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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
PEAS 
1 — (iradiiH 
German, “Erbse.’ 
(Pisum sativum) 
-French, “Pois.”—Spanish, 
2— lirerk’s Imp. Telephone 
EXTRA EARLY 
3— Alderman 
pounds, etc. 
‘Chicaros” 
The pea is one of the few vegetables 
which almost invariably find a place in 
home gardens. Peas mature earliest in 
light, fertile loams, but will give good 
results in any well-prepared garden 
soil. Sow the smooth sorts as early in 
spring as the ground can he worked; 
after that, make successive plantings 
every ten days until about the middle 
of June, giving the wrinkled sorts the 
preference. From the middle to the 
end of July, when the driest and hot¬ 
test weather of the season is usually 
over, plantings of the extra early va¬ 
rieties may again be made with reason¬ 
able hope of a crop. Plant in trenches, 
or wide furrows, 3 or 4 inches deep 
and from 18 inches to 4 feet apart, 
according to the height of the variety. 
Brush, or supports of some kind, 
should always he provided for the 
vines of tall growing sorts. All peas 
sold by weight, not by measure. One 
pound equals about 1 pint and 15 
pounds about 1 peck, dry measure. 
Two pounds of peas will plant about 
100 feet of drill. 
Peas by the packet, postpaid. At the 
prices noted below we do not deliver 
peas purchased by the pound, two 
For Parcel Post rates to your address, see 
Pilot. An extra early, round seeded or 
smooth Pea. Can be planted as soon 
as ground can be worked. Pods as 
large as the Gradus. Very prolific, 
highly recommended as an extra early 
market sort .Pkt. .20 $0.35 $0.65 $4.00 
Pioneer. An improvement on the popu¬ 
lar Laxtonian. Vines about 20 inches 
high; color, light green. Vigorous 
growth. The pods pointed and a lit¬ 
tle darker in color than the vine. Con¬ 
sidered fully four days earlier than 
Laxtonian .Pkt. .25 
Laxton Superb. New early Pea which 
received Award of Merit from English 
Royal Horticultural Society. A very 
early, hardy, large podded, almost 
smooth seeded pea. Vigorous growth, 
very prolific; even growth of vine; 
height about 20 inches.Pkt. .20 
Alaska, or Clipper. An extremely early, 
smooth, blue pea. Vines about 2 feet 
high; dark green pods, well filled. 
Pkt. .15 
American Wonder. Height 12 to 15 
inches. Very early wrinkled pea of 
fine quality .Pkt. .15 
Brock’s Excelsior. The earliest and best, 
tall-growing smooth pea.Pkt. .15 
Breck’s Old Glory. Superior to all other 
extra early varieties, size, quality, and 
productivity considered. A favorite 
market garden sort. Long, dark green 
pods packed with large slightly 
wrinkled peas; vines tall growing and 
vigorous .Pkt. .15 
Claudit. An early, tall-growing variety 
of excellent quality. Peas large, deep 
green, and slightly wrinkled...Pkt. .20 
Gradus, or Prosperity. Deservedly the 
most popular early variety among both 
private and market gardeners in this 
locality. Pods large, pointed and uni¬ 
form in shape; peas of fine flavor. 
Vines from 2% to 3 feet in height. 
Pkt. .20 
1 lb. 2 lb. 15 lb. 
Laxtonian. One of the best dwarf wrink¬ 
led peas for the market gardener. 
Pods about 4 inches long, resembling 
those of Gradus, but ripening a little 
earlier. Vines productive and vigor¬ 
ous; average height less than 18 inches. 
Pkt. .15 
Little Marvel. An extra early dwarf 
wrinkled pea, fast becoming popular in 
this locality. Vines bear a profusion 
of blunt-ended pods, well filled with 
large peas of fine quality.Pkt. .15 
Nott’s Excelsior. The standard of qual¬ 
ity in home gardens. No other dwarf 
wrinkled pea is as widely planted. 
Vines of regular habit and about 14 
inches high .Pkt. .15 
Premium Gem. A desirable, early, 
wrinkled pea. Vines about 15 inches 
high .Pkt. .15 
Sutton’s Excelsior. An early, dwarf, 
wrinkled pea with exceptionally large 
pods. Matures as early as Nott’s Excel¬ 
sior and is its equal in quality Pkt. .20 
Thomas Laxton. This reliable pea is 
similar in type to Gradus, but has 
darker foliage and square-ended pods. 
Although a wrinkled sort of excellent 
quality, it may be planted about as 
earlj r as smooth varieties.Pkt. .20 
The Record. A popular large-podded 
extra early, wrinkled pea which ma¬ 
tures several days earlier than the 
well known Gradus. Its growth is 
quite similar to that of Gradus but 
somewhat dwarfer and stouter; pods 
uniformly large, measuring AV 2 to 5 
inches, nearly round and packed with 
handsome wrinkled peas of the finest 
flavor. The Record is an especially 
valuable sort for market gardeners 
because the peas will remain in good 
condition a remarkably long time 
after picking .Pkt. .20 
.35 .65 4.00 
.35 .65 4.00 
.35 
.60 
4.25 
.35 
.60 
4.25 
.30 
.50 
3.25 
.35 
.60 4.25 
.35 
.60 4.25 
.40 
.45 .85 4.50 
.35 .65 4.25 
.35 .60 4.25 
.35 .60 3.50 
.40 .70 4.25 
.40 .70 4.75 
.75 
4.50 
.75 4.50 
