % in. wide, borne singly, 
with 7 to 10 rich, tender peas in each pod. 
Pods tapered. 
Hundredfold 60 days 
An early, dwarf, large podded variety. 
Bears an enormous crop of handsome, dark 
green, fairly broad and pointed pods 4 in. 
long, containing about 8 large, dark green 
peas of excellent quality. Vines 18 in. tall. 
Pods 4 in. long, % in. wide, borne singly. 
Excellent for market garden and shipping. 
Laxtonian 60 days 
Vines 15 to 18 in. tall, producing straight 
pointed, deep green pods 4 to 414 in. long, % 
in. wide. Pods are plump, tapered at tip and 
borne singly. Each pod contains 6 to 8 large, 
sweet, deep green peas. 
Little Marvel 62 d ays 
A productive sort, the vines growing 15 to 
20 in. tall, dark green and vigorous. Pods 
214 to 3 in. long, 14 in. wide, containing 6 
or 7 large, dark green peas. Pods plump, 
straight, blunt ended and frequently borne 
in pairs. 
Progress (Laxton’s) 60 days 
An excellent and the standard dwarf early 
variety for home gardens and shipping. 
May be planted almost as early as the 
smooth pea varieties. Vines 15 to 20 in., 
dark green and very prolific. Pods 4 to 414 
in. long, % in. wide, containing 8 to 10 large 
deep green peas. 
Progress ( Laxton’s ) Thomas Laxton 
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