Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
Vegetable Seeds 
The 
Best of 
the Extra 
Earlies 
Thomas Lax- 
. This Pea outranks all 
*•'-***• other extra early 
wrinkled varieties in hardiness and pro¬ 
ductiveness. It was obtained by crossing 
the Gradus with a very early seedling of the 
“ Earliest of All ” type. It has all the delicious 
sweetness of the Gradus and comes into use fully 
as early as any of the “ Extra Earlies.” In addi¬ 
tion, it is of stronger constitution than the Gradus, 
is hardier, and therefore can be planted earlier. It is 
more prolific, the yield of peas to the quantity of pods 
gathered being quite phenomenal. The pods are large 
and shapely, of a rich dark green color, and filled from 
end to end with seven to eight very large white-seeded, 
wrinkled sugar peas, the flavor of which is unsurpassed 
by any other Pea in cultivation. The vines are strong 
and hardy and from three to three and one-half feet 
in height. Packet, io cts.; y pt., 20 cts.; pt., 35 cts.; 
qt., 60 cts. 
Extra Early Sorts 
Alaska. A smooth blue Pea, the earliest of all the extra early varieties; 
good flavor; pods dark green, well filled and ripen uniformly. One of the 
very best for market gardeners. Vines two and one-half feet high. 
VicK’s Selected Extra Early. The earliest of the 
early white Peas ; unsurpassed either for market or family use ; of excellent 
quaiity; unusually productive for so early a variety. Vines two and one- 
half feet high. 
Surprise. One of the earliest wrinkled Peas in the market. 
Vines grow about two feet high, are vigorous and need no bushing; 
pods well filled, containing about six or seven peas, which are exceedingly 
tender, sweet, and fine-flavored. Packet, 10 cts.; y pt., 15 cts.; pt., 
25 cts.; qt., 45 cts. 
Vick’s King of the Dwarfs. In season closely follows Premium Gem. 
On careful comparison with all the principal dwarf varieties, all planted at 
the same time, on the same soil with equal cultivation, we find it outyields 
them all by twenty per cent. It is a cross between American Wonder and 
Little Gem. Quality of the very best. The vines arc eighteen inches high. 
Packet, 10 cents; y pt., 15 cents; pt., 25 cents; qt., 45 cents. 
T HE Pea is very hardy, and will endure a 
great amount of cold, either in or above 
the ground ; and it is well to sow some of the 
earliest varieties as soon as possible,— the sooner 
the better,—in warm light soil, prepared the 
previous autumn. The general crop may be 
sown about two weeks later, and on somewhat 
heavier soil. Avoid fresh manure and very rich 
soil, as they cause the vines to grow too rank. 
Sow Peas in drills about four inches deep. The 
drills must not be nearer than two feet, except 
for the lowest sorts. Those growing three feet 
high or more should not be nearer than three 
or four feet, and should have brush for their 
support. One pint will sow forty feet of chill; 
two bushels for an acre, in drills three feet apart. 
Packet, 10 cents; ^ pint, 15 cents; 
pint, 25 cents ; quart, 40 cents ; 
except as noted. 
Our patrons will pl’ease bear in mind that 
7ve prepay postage. 
For quantities larger than here quoted, see 
P a S e 35- 
Gracivis (Prosperity), As an extra early Pea, the Gradus, being 
a sugar Pea, is far superior to all smooth varieties, not only in its delicious 
quality, but also in the long pods. While the early smooth varieties contain 
but four to five peas to the pod, the Gradus usually contains from eight to 
twelve. Packet, 10 cents ; y pt., 20 cents ; pt., 35 cents ; qt., 60 cents. 
Nott S Excelsior. An extra early dwarf, green, wrinkled sort. The 
peas are superior in sweetness and quality ; the vines larger and more vigor¬ 
ous than American Wonder, and yield one quarter more in shelled peas. 
Packet, 10 cents ; y pt., 15 cents ; pt., 25 cents ; qt., 50 cents. 
Bliss’ American Wonder \s one of the very best of the earliest 
wrinkled Peas in cultivation, and a superior cropper, bearing large, well-filled 
pods, having from six to nine large peas in a pod. The vines arc ten to 
twelve inches high, and of robust habit. A fine variety for the home garden. 
Packet, 10 cents ; ]/ 2 pt., 15 cents ; pt., 25 cents ; qt., 45 cents. 
Extra Early Premium Gem. A great improvement over McLean’s 
Little Gem, having larger pods and being more productive. A fine dwarf, 
green, wrinkled variety, fifteen iiichcs high. Packet, 10 cents ; y pt., 
15 cents; pt.; 25 cents ; qt., 45 cents. 
PEAS—Second Early Sort 
VicK*s Daisy. The Daisy is a second early Pea ot robust habit; 
vines two feet in height, bearing an abundance of well-filled pods containing 
seven to nine large and deliciously-flavored peas. It is one of the finest 
dwarf early green wrinkled Marrow Peas in cultivation, and one that ought 
to be grown in every garden whose owner appreciates Peas. Sturdy and 
branching in habit, requiring no stakes, coming early and remaining late in 
profitable productiveness, giving green peas of considerable size and of best 
quality, it is one in the very front rank. Packet, 10 cents; y pt., 20 cents ; 
pt., 35 cents ; qt., 60 cents. 
Bliss’ Everbearing, a fine wrinkled sort, about thirty inches high ; 
very robust, bearing heavy crops of large, well-filled pods ; peas of excellent 
flavor. Owing to its branching habit, the peas should be planted about six 
inches apart. 
Bliss’ Abundance. Remarkably productive. Plant one and a half to two 
feet in height; pods three inches long; peas large, wrinkled, of superior quality. 
Horsford S Market Garden. A wrinkled variety of superior quality, 
growing two feet high, very stocky ; requires no brushing; extremely pro¬ 
lific, hearing pods in pairs. A very desirable sort for canners' use. 
McLean s Advancer. A fine early market variety, exceedingly prolific, 
with well-filled pods of green wrinkled peas of delicious flavor. It is also 
known as Dwarf Champion. Vines two to two and a half feet high. 
Telephone, a fine, tall, wrinkled variety, and a great cropper, bearing 
immense pods of large peas of exquisite flavor. It is decidedly a market 
garden Pea. The pods fill a basket quicker than any other variety. Vines 
four feet. Packet, 10 cts.; l / 2 pt., 15 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts. 
