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Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 
Qarden Peas 
Sow very early in the spring in a light warm soil 
of only medium fertility. Eows should be three feet 
apart and seed should be drilled thickly, because 
peas bear better when thick. Cover early plantings 
one inch deep and late plantings two inches. Inocu¬ 
lating the seed with Nitragin will materially im¬ 
prove the yield and the quality of the peas. Give 
frequent shallow cultivation. The smooth seeded 
sorts may be planted earlier than the wrinkled 
kinds, but the wrinkled peas generally make sweet¬ 
er, and more tender peas. The tall kinds always 
yield more than the dwarf, but must be supported. 
62— SLATE’S EARLY CHAMPION.— Th is new 
pea was introduced by us in 1935 and it fills a long 
felt need for an extra early variety that will pro¬ 
duce large peas and luxuriant vines. The seed are 
deep green, smooth, and can be planted as early as 
the Alaska. The vines grow taller and heavier 
than those of Alaska and it produces larger, longer 
pods than the Alaska. For a heavy yielding early 
smooth pea, Slate’s Early Champion is an ideal 
sort. Equally as good for home or market. Its 
handsome long pods well filled with large green 
peas will give the grower excellent returns for his 
labor. Vines about 2% feet tall, deep green color, 
with rank growth. Matures almost as early as 
Alaska. 
Pkt. 10c, y 2 lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lb. $1.15, 10 lbs. 
$1.85, postpaid. 
60— SUTTON’S EXCELSIOR.— This is the best 
and earliest of the dwarf varieties. Though ex¬ 
tremely early, it makes a vigorous growth of vines, 
which bear an abundance of large well filled pods. 
The vines grow about fifteen inches tall, are vigor¬ 
ous, and upright, needing no support. These bear a 
profusion of large pods three inches or more in 
length and well filled with tender sweet peas. In 
quality, none of the smooth seeded varieties can 
compare with this one. Its robust nature will per¬ 
mit of early planting but it is equally as good for 
main crop and late use. For the gardener who wishes 
to , make the finest of peas without having the 
trouble of staking the vines, no better sort can be 
found than this. 
Pkt. 10c, y 2 lb. 20c, lb. 30, 5 lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
Slate’s Extra Early Peas 
66 — SLATE’S EXTRA EARLY.— The earliest, 
hardiest and most productive variety in this class. 
It is a smooth pea; therefore, can be planted earlier 
than the wrinkled sorts. Grows a strong, vigorousi 
vine of a light green color, uniform in growth, and 
about thirty inches high. The seed are of medium 
size, of a light cream color, round and slightly 
dented. For your first planting, try this one. 
Pkt. 10c, % lb. 20c, lb. 25c, 5 lbs. 90c, 10 lbs. 
$1.50, postpaid. 
64— LAXTONIAN. —The most productive and one 
of the best of the dwarf peas. Vines grow about 
twenty inches tall and bear a good crop of long 
pods which are filled with large peas. Pods about 
three and one-half inches long and much larger 
than those of the average dwarf pea. Peas are of 
excellent quality and vines will continue to produce 
longer than those of other dwarf varieties. 
Pkt. 10c, y 2 lb. 20c, 1 lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
65— DWARF GREY SUGAR.— This variety grows 
from sixteen to eighteen inches high and produces 
an abundance of very tender pods. It is one of 
the sweetest peas of all and can be used as a shell 
pea or cooked in the pods like snap beans. Being 
a dwarf variety it requires no support. These 
sugar peas are becoming more popular every year, 
because they are extremely hardy and will yield 
earlier than most of the other sorts. If pulled 
young and cooked in the pods, they make a de¬ 
licious dish and add welcomed variety to the early 
spring diet. 
Pkt. 10c, % lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.15, 10 lbs. 
$1.85, postpaid. 
63—AMERICAN WONDER.— One of the earliest 
of the dwarf sorts. Vines grow about twelve inches 
tall and bear a good crop of well filled pods of 
about two and one-half inches in length. Seed 
wrinkled and of a light green color. 
Pkt. 10c, % lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
Slate’s Early Champion 
