R. B. BUCHANAN SEED CQ MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE. 
BUCHANAN’S SOUTHERN GROWN 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; all peas 
are leg u me plants and shoul d be inoculated before plantin g. Please give second choice when ordering table peas. Some varieties are very scarce. 
Prices on This Page Post Paid Through Third Zone. 
All 10c Pkts., 3 for 25c 
Quantity Prices—See Yellow Price List Enclosed. 
Owing to our long drouth during the past summer and fall, 
many varieties of peas quoted on this page wiU be scarce. 
Please send or bring samples of any peas quoted here that you 
have for sale. 
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1241— WHITE OR CREAM CROWDER (Semi-Dwarf)—Seed 
have brown eye, very sweet. Considered best of the Crowders 
for home or market. Planted with corn, one row corn one row 
peas (one peck to acre), will produce usual amount corn and 
10 to 20 bushels peas; thrive on clay or on sandy loam land. 
Mature green peas in 80 days, dry peas, 100 days. About 1900 
seed to pound. 
Pkt., V\ lb., 10c; y 2 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 45c; gal., 90c; pteck, 
$1.75. 
1242— RICE OR CREAM (Semi-Dwarf)—Early. Similar to Galli¬ 
vant or Lady but larger, very popular, better flavor than Black- 
eye; fine to eat during winter; kidney shaped with pale white 
eye. Green peas, 80 days; mature peas in 90 days. Seed usually 
scarce. About 2000 seed to each pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 10c; y 2 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 45c; gal., $1.00; 
peck, $1.90. 
1243— EXTRA EARLY BLACKEYE OR RAMS HORN (Dwarf) 
—Earliest of all Blackeye peas. Planted more than any other 
Southern table pea. Tender, sweet, and known wherever 
Southern peas are grown. About 3100 peas in one pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 10c; % lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 35c; gal., 85c; 
peck, $1.50. 
1244— WHITE BROWNE YE OR PURPLE HULL (Semi-Dwarf) 
—Plant between May 15th and July 15th—produces green peas 
in 75 days, dried peas in 90 days. Very prolific with well- 
filled pods. About 3000 peas in one pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 10c; % lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; gal., 90c; 
pteck, $1.75. 
1245— CALIFORNIA OR LARGE BLACKEYE (Running) Main 
crop pea late maturing, green peas 80 days, dried peas 100 days. 
Long pods well filled, good producers. There are about 2000 
peas in one pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 10c; % lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 35c; gal., 85c; 
peck, $1.50. 
1246— GALLIVANT OR LADY (Running)—Small white pea 
with pale white eye. There are more of these peas sold on the 
Southern markets than any other of the small white peas. Fine 
flavor; superior to Blackeye peas. Green peas in 90 days, dried 
peas in 105 days. There are about 5800 seed in one pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 10c; yz lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 45c; gal., $1.00; 
peck, $1.90. 
1247— CALICO (Running)—White pea with red splotches, known 
in some sections as Coat and Jacket, Joseph Coat, Pole Cat, 
Arkansas Traveler, and World Wonder, and Wild Goose. If 
planted in April or May in com, dropping peas same time as 
corn they will make a pod 14 to 16 inches long, filled with large 
peas. You can pick them all through the summer as they ripen, 
as they will bear until frost kills the vines; good flavor and not 
as strong as most dark peas. There are about 2900 peas in one 
pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 10c; % lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 45c; gal., $1.00; 
pteck, $1.90. 
1248— BROWN SUGAR CROWDER (Semi-Dwarf)—Will bunch 
on poor ground, make some vine on good soil, larger than the 
White or Cream Crowder; very prolific, producing green peas, 
85 to 90 days and dried peas in 100 to 110 days. There are about 
2400 peas in one pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 10c; y 2 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 45c; gal., $1.00; 
peck, $1.90. 
1249— BLACK CROWDER (Running)—Seed jet black with white 
eye, little larger than the white or Cream Crowder. I do not 
know much about these peas, they have a fine appearance and 
are well liked where known, I have 4 acres, planted for seed 
this year and are offering them for the first time. They will 
make green peas in about 90 days and dried peas, 110 days. 
There are about 2000 peas in one pound. 
Pkt., i/ 4 lb., 15c; % lb., 25c; 1 lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; gal., $1.25; 
peck, $2.00. 
1250— CONCH OR ACRE (Running)—Seed small white with pale 
white eye. Some call them acre peas. The Georgia growers 
tell us that they are early, a shy seed bearer, and when green 
can be snapped and cooked like beans. Green Peas in about 
80 days, dried peas about 95 days. There are about 3500 seed 
in one pound. 
Pkt., 1/4 lb., 10c; 1/2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; gal., $1.25; 
peck, $2.00. 
1251— GREY OR SILVER CROWDER (Semi-Dwarf)—Seed are 
grayish brown, larger than the White or Cream Crowder, and 
have a silver cast like some Whippoorwills. Most always scarce; 
make green peas in about 90 days, dried peas, about 100 days. 
There are about 1250 peas in one pound. 
Pkt., 1/4 lb., 15c; y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; gal., $1.25; 
peck, $2.00. 
1252— BUTTER PEAS (Bunch)—Cross between Calico Lima 
Beans and Calico Crowder Peas; color red; have a rich Crowder 
flavor; can be used as green shelled peas or as dried peas. Make 
green peas in about 80 days, dried peas in 95 days. Seed very 
scarce this year. There are about 1800 seed in one pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 15c; y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 1 gal., $1.25; 
peck, $2.00. 
1253— SMALL CREAM CROWDER (Bunch); also called Six 
Weeks or Two Crop.—Will produce green table peas in six 
weeks; while we do not consider it superior to 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 in one season. There 
are about 5300 seed in one pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 15c; % lb., 25c; 1 lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; gal., $1.25; 
peck, $2.00. 
1254— TAYLOR OR BLUE GOOSE (Running)—Also known as 
Grey Goose.—A very prolific yielder, and as fine flavored table 
peas, producing green peas in about 70 days and dried peas 80 
to 85 days. Seeds large speckled and produce long pods, said by 
many to be the largest of all Southern table peas. There are 
about 2000 seed in one pound. 
Pkt., y 4 lb., 10c; % lb., 20c; 1 lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; gal., $1.00; 
peck, $1.90. 
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