Mark Means Company , 1940 Annual Seed Catalog , Lewiston , Idaho 
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ONION SETS 
1 lb. 2 lbs. 
Top Sets .20 .35 
Bottom Yellow Danvers.$ .20 $ .35 
Garlic Sets.25 
BERMUDA ONION PLANTS 
The new way of raising the large, mild, sweet onion. 
These onions are not grown from sets but from plants. You 
can raise them in your own garden and get as good onions 
as those that are shipped in from Texas. These are the 
same kind of plants that the Texas growers are using. 
They grow fast, and can be used for green onions or you 
can allow them to mature. The plants are field grown and 
are well hardened and will stand shipping and transplant¬ 
ing. A large number of our growers had fine success with 
them last year. They come packed 100 in a bunch. 
Write for prices. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
CULTURE—Seed can be planted from middle of March 
until the latter part of August. 1 oz. of seed to 50 foot 
row. This vegetable produces long and nutritious pods 
which when young are used in soups and stews, adding a 
rich flavor. 
WHITE VELVET —Pods round, smooth and free from seams. 
Fine flavor. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 25c. 
GARDEN PEAS 
Peas should be planted in generous amounts in every 
home garden. By a careful selection of varieties and fre¬ 
quent delayed plantings one can have a continuous crop 
throughout most of the season. Make the first planting as 
early in the spring as the soil can be prepared. 
PEAS 
Price: ib. Vi lb. 1 lb. 5 lbs. 
All varieties . .10 .15 .25 1.10 
All varieties, not postpaid. 
Please write for prices in larger amounts. 
EARLY AND MID-SEASON VARIETIES 
ALASKA —57 days to picking. Vigorous growing vines 
from 24 to 30 inches in height. The round pods, 3 inches 
long, contain 5 to 8 small, round, tender peas. Seed 
small, round and bluish green. 
AMERICAN WONDER —61 days to picking. An early, 
dwarf, stocky, vigorous variety, growing 12 to 15 inches 
high. Vines dark green. Pods medium green, 3 inches 
long, well filled with 6 peas of excellent quality. Seed 
wrinkled, green. 
NOTT'S EXCELSIOR — 62 days to picking. Similar to 
American Wonder but with somewhat taller vine. Vines 
dark green and vigorous. Pods medium green, 3 inches 
long, well filled with 6 to 7 medium sized tender peas. 
Seed wrinkled, green. 
PREMIUM GEM —62 days to picking. A productive, early 
wrinkled home garden variety. Vines medium green, 18 
inches tall, pods 3 inches long, medium green, containing 
6 to 7 peas of good quality. Seed wrinkled, green. 
GRADUS— 65 days to picking. Earliness and high quality 
are combined in this wrinkled, large podded variety. Vines 
medium green, 36 inches tall and bear pods 4 to 41/2 
inches long filled with 8 to 10 large sweet, tender peas. 
Seed large, wrinkled, cream with green. 
THOMAS LAXTON —62 days to picking. A popular medi¬ 
um early variety adapted for home and market garden use. 
Vines medium green, 36 to 44 inches tall, bearing a large 
number of 4 to 41/2 inch pods. These are well filled with 
large, tender peas which retain their sweetness and flavor 
over a long period. Seed large, wrinkled, cream with green. 
LITTLE MARVEL —62 days to picking. A favorite early 
wrinkled variety of unusually high quality and yield. Valu¬ 
able for home gardens and shipping. Vines dark green, 
stocky, 18 inches tall. Pods dark green, plump, well filled 
with 7 to 8 tender, sweet peas. Seed squarish, wrinkled, 
green. 
Peas 
BLUE BANTAM —63 days to picking. A splendid large 
podded variety of the Laxtonian type. Vine stocky, 18 
inches high. Pods dark green, 4 inches long, containing 
6 to 8 large deep green peas of excellent quality. Seed 
large, wrinkled, cream with green. 
LAXTONIAN —62 days to picking. One of the better 
large podded, dwarf, wrinkled varieties. Similar to Gradus 
in quality but only one-half as tall. Vines dark green, 
sturdy, bearing 4-inch pods. These contain eight large 
peas of high quality. Seed large, flattened, wrinkled, 
cream with green. 
LAXTONS PROGRESS —62 days to picking. The largest 
podded and most attractive of the Laxtonian group. Pop¬ 
ular for shipping, freezing, home and market gardens. 
Vines medium dark green, sturdy. Pods 4 to 41/2 inches 
long, curved, containing 7 to 9 large peas of good quality. 
