VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS, ETC. 
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OKRA, OR GUMBO. 
German, ©ecbarer. French, Gombo. 
This vegetable is extensively grown in the Southern States ; its long pods, when 
young are used in soups, stews, etc., and are believed to be very nutritious. It is of 
the easiest culture, and grows freely, bearing abundantly on any garden soil. It is 
sown at the usual time of all tender vegetables, in drills two inches deep, setting the 
plants from two to three feet apart, Pkt. Cts. 
Dwarf Green, early and productive ; lb. 50c., oz. 10c.5 
Dwarf White, similar to above, except in color ; lb. 50c., oz. 10c.5 
Dwarf New White Velvet Pod, a distinct variety ; pods smooth, large and very 
abundant ; lb. 50c., oz. 10c . .... . 5 
PEAS. 
German, ©rbfeit. French, Pots. 
CHOICE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN VARIETIES. 
Peas are perfectly hardy, and will endure a great amount of frost and cold with 
safety. As “ Green Peas” are one of the delicacies of the garden, they should be 
sown very early in order to have them fit for early use ; those sown early succeed 
the best as a general thing. Sow in drills six inches apart and four feet space be 
tween ; the drills should be three inches deep and the Peas scattered pretty thickly, 
about a pint to forty feet; when the plants are three inches high draw a little earth 
to their stems; all varieties growing three feet or more in height should be sup¬ 
ported by a row of brush ; the dwarf varieties do not need it. The varieties we offer 
below are carefully sifted and hand picked , which renders them very superior ; a 
dry soil is most suitable, as they are liable to rot in any other. 
Quotations by the bushel may be found in the backport of the Catalogue. 
Crosman’s First and Best, very early and popular everywhere ; a fine market 
Pea ; about one and a half feet high ; qt. 35c., pt. 25c..10 
Extra Early, very early and productive; good quality; by some claimed to be the 
earliest in cultivation; height thirty inches; qt. 35c., pt. 25o.10 
Early Kent, the old and well-known early Pea; very early and productive; our 
stock of this is unsurpassed; three feet; qt. 35c., pt. 25c.10 
Philadelphia Extra Early, peerless as a market sort; good fruit and an abundance 
of it; height thirty inches; qt. 35c., pt. 25c.10 
Alaska, a round blue Pea, and the earliest variety grown; very desirable in every 
way; two feet in height; qt. 40c., pt. 25c... . . .10 
Kentish Invicta, an extra early blue Pea ; pods handsome and well filled ; two 
feet in height; qt. 40c.; pt. 25c ... . .10 
Tom Thumb, a very dwarf and prolific variety, growing eight or ten inches in 
height; of good quality, highly prized ; qt. 45c., pt. 25c.10 
McLean’s Blue Peter, not over twelve inches high ; dark green foliage, round 
blue seed ; very productive ; qt. 45c., pt. 25c.10 
Nott’s Excelsior.—We consider this variety one of the best of recent introduc¬ 
tion. Vines are a little larger and more vigorous than the American Wonder ; 
also earlier and more prolific. Pods are always well filled with peas which in 
sweetness and quality have no equal ; qt. 75c., pt. 40c.10 
American Wonder, extra early, dwarf, wrinkled and of the very best quality ; a 
superior cropper, having larger pods than the other extra early sorts ; about 
ten inches high ; qt. 45c., pt. 25c...10 
Blue Beauty, grows about a foot and a half high and very uniform ; a trifle later 
than American Wonder ; good yielder and flavor unsurpassed by any ; qt. 
45c., pt. 25c...10 
Extra Early Premium Gem, a valuable, very early dwarf, wrinkled variety ; an 
improvement on McLean’s Little Gem, being more robust in growth, with 
longer pods, and more prolific ; height 14 inches ; qt. 40c., pt. 25c.10 
McLean’s Little Gem, is one of the finest dwarf wrinkled Peas grown : of a deli¬ 
cious flavor, rich and sugary ; very early; one foot; qt. 40c., pt. 25c.10 
