PEAS 
Culture. — Peas require a rich, light, dry and sandy soil and they should be sown as soon as 
the ground is in working condition. Avoid using a course rank manure however, as it drives 
the plants to vines without pods. They are usually planted in double rows for home garden, 
6 to 8 inches apart for the tall varieties; single rows, 1 foot apart for the dwarf sorts. For 
market crop in rows, drill 1 to 2 inches deep in 3-foot rows. Successive plantings can be made 
every 10 days up to the middle of July. The wrinkled varieties are not so hardy as the smooth 
sorts and should not be planted as early. One pound is sufficient for 100 feet of row, and 2 
bushels for an acre. 
Improved Gradus Peas 
IMPROVED GRADUS. The finest 
and most popular of all early wrin¬ 
kled varieties. The vines grow 3 
feet in height with a great number 
of 43^-inch dark green, pointed pods, 
enclosing 8 to 10 large, sweet, deli¬ 
cious peas. A handsome hardy pea 
maturing only a few days after 
Alaska, with pods almost as large 
as Telephone. This strain is from 
the country’s outstanding grower. 
Lb. 35c; 10 lbs. $2.75. 
Sutton’s Excelsior. An extra 
early, dwarf-wrinkled sort, filled with 
Peas of the finest flavor. Very satis¬ 
factory for the home garden. Vines 
medium green and stocky. Pods 
single, light green, broad, blunt, 
straight, containing 6 to 8 medium¬ 
sized peas. Vine 18 inches high, 
pods V/i inches long; season about 
68 days. Pkt. 15c: lb. 35c; 10 lbs. 
$3.00. 
Thomas Laxton. One of the most 
popular and productive for home and 
market garden use. Bears a heavy 
crop of single, medium green, broad, 
blunt pods, containing 7 to 8 peas of 
fine quality. Matures in about 62 
days. Lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.50. 
World’s Record. Similar to Gra¬ 
dus, but 4 to 5 days earlier. Vines 
30 inches in height with single, 
medium green, broad plump pods 
about V/i inches long. Matures in 
about 59 days. An excellent sort for 
home gardens. Lb. 30c; 10 lbs. 
$2.50. 
Hundredfold. A very attractive 
large podded sort of the dwarf type. 
Vines very dark green with single 
4-inch broad, pointed, deep green 
pods. Season 65 days. Lb. 35c; 10 
lbs. $2.75. 
Laxton’s Progress. The largest 
podded and most attractive in the 
Laxtonian family. Vines grow 18 to 
20 inches high, bearing a heavy crop 
of handsome 4J^ inch pods. One of 
the earliest of the sweet wrinkled sort, 
maturing in 66 days. Lb. 35c; 10 
lbs. $2.75. 
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