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Asgrow Seeds are Well-bred 
PEAS 
Peas are cool weather plants and should be sown just as soon as the ground can be worked. The 
early, small, smooth-seeded varieties should be planted, first; the large, wrinkled-seeded sorts, which 
are sweeter and of better quality, are not so hardy and should be sown when the ground is a little 
warmer. While peas make a better showing on poor soil than most garden crops, it pays to prepare 
a good seed bed, properly enriched. Allow 2-3 lb. per 100 ft. of double row; 2 bushels per acre. 
Plant 2”-3” deep in 8" double rows, 2 ft. apart for the dwarf sorts, 3 ft. for the tall. Cultivate regu¬ 
larly and provide the tall sorts with brushwood or other support. Commercial growers have found it 
highly profitable to run a strip of fertilizer alongside the rows about 3” away from the growing plants. 
The letters w.r. indicate that the Asgrow strain of the variety so marked is resistant to wilt. Continual 
work on the Asgrow breeding station and the careful supervision of growing seed crops in the high, 
clean, mountain districts of the West insure a uniform standard of high quality. Particular attention 
is given not only to freedom from disease infection but also to purity of strain, uniformity and yield. 
Smooth-Seeded 
Alaska w.r.: 57 days. Very early, hardy and 
productive. Light green pods 3" long with 6-8 
bluish green peas. The Asgrow pure-lined strain 
is well known for good pod size and yield. Fully 
resistant to fusarium wilt. 
First and Best w.r.: 58 days. Asgrow originated. 
Through the South the favorite for early crop¬ 
ping. Plump, short, light green pods containing 
6-7 peas. 
White Marrowfat w.r.: 80 days. Plants about 
5 ft. tall, vigorous and heavy yielding. 
Laxtons Progress—Deservedly Popular 
Wrinkled-Seeded 
* Alderman w. r.: 74 days. One of the most 
popular varieties with market growers and ship¬ 
pers. Tall and vigorous vines, resistant to wilt 
and very prolific. Large, handsome, straight, 
plump, dark green pods. The Asgrow strain of 
Alderman represents the standard of high qual¬ 
ity in peas. 
American Wonder: 61 days. An old productive 
early dwarf for home gardens. Pods 2%" long, 
well filled with 6-7 peas. 
Dwarf Telephone (Daisy) w.r.: 76 days. A little 
later and with slightly smaller pods than Tall 
Telephone. Vines light green, stocky and branch¬ 
ing. Pods medium light green with 8-10 peas. 
* Glacier: 59 days. Similar to our Dark Podded 
Thomas Laxton, but a few days earlier and fully 
resistant to fusarium wilt. 
Gradus: 65 days. A standard variety of the 
same type as World’s Record, but a few days 
later. 
* Hundredfold: 64 days. An attractive early 
large podded sort resembling Laxtonian, popular 
for home and market gardens and for shipping. 
Very deep green pods, 4 1 /4” long, pointed, with 
about 8 large peas. 
Laxtonian: 63 days. Very popular dwarf; 4 %" 
dark pods, 7-8 large peas. 
*Laxton's Progress: 62 days. Largest podded 
and most attractive of the Laxtonian group. 
Though not planted so early as smooth-seeded 
varieties, it matures quickly and is widely used 
for the early local markets and shipping. Hand¬ 
some dark green pods, 4*4" long with 7-9 peas. 
Dwarf vines. 
