Be Sure You Plant Enough Garden Peas to Can 
Peas 
Two pounds will plant 100 feet of drill, 84 pounds 
one acre. 
For first early crop, sow Improved East Hartford 
Extra Early as soon as the ground can be worked in 
Spring. Select a rich, light, sandy soil, dry and well 
sheltered. 
For the general crop, a deep, rich loam is best; the soil 
cannot be too rich for the dwarf varieties. Avoid using 
coarse, rank manure, as it drives the plants to vines with¬ 
out pods. 
For market crop, sow in rows 2 to 4 feet apart, according 
to the variety. In the kitchen garden, sow the tall vari¬ 
eties in double rows 6 to 8 inches apart, and stick brush 
firmly between the rows when the vines are about 6 inches 
high. Sow the dwarf varieties in single rows a foot apart; 
cover 2 to 4 inches, according to the character of the soil 
and the time of planting, deepest on light soils and in late 
planting. Deep planting prevents mildew and prolongs 
the bearing season, yet in cold, heavy soils the seed is 
liable to rot if planted deep. If drills are made 5 inches 
deep and the seed covered only 1 or 2 inches, the earth 
can be gradually drawn into the trench as the plants grow; 
in this way a good stand can be had at a good depth. The 
wrinkled varieties are not so hardy as the hard, smooth 
sorts, and cannot be planted so early; they are, however, 
the sweetest and best flavored. 
A succession may be had by sowing two weeks after 
the first early, the early, medium early, medium late, and 
late varieties at one time, so that they will follow for use 
one after the other. 
1 lb. equals heaping pt., 2 lbs. equals heaping qt. 
ALL VARIETIES, 15 cts. PER PKT. 
To increase your crop of Peas, inoculate with 
Nodogen. Easy to use. Small cost. Large returns. 
See page 45. 
EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES 
Hawley’s Improved 
East Hartford Extra 
Early. The very ear¬ 
liest market Pea in cul¬ 
tivation; of good quality 
and great productive¬ 
ness, vines growing to a 
uniform height of 2% 
feet and Peas maturing 
in two pickings; the very 
best variety for early 
market cultivation. Lb. 
30 cts., 2 lbs. 50 cts., 7^ 
lbs. $1.50, 15 lbs. $2.25, 
60 lbs. $8.40. 
Gradus. World’s 
Record Strain. The 
vines grow 3 feet in 
height, with heavy 
stems and large, light 
green leaves. Hardy, 
productive, pods 4 to 
in. long, filled with 
tender Peas, rich in 
flavor, with all the good 
qualities of the later 
marrow sorts yet only a 
few days later than the 
East Hartford. Lb. 30 
cts., 2 lbs. 55 cts., 7 lbs. 
$1.50; 14 lbs. $2.25, 56 
lbs. $8.40. 
Alaska. A blue Pea of excellent quality. The earliest 
of all the blue sorts. A desirable early Pea for market 
gardeners, growing from 2 to 23 ^ feet and very productive. 
Lb. 30 cts., 2 lbs. 50 cts., 73^ lbs. $1.50, 15 lbs. $2.25, 60 
lbs. $8.40. 
Laxtonian 
Thomas Laxton. Excepting color of 
foliage and pods, in growth this is identical 
with the Gradus, two or three days later, but 
much more productive. Lb. 30 cts., 2 lbs. 55 
cts., 7 lbs. $1.50, 14 lbs. $2.25, 56 lbs. $8.40. 
DWARF VARIETIES 
Sutton’s Excelsior. Earliness and habit of growth 
same as Nott’s Excelsior, with the added merit of producing 
abundantly much larger and handsomer pods than any 
other dwarf early, wrinkled sort. Peas large, tender and 
delicious. Height 12 in. Lb. 30 cts., 2 lbs., 55 cts., 7 lbs. 
$1.50, 14 lbs. $2.25, 56 lbs. $8.40. 
Nott’s Excelsior. An extra early dwarf variety of 
branching habit. Grows to the uniform height of 1 foot. 
Remarkably hardy and productive, pods large, with from 
7 to 9 fine Peas to a pod. Very sweet and fine flavor. 
Lb. 30 cts., 2 lbs. 55 cts., 7 lbs. $1.50, 14 lbs. $2.25, 56 
lbs. $8.40. 
Laxton’s Progress. One of the best new dwarf wrinkled 
varieties. Its fine quality and production cannot be ex¬ 
celled, growing 14 in, high with large well filled pods. Lb. 
30 cts., 2 lbs. 55 cts., 7 lbs. $1.50, 14 lbs. $2.25, 56 lbs. $8.40. 
Laxtonian (Hundredfold). This variety is best de¬ 
scribed as a dwarf Gradus. The vines grow about 14 in. high, 
bearing a profusion of dark green pods, with eight or nine 
large peas in each, of a quality equal to the Gradus, and 
in season fully as early. Lb. 30 cts., 2 lbs. 55 cts., 7 lbs. 
$1.50, 14 lbs. $2.25, 56 lbs. $8.40. 
Have a succession of Peas throughout the en¬ 
tire season by planting every two weeks up to 
May 25th. 
Peas planted August 1st will supply delicious 
peas before frost. 
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