JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
_ (Corporation) 
Brock's The Record 
Peas 
(Pisum sativum) 
German, “Erbse.” — French, “Pois.” — Spanish, “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 be worked; after 
that, make successive plantings every ten days until about 
the middle of June, giving the wrinkled sorts the prefer¬ 
ence. From the middle to the end of July, when the 
driest and hottest weather of the season is usually over, 
plantings of the extra early varieties may again be made 
with reasonable hope of a crop. Plant in trenches, or 
wide furrow's, 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 be pro¬ 
vided for the vines of tall growing sorts. 
One quart of peas will plant about 100 feet of drill. 
We supply all varieties in large packets, price 10c each. 
EXTRA EARLY 
Pt. Qt. Pk. 
Alaska, or Clipper. An extremely early, 
smooth, blue pea. Vines about 2 feet 
high; dark green pods, well filled. 
American Wonder. Height 12 to 15 inches. 
Very early wrinkled pea of fine quality 
Breck’s Excelsior. The earliest and best, 
tall-growing smooth pea. 
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. 
Premium Gem. A desirable, early, wrinkled 
pea. Vines about 15 inches high.... 
$0.20 $0.30 $2.25 
.20 
.35 
2.25 
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.25 
.45 
3.00 
.20 
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2.25 
Claudit. An early, tall-growing variety 
of excellent quality. Peas large, deep 
green, and slightly wrinkled. 
Daffodil. Dwarf, very early and prolific. 
Large deep green pods; peas wrinkled. 
Height not over 18 inches. 
Grad us, 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. 
\ ines from 2*£ to 3 feet in height.. 
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 vigorous; average 
height less than 18 inches. 
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. 
Nott’s Excelsior. The standard of quality 
in home gardens. No other dwarf wrink¬ 
led pea is as widely planted. Vines of 
regular habit and about 14 inches high 
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. 
Thomas Laxton. This reliable pea is sim¬ 
ilar 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 early as 
smooth varieties . 
The Record. A popular large-podded extra 
early, wrinkled pea which matures sev¬ 
eral 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 4% 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. 
SECOND EARLY 
Abundance. Pods medium in size; peas 
wrinkled; quality very good. Height 
about 3 feet. 
Alderman. One of the most satisfactory 
varieties for early main-crop. Pods 
long, filled with large wrinkled, deep 
green peas of superior quality. Height 
4 to 5 feet. 
Everbearing. An excellent variety for pri¬ 
vate growers. Peas large, wrinkled, and 
of fine flavor. Height 3 feet. 
Daisy, or Dwarf Telephone. A profuse 
bearer. Pods large; peas wrinkled, 
sw'eet and tender. Height 18 inches.... 
Dwarf Champion. A wrinkled pea quite 
similar to the well-known Champion of 
England excepting that the vines are 
only 2 or 2 Y 2 feet in height. 
Duke of Albany, or American Champion. 
One of the largest varieties; height 
from 4 to 5 feet. Prolific, each pod 
containing 6 to 10 extra large wrinkled 
peas of good quality. A little earlier 
than Telephone . 
McLean’s Advancer. A dwarf, green, 
wrinkled marrow of fine flavor. Popu¬ 
lar in the vicinity of Boston. 
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