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F. B. MILLS’ ILLUSTRATED 1890 
PRIDE OF THE CARDIN 
GOLDEN SUGAR PEAS. 
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(Engraved especially for Mills' Catalogue.) 
Three years ago a lady living in Ohio sent me a 
package of a new kind of Sugar Peas, which she 
said far surpassed any she ever saw, and wished me 
to test them in ruv trial grounds. She said when 
they moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio, over forty 
years ago, they carried with them seed of these 
Sugar Peas, and have always kept in the seed of 
them ever since. All other kinds of Sugar Peas have 
been carefully tested by the side of these, but none 
of them are near as excellent in any respect. I have 
carefully grown them for the past three years 
and caii say I believe them to be the best Sugar 
Peas ever introduced, and now take pleasure in 
offering true and genuine seed this spring for the 
first time. 
They are what their name indicates, “Golden 
Sugar,” and are immensely productive, outyielding 
every other variety of peas. Golden Sugar pro¬ 
duces more pods to the vine, (more bushels of pods 
to a given area) and shelled more peas to a bushel 
of pods, than any other variety. The engraving 
above well represents them, and was sketched and 
engraved by my artist. They grow from four and 
one-half to five feet high, of very stout growth; the 
foliage is a healthy green and the vines are crowded 
with pods. They are medium early, and one of the 
greatest characteristics of this new pea is, the pods 
are eatible, very crisp, and need but little cooking. 
■When cooked, pods and all, I pronounce them much 
better than any string beans I ever saw. There are 
sugar peas for sale by nearly all seed houses, but 
they are far from being what my “Golden Sugar” 
is. All sugar peas I ever knew before are so sweet as 
to me sickish, and this is the general complaint by 
most every one. 
Last spring I sent out sample packets for trial to 
a few of niv customers, and the reports all gave 
“Golden Sugar ” great praise. Bead the reports on 
page 8 of this Catalogue. In considering the yield 
and size of pods, cpialitv of both peas and pods, and 
the carliness of such Large Peas, I pronounce the 
“Golden Sugar” the greatest variety ever intro¬ 
duced. I am sole introducer, and as my seed is yet 
limited, can offer it only in sealed packages. Price, 
per pkt., 20 cents; 3 pkts., 50 cents; 7 pkts., $1.00, 
postpaid. 
PODS OF THE GOLDEN SUGAR PEAS. 
