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BUTZER’S SEED STORE, PORTLAND, OREGON 
PEAS 
For early peas the soil should be light and warm, but for general crop a mod¬ 
erately heavy soil is better. Fresh manure and very rich or wet mucky soil 
should be avoided, as they cause a rank growth of vine at the cost of quality 
of peas, furthermore such soil is often cause of early sorts maturing unevenly. 
Sow as early as possible a few of some early variety in warm, quick soil, prepared the fall before, planting 
in double rows six to eight inches apart and two and one-half to four feet between the double rows. The gen¬ 
eral crop can be delayed until later, but we have met with better success from sowing all the varieties com¬ 
paratively early, depending for succession upon selecting sorts that follow each other in maturity. 
The peas will give quicker returns if covered only one inch deep and where earliness is most important they 
may be treated in that way. Larger pods and more of them will be produced if the seed be planted in trenches 
three to six inches deep and covered with only one or two inches of soil. When the plants are five or six inches 
high fill the trench level with the surface. This will secure deep rooting, prevent mildew and prolong the bear¬ 
ing season. If the peas be covered to the full depth at first, or if water be allowed to stand in the trenches, they 
will not germinate or grow well. 
A special garden size 
for peas, beans and sweet 
peas will insure you 
large, luscious peas and 
beans, and abundant 
sweet pea blossoms and 
gorgeous coloring. Pkt. 
10c, treats 4 lbs. of seeds. 
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The wrinkled varieties are more sensitive to cold wet weather than the smooth seeded sorts but are of 
superior quality. All varieties growing more than one and one-half feet do better if staked up or brushed when 
four to six inches high. This support is usually given by sharpened branches of trees set between the double 
rows. The crop should be gathered as fast as it is fit for use. If even a few pods begin to ripen, 
not only will new pods cease to form, but those partly advanced will stop growing. Your own 
grown peas are by far the sweetest. 
GRADUS 
This extra early, wrinkled pea bears pods of large size, and combines quality with earliness. 
It is very hardy; can be planted fully as early as the smooth peas ; growth, vigorous and 
healthy; vines 2% feet in height; very prolific. The quality and flavor are delicious, and the 
peas remain tender and sweet for a long time. These peas are planted by market gardeners 
around the vicinity of Portland more than any other kind. 
Per pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 5 lbs. $1.25, postpaid 
BLUE BANTAM 
Bears abundantly long, handsome pods fully as large and equally as early as Gradus, 
while the vines require no staking ! Is unequaled for combination of extreme earliness, 
superb quality, and unusual productiveness. The dwarf vigorous vines average fifteen 
inches in height and carry really enormous crops of large, deep bluish-green pods. The 
handsome pointed pods, generally borne singly, measure four to four and one-half 
inches long and are tightly packed with eight to ten extra large, bluish-green peas. 
These peas are not only large in size, but of most luscious flavor. The pods are ready 
to pick as early as American Wonder, while double the size; in fact, they average fully 
as large as Gradus ! If sown thinly, say four inches between the seeds in the row, they 
will astound even experienced gardeners. 
Per pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 5 lbs. $1.25, postpaid 
LITTLE MARVEL 
The vines, of even dwarf growth, average 15 
inches in height and are heavily set with fine 
pods, frequently borne in pairs. The pods aver¬ 
age two and one-half inches in length, are square 
at the bottom and well filled with six to seven 
quite large, deep green peas. The peas are ready 
for the table fully as early as American Wonder 
or Nott’s Excelsior, while the pods are larger and 
the vines produce a much heavier crop. All who 
desire a fine early crop of the choicest wrinkled 
peas will be delighted with Little Marvel. 
Per pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 5 lbs. $1.25, postpaid 
BUTZER’S IMPROVED ALDERMAN 
Alderman Peas—Alderman stands unique as 
the greatest and unrivaled mid-season, marrow¬ 
fat wrinkled pea on earth. Very uniform in shape 
and always of the largest size, produced in pro¬ 
fusion and so well—filled that Alderman is per¬ 
haps the greatest and largest yielder of all peas. 
The vines are of strong growth, attaining a 
height of 4 to 5 feet, foliage and pods are of a 
dark green color, often measuring 6 inches in 
length and are densely filled with large peas of 
unsurpassable flavor. Of all tall main crop peas 
Alderman is the finest and most desirable for the 
home garden and for the market. 
Per pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 5 lbs. $1.25, postpaid 
Laxton’s Progress—The earliest and by far the 
best of the large-podded, large-fruited wrinkled 
GRADUS peas. Of all the varieties producing peas of equal 
quality, this is the heaviest yielding. It bears long pods, averaging one 
more pea to the pod than Blue Bantam, Hundredfold, Pioneer or Lax ton - 
ian. It is an improvement upon Laxtonian, which has hitherto been the 
finest of the dwarfs for table quality. 
Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 15c; lb. 30c; 5 lbs. $1.25, postpaid 
.Alaska—Also called “Earliest of All” 1 The vines grow from 20 to 30 
inches in height, bearing well-filled medium-sized pods. Matures practically 
the entire crop at one time. Most popular first-early pea for canning. 
BLUE BANTAM 
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