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PEAS—Early Wrinkled Varieties— (Continued) 
Nott’s Excelsior 
Similar to American Wonder. 
Perfection 65 days 
Vine 29 in., medium green, heavy stems, 
strong grower, uniform maturity. Pods 3 to 
SV 2 in., medium light green, blunt and 
mostly borne double. Seed medium size and 
wrinkled. Color, light green. 
Wisconsin Perfection (Wilt 
Resistant) 65 days 
A recent introduction, basic work done by 
the University of Wisconsin. An excellent 
strain of Perfection and is 100% resistant 
to Fusarium wilt. Vine 28 to 30 in., dark 
green foliage, very vigorous, heavy stems, 
very uniform in maturity, a good yielder. 
Pods borne mostly double, 3 to SV 2 in. long, 
medium green, peas of good quality. Seed 
wrinkled and of medium size. Color, light 
green. 
Wisconsin Early Sweet (Wilt 
Resistant) 60 days 
Developed at the Wisconsin Experiment 
Station by Prof. E. J. Delwiche. Vine 28 to 
30 in., medium green in color, thin stem. 
Early in maturity. Pods borne singly, light 
green, 2 V 2 to 3 in., blunt, peas small and of 
good quality. Seed small, wrinkled, green. 
PEAS—Main Crop Varieties 
Alderman 7 5 days 
A giant podded variety of the “Telephone” 
group. Vines 4 1 /2 to 5 ft. tall, dark green. Pods 
dark green, tapered, 4% to 514 in. long, % in. 
wide and contain 8 to 10 peas. Recommended 
for home and market gardens and shipping. 
Carter’s Daisy or Dwarf 
Telephone 70 days 
Vines about 20 in. high. Pods bright green, 
414 in. long, containing 7 to 9 peas of finest 
quality. A popular home and market garden 
variety. 
Dwarf Gray Sugar, Edible 
Pod 7 5 days 
Vines 24 to 30 in. high with an abundance 
of medium sized sweet and tender pods, gray 
mottled in appearance. To be prepared for 
the table in the same manner as snap beans. 
Everbearing 7 5 days 
Vines 2 to 3 ft. high, branching, and may 
be grown without brush or other support. A 
prolific and continuous bearing sort, with 
pods 3 to 4 in. long containing 6 to 8 large 
wrinkled peas. 
Giant Stride 77 days 
This is the largest podded variety of com¬ 
mercial importance. Especially adapted for 
shipping and market garden use. The plant 
is semi-dwarf, 26 to 28 in. tall, stem is 
heavy, foliage large and dark green. Pods 
are large, 514 to 6 V 2 in., ends pointed, color 
is dark green. Pods are wide, often crease 
backed, the end pointed. The peas are large, 
often 8 to 10 per pod. The quality is excel¬ 
lent. 
Melting Sugar, Edible Pod 
Gray Seed 75 days 
Vines 414 feet high, light green. Pods 4Ms 
in. long, flat, straight and tapered at end. 
Fleshy, stringless and brittle. Use like snap 
beans. 
Melting Sugar, Edible Pod 
White Seed 75 days 
Vines 4 to 5 ft. Similar to the gray seeded 
variety in growth. Should be broken and 
cooked, pods and all, like snap beans. 
One of Northrup, King & Co.’s Large Pea Production Fields 
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