Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Growers of Choice Garden Seeds, Cambridge, N. Y. 
PEAS 
Culture —Our trials of Peas enable us to discard inferior sorts and to offer only the best vari¬ 
eties. Peas come earliest to maturity in light, rich soil. For general crop, a deep loam or a soil 
strongly inclining to clay is best. For early crop, decomposed leaves or leaf mold should be 
used; or, if the soil is very poor, strong manure may be used. For general crop, a good dress¬ 
ing should be applied, and for the dwarf-growing kinds the soil can hardly be too rich. When 
grown as a market crop, peas are never staked; for private use they are generally sown in 
double rows, and the tall varieties staked up by brush. For an early crop sow as soon as the 
ground can be worked, and make repeated sowings every two weeks for succession. 
One quart for 75 feet of drill; 2 to 3 bushels in drills for an acre. 
All marked thus (*) are wrinkled varieties. 
EXTRA EARLY AND EARLY —DWARF VARIETIES 
♦BUSS' AMERICAN WONDER —An old standard, *SUTTON'S EXCELSIOR— A decided improvement on 
very dwarf, extra early sweet pea; growing about one Nott’s Excelsior, with larger pods and greater produc- 
foot high. tiveness; height about 16 inches; quality the best. 
♦HUNDREDFOLD —-A wonderful pea of 
English origin, on the order of Laxtonian. 
Pods nearly as large as Telephone, on a 
vine only 16 inches high. This pea is grown 
extensively as a market garden sort and is 
equally adapted to the home garden. The 
pods are nearly 4 V 2 inches long, broad, 
pointed, and well filled with 8 or 9 large, 
delicious, sweet peas. 
♦LAXTONIAN —A large podded dwarf va¬ 
riety, on the order of Gradus, with equally 
large pods and growing only 16 inches in 
height. 
♦LAXTON'S PROGRESS —Where a dwarf 
pea with large pods is desired this variety 
will please the most critical gardener. The 
dark green pods are as large as Telephone, 
while the vine seldom exceeds IV 2 feet in 
height. Peas excellent, sweet and tender. 
LAXTON'S SUPERB — A hardy, semi-wrin- 
kled, blue-seeded, extra early variety, grow¬ 
ing 22 to 24 inches in height, with dark 
green 4-inch, semi-broad, pointed pods; of 
fair quality. Desirable as a gardener’s first 
crop pea, standing very early planting. 
♦LITTLE GEM, PREMIUM — An improved, 
more dwarf strain of McLean’s Little Gem. 
Height 1 V <2 feet. Foliage dark green; pods 
light green, 3 inches long, round, square 
ended, and well filled with 6 to 8 light green 
peas of good quality; very productive. 
RICE'S LITTLE GIANT 
♦RICE'S LITTLE GIANT — Best described as a dark 
podded Sutton’s Excelsior. One of the finest of the 
large podded, early dwarf varieties, growing about 14 
inches in height and of highest quality; recommended 
for either private or market garden. 
♦NOTTS EXCELSIOR —An old, standard, extra early 
dwarf pea, producing an abundance of well-filled pods. 
♦LITTLE MARVEL —An exceptionally productive, early, 
high quality variety for the home garden. The vines 
are about 14 inches in height, sturdy and loaded with 
long, straight pods nearly 4 inches in length. This 
pea is rapidly superseding many of the older varieties 
for home culture and is worthy a place in every 
garden. 
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Peas 
are grown in the best localities known for production 
of fine pea seeds, and the growing crops are always 
under direct supervision of experienced field men. 
Better pea seed is not produced, so we feel sure you will find RICE'S Peas well worth 
the price asked. 
Fresh Peas are one of the most palatable of all early summer vegetables and if suc¬ 
cessive plantings are made it is easy to have the family table supplied until early fall. 
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