VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 
KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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GARDEN PEAS 
Pisum sativum 
The importance of peas as a food is emphasized when we realize how extensively they are 
grown and how often they appear on our menu. It is a tremendous industry which places a big 
responsibility upon the seedsmen to have available sufficient quantities of seed true to variety and 
bred to produce a profitable crop in a given locality for a definite purpose whether it be for the 
gardener, shipper, canner or freezer. 
In accepting our share of the responsibility we carry on a perpetual breeding program to 
constantly improve, instill disease resistance, and develop new varieties to meet the ever changing 
demand. The carefully chosen production areas for our Keystone Pea Seed is indicative of their 
excellent quality. 
THOMAS LAXTON—A pure line strain being increased on our Idaho breeding farm. 
Tele- Season, 
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EXTRA EARLY AND EARLY VARIETIES Code Picking 
ALASKA (Wilt Resistant) PANEL 54 
This standard variety is probably the most widely grown of all peas. Its uses in the 
canning industry and as a first early market garden variety have made it familiar to 
everyone. Resistant to fusarium wilt. 
VINE —30 inches tall, slender, light green, uniform in growth. 
PODS—2% inches long, smooth, blunt, light green, straight, round, 5 to 7 peas. 
PEAS —Small, round, light green, medium quality. Dry seed, bluish green and smooth. 
AMEER or Claudit or Mammoth Pod Alaska PANGE 58 
Used by market gardeners as it has a larger pod than Alaska. 
VINE —30 to 36 inches, uniform in height, light green. 
PODS—3 to 31/4 inches long, single, medium qreen, blunt, somewhat curved, 7 to 8 
peas. 
PEAS —Round, light green, medium quality. Dry seed, bluish green, round, and smooth. 
AMERICAN WONDER PANIC 60 
A pea which has become a part of every home garden. A wrinkled, early sort with a very 
fine flavor. The same as Nott's Excelsior. 
VINE —16 inches tall, sturdy, dark green. 
PODS—3 inches long, blunt, medium green, sometimes paired, straight, 6 to 7 peas. 
PEAS —Fine flavored and tender. Dry seed, green, wrinkled, squarish in shape. 
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