R.B. BUCHANAN SEED CQ 
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. 
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BUCHANAN’S COWPEAS — TABLE PEAS 
The prices on Cowpeas, Field Beans and Edible Cowpeas are constantly changing, and it is impossible to quote prices on quantities when 
this catalogue is printed, but in season we will quote prices promptly upon receipt of your inquiry asking for same. 
PEAS For field planting it requires 1 to 2 gallons drilled to the acre; broadcast, 1 to 2 bushels per acre—60 pounds to bushel. 
Prices 
on 
Peas 
Post Paid 
Through 
Third 
Zone 
BUCHANAN’S CREAM OR SUGAR CROWDER PEAS 
Gallon 
= 7% lbs. 
1 Peck 
= 16 lbs. 
Vi Bushel 
= 30 lbs. 
1 Bushel 
■ 60 lbs. 
TABLE PEAS 
1241— CREAM CROWDER—A strictly Southern-grown table pea, 
has been known to a few many years, growing in popularity 
very rapidly, both for gardens and for planting on a large scale 
with corn. It is white or cream in color, very sweet, and gets 
the name Crowder from the fact that they fit the hull very 
closely. (See cut.) This is a bunch pea and very prolific on 
any fertilized garden, and should be planted as you would any 
other bunch garden pea. They thrive on clay or sandy loam land 
and respond readily to corn fertilizer. Planted with corn, one 
row of com and one row of peas (one peck to acre), you will get 
usual amount of corn and from 10 to 20 bushels of peas to the 
acre. They sell well on any Southern market, both as a green 
shelled pea and as a dry shelled pea. Mature green peas about 
90 days; dry peas about 105 days. 
Pkt., Vi lb., 10c; Vi lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; gal., $1.00; peck, $1.90 
1254—SMALL CREAM CROWDER^Bush pea, and in some sec¬ 
tions known as Six Weeks or Two Crop Crowder—and will pro¬ 
duce green table peas in six weeks; while we do not consider 
superior to the Large Cream Crowder, it is equally as good 
and its earliness makes it more desirable to plant for early 
market. Matures dried peas in about 65 days, will make two 
crops on good land and vines good to turn under for humus. 
Plant in 3^-foot rows on good land. 
Pkt., Vi lb., 10c; V2 lb., 20c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; gal., $1.00; peck, $1.90 
1248—BROWN SUGAR CROWDER—Produce green peas in 85 to 
90 days, and dried peas in 100 to 110 days. One of our best flavored 
table peas, of large size and becoming exceedingly popular 
throughout the South. Very prolific, yielding from 10 to 12 
bushels of dried peas per acre. 
Pkt., Vi lb., 10c; V2 lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; gal., $1.00; peck, $1.90 
1242— RICE, OR CREAM—A favorite Southern variety. One of 
the earliest to mature, and yields enormously of shelled peas, 
which are valuable for use as dried peas during the winter. 
They are superior in flavor to Blackeye Peas, and somewhat 
similar in appearance to the Gallavant, or Lady Pea, but are 
larger in size. Both these and the Gallavant Peas are very popu¬ 
lar wherever grown, and they are usually readily salable. Kid¬ 
ney shaped, white with pale white eye. Usually scarce; if any 
for sale send me sample. 
Pkt., Vi lb., 10c; V2 lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; gal., $1.00; peck, $1.90 
1243— EXTRA EARLY BLACKEYE—The earliest of all black- 
eye peas. Will produce green peas for market in sixty days 
from early planting, and 50 to 55 days late planting. Will mature 
dry peas in 70 days. It is a prolific bearer of well-filled pods 
similar in appearance to California Blackeye, but distinctly 
earlier. The home gardener should grow them for an extra 
early supply of sweet, tender peas; the market gardener to get 
the benefit of the uniformly high price paid for the first black¬ 
eye peas on the market. 
