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CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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Peasm 
German, Erbse .— French, Pois. — Spanish, Chicaros. 
Peas come earliest to maturity in light, rich soils, but for 
a general crop a deep loam or moderately heavy soil is better. 
Sow the smooth sorts as early in spring as the ground can be 
worked, and make successive sowings every ten days, the 
wrinkled sorts being given the preference as soon as the ground 
is warmed up. Plantings of the earlier sorts, such as Breck’s 
Excelsior, may be made through July and even up to the ioth 
day of August with reasonable hope of a crop. Sow in rows, 
from two to five feet apart, according to the height of tht 
variety. One quart of peas will sow about ioo feet of drill. 
The seeds of the sorts to which an asterisk ( *) is prefixed 
are wrinkled. 
Special Prices on Large Quantities Quoted on 
Application. 
We supply packets of Peas at io cts. each. 
Extra Early Sorts• 
Alaska, or Clipper. A smooth, blue, 
prolific, sweet, extra early . 
* Blisses American Wonder. Well 
known early wrinkled sort . 
Breck’s Excelsior. The best extra 
early for market and private garden 
Breck’s Old Qlory. Surpasses all 
early sorts ..... 
* Carter’s Premium Oem. Dwarf 
prolific, green, wrinkled variety 
of good quality .... 
C/audit. The most desirable extra 
early pea introduced to date. The 
pea is large, deep green in color, 
and slightly wrinkled. The 
quality is unsurpassed 
*Duke of York. Very large, long full 
pods, the peas are of the finest 
quality, early ; coming in a few 
clays after Gradus, productive and 
in every way desirable 
*Qradus f or Prosperity. The pods 
are almost as large as those of the 
Telephone, and are fit to pick 
three days after Alaska 
Improved Daniel O’Rourke. A 
standard extra early variety 
Maud S. P. & W.’s Improved. A 
first-class selected strain of extra 
earlies ...... 
*Nott’s Excelsior. Extra early, 
Breck’s Selected Strain Gradus Peas. f° ws l 5 “<*es high. Superior 
to American Wonder . 
* Surprise, or Eclipse. Only two or three days later than Breck’s Excelsior, small pods, 
quality excellent . . . . . . . . • • 
*Thomas Laxton. A cross between Gradus and an extra early sort. It is without excep¬ 
tion the best early wrinkled sort yet produced. It grows about three feet high . 
Tom Thumb. About nine inches high, very early. # • 
* William Hurst. A famous English variety, resembles somewhat Premium Gem, but 
more productive and with larger pods. 
Second Early Sorts. 
*Bllss's Abundance. Strong vines of medium height that bear an enormous number of 
well-filled pods ... 
*Bllss’s Everbearing. A most desirable main crop variety for the private grower 
*Dwarf Telephone f or Daisy . As large and productive as the original Telephone, but 
earlier and dwarfer ... 
Dwarf Champion Pea. A dwarf form of the Champion of England; very productive . 
*Duke of Albany , or American Champion. Larger pods than Telephone, earlier, 
dwarfer and with little tendency to “sport” ......... 
* Heroine . A long, full podded variety that follows Advancer in season .... 
*Horsford’s Market Garden. Type and quality of Advancer, more productive 
*Juno. Remarkably large, long, straight, thick throughout; well filled pods 
*McLean’s Advancer. A dwarf, green, wrinkled marrow of fine flavor .... 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
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