catalogue of vegetable seeds. 
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Peas. 
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 
woiked, 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 10th 
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 saw 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. 
Breck’s Selected Strain Gradus Peas. 
Extra Early Sorts. 
Alaska , or Clipper. A smooth, blue, 
prolific, sweet, extra early . 
*Bliss’s American Wonder. Well 
known early wrinkled sort . 
Breck's Excelsior. The best extra 
early for market and private garden 
Breck r s Old Olory. Surpasses all 
early sorts. 
* Carter's Premium Oem. Dwarf 
prolific, green, wrinkled variety 
of good quality .... 
Claudit. 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 
days after Gradus, productive and 
in every way desirable 
*Oradus 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, 
grows 15 inches high. Superior 
to American Wonder . 
*Surprise f or Eclipse. Only two or three days later than Breck’s Excelsior, small pods, 
quality excellent. • * 
*Sutton's Excelsior. A dwarf extra early, height 15 inches, pods large and well-filled, 
a heavy cropper and of delicious flavor.. • • 
*Tbomas 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. 
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Second Early Sorts. 
Strong vines of medium height that bear an enormous number of 
*Bliss’s Abundance. 
well-filled pods. .•••.* 
*Bliss's Everbearing. A most desirable main crop variety for the private grower 
* Dwarf Telephone , or Daisy. As large and productive as the original Telephone, bu 
earlier and dwarf... ; ; • * * ,. 
Dwarf Champion Pea. A dwarf form of the Champion of England ; very producti 
*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 . 
*fforsford's Market Garden. Type and quality of Advancer, more productive 
* McLean's Advancer. A dwarf, green, wrinkled marrow of fine flavor 
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