Pkt., V\ lb., 10c; Vi lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; gal., $1.00; peck, $1.90 
1246—GALLAVANT, OR LADY—This is an old-fashioned pea, 
which is very popular in sections where it is known. The peas 
are small in size, of very fine flavor; superior in table qualities 
to the Blackeye Pea. It is very prolific, and a desirable variety 
to grow. It is known in some sections as “The Lady Pea.” Ma¬ 
tures green peas about 90 days; dry peas about 105 days. 
Pkt., Vi lb., 10c; Vi lb., 15c; lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 35c; gal., 95c; peck, $1.80 
Prices on This Page Post Paid Through Third Zone. 
All 10c Pkts., 3 for 25c 
Quantity Prices—See Yellow Price List Enclosed 
ALL SOUTHERN TABLE PEAS are legume plants and 
should be inoculated when planted. Being legume plants, 
they produce three crops from one planting, one crop of 
peas to be used as green shelled or as dried shelled for 
winter use or to sell on the market; one crop of fertilizer 
in the form of nitrogen which they gather from the air; 
also one crop of vines te be turned under, furnishing 
humus or organic matter to loosen and improve our tight 
clay soils. See Index. 
1245—CALIFORNIA OR LARGE BLACKEYE—For the main 
crop this has always been the most extensively grown of all 
blackeye peas in the South. One of the latest maturing varieties, 
making green peas in 75 to 80 days and dry peas in 95 to 100 
days. Has proven so thoroughly dependable that they are gen¬ 
erally grown to produce dry peas for winter use. The pods are 
long and well filled and produced in great abundance. 
Pkt., V* lb., 10c; Vi lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 35c; gal., $1.00; peck, $1.90 
1244—WHITE BROWNEYE (Purple Hull)—Best adapted for 
planting after May 15th and until July 15th. Produces green 
peas in 70 to 80 days and dried peas in 90 to 100 days. It makes 
a large leafy growth and is prolific, with well-filled pods. Its 
popularity is largely due to the attractive appearance of the 
matured peas and its extra good yielding quality. 
Pkt., Vi lb., 10c; Vi lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 35c; gal., $1.00; peck, $1.90 
1247—CALICO—In some sections known as Coat & Jacket, 
Jacob’s Coat, and Pole Cat. One of our customers writes this 
description: “I plant them in April or May as I plant corn, drop¬ 
ping peas same time as corn. They are running and make a pod 
about 14 to 16 inches long; peas are large when green. I pick 
them all through the summer as they ripen. They bear until 
frost kills the vines. They are good tasting for the table and 
not so strong as most of the dark peas. I like them better than 
Crowder peas.” 
Pkt., Vi lb., 10c; Vi lb., 20c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 45c; gal., $1.00; peck, $1.90 
1255—GRAY CROWDER OR BLUE GOOSE—In some sections 
are known as Taylor or Gray Goose. A very prolific yielder 
and fine flavored table pea, producing green peas in 70 days 
and matured dry peas in 80 to 85 days. A large speckled pea 
with long pods, and largest yielder of all the Crowder types. 
This pea is usually scarce; if you have any for sale send us 
sample. 
Pkt., Vi lb., 10c; Vi lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; gal., 90c; peck, $1.90 
61—NAVY BEANS (Bunch)—The snowy whiteness and uniform 
size of a good true stock gives them preference over ordinary 
stock and puts the grower in a position to command a better 
price. Well selected stock also gives a better yield than the 
common run of Navy Beans. The last of June or in July plant 
in rows 3 feet apart, dropping 2 or 3 beans a foot apart in the 
rows. Cutivate early, but not while the dew is on the foliage, 
nor after they begin to blossom, and do not cultivate deeply 
after they are three or four inches high. Fifteen pounds will 
plant an acre. Always popular, yield enormously, make deli¬ 
cious baked beans and good soup for winter use. 
Pkt., Vi lb., 10c; Vi lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; gal., $1.00; peck, $1.90 
FOR QUANTITY PRICES—NOT PREPAID—See Yellow Sheet in Center of Catalogue 
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