ALDERMAN PEAS 
S The garden pea combines two fea¬ 
tures of great value. It is not only 
very nutritious and rich in Vitamins 
A, B and C but provides many advantages of 
clean vegetable, hence, its first great importance 
as a garden crop. For best results this crop is 
grown in a cool mild climate. 
Peas do well on practically all types of garden 
soil. Best results may be obtained by using a 
good commercial fertilizer at the rate of 4 pounds 
per 100 foot row. Also for a better crop it is ad¬ 
visable to inoculate with Nitragin. 
Almost no garden crop is so easy to start as 
peas. Peas of the low sort should be planted just 
as early as the ground can be worked. You need 
not wait for the last erratic late frost. Sowing pea 
seeds should be practically the first spring ac¬ 
tivity in the vegetable garden. Tall varieties are 
better planted about ten or fifteen days later than 
the lower sorts. 
For the first planting of the low varieties make 
the drills about two inches deep, or 1 inch deep 
if the soil is heavy and has much clay in it. Later 
planting should be in drills about twice this 
depth but only half filled at first. As the plants 
grow the trench is gradually filled up. The ob¬ 
ject of this deeper drill for the later planting is to 
secure greater coolness and moisture for the 
roots and plants that will have to face greater 
heat. 
Peas need only sufficient cultivation to keep 
down weeds. 
EARLY VARIETIES 
All Peas—Packet, 10c; pound, 20c; 1 pound, 
30c, postpaid. 
Alaska. Height of vine 30 inches. Pods 3 inches 
long, blunt, straight, light green, containing 6 to 8 
peas, good guality—used extensively for canning. 
Gradus. Height of vine 36 inches. Pods 4 inches 
long, broad, plump, pointed, medium green, contain¬ 
ing 8 to 10 sweet delicious peas. 
Laxtonian. Height of vine 18 to 20 inches. Pods 4]/^ 
inches long, broad, slightly curved, pointed, deep 
green containing 7 to 8 large succulent peas. 
American Wonder. Height of vine 14 to 16 inches. 
Pods 2 to 3 inches long, blunt, straight, light green 
containing 6 to 7 peas. 
Dwarf Gradus. Height of vine 28 inches. Pods 31/^ 
to 4 inches long, broad, plump, pointed, medium 
green containing 7 to 8 large tender peas. 
Little Marvel. Height of vine 18 inches. Pods 3 
inches long, blunt, plump, dark green containing 7 to 
8 tender peas. 
Premium Gem. Height of vine 20 to 22 inches. Pods 
23/^ to 3 inches long, round, straight, blunt, light 
green containing 6 to 7 peas of good guality. 
World’s Record. Height of vine 30 inches. Pods3]/2 
to 4 inches long, broad, plump, pointed, containing 
7 to 8 large tender peas. 
Thomas Laxton. Height of vine 30 to 36 inches. 
Pods 3]4 to 33/^ inches long, plump, broad, 
blunt, medium green containing 7 to 8 large 
tender peas. 
Laxton Progress. Height of vine 18 to 20 
inches. Pods 4V2 to 5 inches long, broad, some 
with curved, pointed, medium dark green con¬ 
taining 7 to 9 large tender peas. 
LATE VARIETIES 
Tall Telephone. Height of vine 40 inches. 
Pods 41/2 to 5 inches long, broad, plump, straight, 
pointed, dark green containing 8 to 10 peas of 
highest guality. 
Alderman. Height of vine, pods and color same 
as Tall Telephone. 
Stratagem. Height of vine 26 inches. Pods 4]/2 
inches long, %Tnch wide, nearly round, straight, 
pointed, dark green containing 8 to 10 tender, 
succulent peas. 
Dwarf Telephone. Height of vine 22 inches. 
Pods 414 inches long, broad, slightly curved, 
pointed, containing 8 to 10 peas. 
OTHER VARIETIES OF PEAS 
Blue Bantam, Hundredfold, Duke’s Delight, 
Champion of England, Dwarf Grey Sugar, 
Yorkshire Hero. 
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