Plant Enough Garden Peas to Can 
Peas 
Two pounds will plant 100 feet of drill, 84 pounds 
one acre. 
For first early crop, sow Improved East Hart¬ 
ford Extra Early as soon as the ground can be worked 
in Spring. Select a rich, light, sandy soil, dry and well 
sheltered. 
For the general crop, a deep, rich loam is best; the 
soil cannot be too rich for the dwarf varieties. Avoid 
using coarse, rank manure, as it drives the plants to 
vines without pods. 
For market crop, sow in rows 2 to 4 feet apart, ac¬ 
cording to the variety. In the kitchen garden, sow 
the tall varieties in double rows 6 to 8 inches apart, 
and stick brush firmly between the rows when the 
vines are about 6 inches high. Sow the dwarf varie¬ 
ties in single rows a foot apart; cover 2 to 4 inches, 
according to the character of the soil and the time of 
planting, deepest on light soils and in late planting. 
Deep planting prevents mildew and prolongs the 
bearing season, yet in cold, heavy soils the seed is 
liable to rot if planted deep. If drills are made 5 
inches deep and the seed covered only 1 or 2 inches, 
the earth can be gradually drawn into the trench as 
the plants grow; in this way a good stand can be had 
at a good depth. The wrinkled varieties are not so 
hardy as the hard, smooth sorts, and cannot be 
planted so early; they are, however, the sweetest and 
best flavored. 
A succession may be had by sowing two weeks after 
the first early, the early, medium early, medium late, 
and late varieties at one time, so that they will follow 
for use one after the other. 
1 lb. equals heaping pt., 2 lbs. equals heaping 
qt. 
ALL VARIETIES, 15 cts. PER PKT. 
To increase your crop of Peas, inoculate with 
Culture. Easy to use. Small cost. Large returns. 
See page 45. 
EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES 
Hawley’s Improved East Hartford Extra Early. 
The very earliest market Pea in cultivation; of good 
quality and great 
productiveness, 
vines growing to a 
uniform height of 
2V 2 feet and Peas 
maturing in two 
pickings; the very 
best variety for 
early market culti¬ 
vation. Lb. 30 cts., 
2 lbs. 50 cts., 7 
lbs. $1.50, 15 lbs. 
$2.25, 60 lbs. $8.40. 
G r a d u s 
World’s Record 
Strain. The vines 
grow 3 feet in 
height, with heavy 
stems and large, 
light green leaves. 
Hardy, productive, 
pods 4 to 4^ in. 
long, filled with 
tender Peas, rich 
in flavor, with all 
the good qualities 
of the later marrow 
sorts yet only a few 
days later than the 
East Hartford. Lb. 
30 cts., 2 lbs. 55 
cts., 7 lbs. $1.50; 
14 lbs. $2.25. 56 
lbs. $8.40. 
Gradus 
Laxtonian 
Thomas Laxton. Excepting color of 
foliage and pods, in growth this is identical 
with the Gradus, two or three days later, 
but much more productive. Lb. 30 cts., 2 
lbs. 55 cts., 7 lbs. $1.50, 14 lbs. $2.25, 56 
lbs. $8.40. 
Alaska. A blue Pea of excellent quality. The earli¬ 
est of all the blue sorts. A desirable early Pea for 
market gardeners, growing from 2 to 2 K feet and very 
productive. Lb. 30 cts., 2 lbs. 50 cts., 7K lbs. $1.50 
15 lbs. $2.25, 60 lbs. $8.40. 
DWARF VARIETIES 
Sutton’s Excelsior. Earliness and habit of growth 
same as Nott’s Excelsior, with the added merit of pro¬ 
ducing abundantly much larger and handsomer pods 
than any other dwarf early, wrinkled sort. Peas large, 
tender and delicious. Height 12 in. Lb. 30 cts.. 2 lbs, 
55 cts., 7 lbs. $1.50, 14 lbs. $2.25, 56 lbs. $8.40. 
Nott’s Excelsior. An extra early dwarf variety of 
branching habit. Grows to the uniform height of 1 
foot. Remarkably hardy and productive pods large, 
with from 7 to 9 fine Peas to a pod. Very sweet and 
fine flavor. Lb. 30 cts., 2 lbs. 55 cts., 7 lbs. $1.50, 
14 lbs. $2.25, 56 lbs. $8.40. 
Laxton’s Progress. One of the best new dwarf 
wrinkled varieties. Its fine quality and production 
cannot be excelled, growing 14 in. high with large well 
filled pods. Lb. 30 cts., 2 lbs. 55 cts., 7 lbs. $1.50, 
14 lbs. $2.25, 56 lbs. $8.40. 
Laxtonian. This variety is best described as a 
dwarf Gradus. The vines grow about 14 in. high, bear¬ 
ing a profusion of dark green pods, with eight or nine 
large peas in each, of a quality equal to the Gradus, 
and in season fully as early. Lb. 30 cts., 2 lbs. 55 cts., 
7 lbs. $1.50, 14 lbs. $2.25, 56 lbs. $8.40. 
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