LEADING GROWERS DEMAND OUR PENNSYLVANIA CERTIFIED PEPPER SEED 
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PEAS—Continued 
STRATAGEM IMPROVED OR POTLACH—75 Days. Dry 
seed, blue-green, slightly pitted. Height of vine about 22 to 
26 inches, deep green, very luxurious. Pods of Telephone type, 
single, about 4 inches long, containing 8 to 10 Peas. A great 
favorite with private gardeners because of its large, handsome 
pods, which are borne single and in pairs. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.10 10 lbs. $2.00 
SUTTON’S EXCELSIOR—65 Days. Seed large, wrinkled, 
light green, flat. Height of vine about 18 inches, producing ex¬ 
ceedingly dark, blunt, straight single pods, containing 6 or 7 
large Peas. Very desirable for both private and market 
gardeners. A very fine variety. We do not think that this 
most desirable variety is planted often enough. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.30 
TELEPHONE—DARK PODDED—76 Days. The seed is 
large, wrinkled and creamy green color. Height of vine 4 to 
434 feet, coarse. Pods single, about 5 inches long, dark green, 
pointed, straight. One of the best late, large podded Peas. 
Very popular with market gardeners as a late variety on 
account of its fine appearance and quality. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.30 
EDIBLE PODS OR SUGAR PEAS 
DWARF GRAY SEEDED PURPLE BLOSSOM—75 Days. 
Height of vine about 24 to 30 inches. Of the same habits as 
Dwarf White Sugar, only producing Peas of a gray mottled 
appearance and having purple blossoms as the name signifies. 
Very prolific bearer. The pods, double, light green, curved, 
are eaten like Snap Beans. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.30 
DWARF SUGAR WHITE BLOSSOM—75 Days. Dry seed 
is round, smooth and creamy white. Blossoms white. Height 
of vine about 24 to 30 inches. Very productive. Pods 234 
inches in length, single and double, well filled with 6 or 7 Peas. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.30 
MAMMOTH OR TALL LUSCIOUS SUGAR—80 Days. 
Seeds gray mottled, blossoms purple. Height of vine about 
5 feet. Vine light green, coarse, very similar in character to 
the Mammoth Melting Sugar. Pods, single, very broad, 
almost identical to Mammoth Melting, and eaten like a Snap 
Bean. 34 lb. 25c lb. 40c 5 lbs. $1.40 10 lbs. $2.60 
MAMMOTH OR TALL MELTING SUGAR—80 Days. 
Seeds large, smooth, creamy white. Height of vine about 5 
feet. Pods single, very broad, light green, 4 to 5 inches long, 
blunt, brittle, twisted and puffed, 134 to 2 inches wide, all 
the Peas being placed along the top of pod. 
34 lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.40 10 lbs. $2.60 
PEPPER 
Native of South America. One ounce of seed should produce over a thousand plants in the 
greenhouse or coldframe. One-half pound of seed sown in the field should provide ample plants 
for 1 acre. Seed breaks ground in 11 days. One inch high in 13 days under most favorable cir¬ 
cumstances in greenhouse 
PENNSYLVANIA STATE 
PEPPER SEED CERTIFICATION 
REQUIREMENTS 
PEPPER STOCK SEED 
Before any variety can even be entered for cer¬ 
tification in Pennsylvania, stock seed from carefully 
selected and staked plants must be saved the year 
previous to certification. D. Landreth Seed Co. 
goes further than that, as our stock seed is saved 
from carefully staked plants at least two years 
previous to certification, and seed from those staked 
plants proved by test a year in advance of certifica¬ 
tion. Only the very best tested strains are used for 
growing our fields for certification. 
FIELD INSPECTIONS 
Advanced Plant Pathologist K. W. Lauer, of the 
Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, Harrisburg, Pa., and Dr. Warren Mack, of 
Penn State College, accompanied by a Plant 
Breeder for D. Landreth Seed Co., inspect all our 
pepper fields before the first pickings are made. 
At least one more field inspection is necessary and 
sometimes one or two after that before these two 
inspectors are satisfied that the fields are up to the 
high standards required. 
During these inspections the fields are rated for 
vigor, and the plants and fruits are carefully ex¬ 
amined for disease and trueness to type, whole 
fields being discarded if they do not meet the very 
strict requirements. 
CERTIFICATION STICKERS 
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture 
issues yellow certification stickers which we paste on 
each package of certified pepper seed. These stickers 
state that the pepper seed in the package was in¬ 
spected and certified by the Pennsylvania Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. We guarantee the seed to be 
part of that inspected and passed in accordance 
with the Pennsylvania rules and regulations for the 
certification of pepper seed. 
Top to Bottom—Florida Giant, California 
Wonder, World Beater, Ruby King (Black 
Strain)—This is the ideal type of fruits for 
these varieties toward which we are working. 
