SINCE 1884 
Peas 
CULTURE—A week may be gained in earliness by sowing a quantity in moist sand, 
placed in a box in the cellar, planting outside when well sprouted. Light, dry soil, not over¬ 
rich, suits the pea. Sow as early as the ground can be worked!, and again every ten days, for 
succession, up to the first of June, after which there is danger from mildew. Sow in single or 
double rows, from four to six feet apart, according to the different heights, about an inch apart 
in rows (except such sorts as we note to sow thin) and four inches deep. Hoe often and keep 
the ground clean and fine. The tall sorts can be made to bear more freely by pinching-in. 
The dwarf varieties may be grown in beds like Bush Beans, with rows about the same distance 
apart. 
Inspecting 100 Acre Field of Little Marvel Peas in Idaho 
First Early Peas 
GRADUS —A new English variety of the 
wrinkled! peas; it is very hardy, so much 
so that, unlike most of its type, it can be 
planted extremely early. The vine grows 
about 2 Yt. feet high, is vigorous and very 
productive; the pods are large and well 
filled with good sized peas, seven to nine 
usually in a pod. The Gradus is one _ of 
the earliest wrinkled peas in cultivation 
and onel of the most delicious in quality. 
% lb., 20c; lb„ 30c. 
NOTT’S EXCELSIOR— Height 20 inches. 
The finest Dwarf Wrinkled Extra Early 
Variety—it is the best of recent introduc¬ 
tions; vines are larger and more vigorous 
than the American Wonder, while the pods 
are fully one-third 1 larger, containing five 
to seven peas, packed so closely together 
in the pods that the peas are always more 
square than round. The pods are always 
filled with peas, which in' sweetness and 
quality have no equal, being superior to any 
other wrinkled sort. Prices: l/ 2 lb., 20c; 
lb., 30c. 
THOS. LAXTON— Height 30 inches. The 
only rival to the famous Gradus, as a long- 
podded, extremely wrinkled pea, and in 
some respects even better. The growth is 
identical, but the pods are a deeper, richer 
green and square at the endl In the judg¬ 
ment of experts, Thos. Laxton is even 
sweeter and finer in flavor, while as the 
large peas are of a deeper green they pre¬ 
sent a more attractive appearance on the 
table. lb., 20c; lb., 30c. 
LAXTON’S PROGRESS— A new variety of 
unusual merit, large podded, large fruited 
wrinkled peas; vines dwarf but heavily 
laden with fruit; pods long, averaging 
more peas to pod than the Laxtonian. The 
best variety for home use. b-, 20c; lb., 
30c. 
LITTLE MARVEL —Fast becoming the most 
popular of dwarf sorts for the home garden. 
Vines 15 inches high'; 6 to 8 peas to the 
pod. Finest quality of the dwarf early 
wrinkled pea. Vz lb., 20c; lb., 30c. 
SIOUX CITY SEED CO. 
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