GARDEN PEAS 
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 posable,— 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 di ill; 
two bushels for an acre, in drills three feet apart. 
Packet, io cents; ]/ 2 pint, 15 cents ; pint, 25 cents ; quart, 40 cents ; 
except as noted. 
Our patrons will please bear in mind that at these prices we prepay postage. 
Many others do not do this, but require 15 cents per quart extra for postage. 
For quantities larger than here quoted , see page 38. 
EXTRA EARLY SORTS 
Alaska, a smooth blue Pea, the earliest of all the extra early varieties; of good 
flavor, and bearing pods of a dark green color, which are well filled and ripen uni. 
formly. One of the very best for market gardeners. Vines two and one-half feet high. 
Vick’s Extra Early. Tile earliest of the early white Peas ; unsurpassed either 
for market or family use; of excellent quality; unusually productive for so early a 
variety. Vines two and one-half feet high. 
y . This new Pea outranks all other extra 
^ nOlIlftS early wrinkled sorts in hardiness and 
productiveness. It was obtained by crossing the Gradus with a very early seed¬ 
ling of the “Earliest of All” type. It has all the delicious sweetness of the 
Gradus, and comes into use full as early as any of the “ Extra Earlies.” In 
•addition, 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 culti¬ 
vation. The vines are strong and hardy and from three to three and one-half feet 
in height. Packet, 15 cents; % pt., 25 cents ; pt., 45 cents; qt., 80 cents. 
New Surprise. The New Surprise is one of the earliest 
wrinkled Peas in the market; fully as early as the Extra Early or First and 
Best (both smooth varieties), but far superior in quality. The vines grow about 
two feet high, are vigorous and need no bushing: the pods are.well filled, containing 
about six or seven peas, which are exceedingly tender, sweet, and fine-flavored. Packet, 
10 cents ; pt., 15 cents ; pt., 25 cents ; qt., 45 cents. 
Gradus (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; % pt., 20 cents; pt., 35 cents; qt.,65 cents. 
Nott S Excelsior. New extra early dwarf, green, wrinkled sort. The peas are superior in sweetness 
and quality ; the vines larger and more vigorous than American Wonder, and yield one quarter more in shelled 
peas. Fifteen inches high, and very prolific. Packet, 10 cents; % pt., 15 cents; pt., 25 cents; qt., 
50 cents. 
Claudit. This is a fine new American variety, coming in just after the Gradus. The pods are long and 
handsome, and contain eight to nine large peas, which are tender, sweet, and of excellent flavor. The vines arc 
three feet in height. It is a good cropper. Among several new varieties which we have recently had on trial 
this is one of the best. 
Bliss’ American Wonder is 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 are ten to 
twelve inches high, and of robust habit. A fine variety for the home garden. Packet, 10 cents ; x /z pt., 15 cents; 
pt.,25 cents ; qt., 50 cents. 
Vick S King of the Dwarfs. Ill season closely follows Premium Gem, coming into market between the early and 
late varieties. On careful comparison, both as to number of pods and peas in the pod, 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. Vines eighteen inches high. Packet, 
10 cents ; 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 
PEAS, THOMAS LAXTON more productive. A fine dwarf, green, wrinkled variety, fifteen inches high. Packet, 10 cents; % pt., 15 cents) 
thkbb pods and vinb pint, 25 cents ; qt., 45 cents. 
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