20 GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Garden Peas 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One quart will plant 100 feet of drill; about 56 pounds 
per acre. Peas do best on rich, sandy loam that has been well manured the previous 
Plant smooth, early sorts as soon as the ground can be worked in the 
spring. The wrinkled varieties are liable to rot if tke soil is cold and wet, and 
season. 
should be planted later. 
Little Marvel or Dark Podded Sutton’s Excelsior °°. ¢2¥s- 
lific of the second early sorts. 
8 to 4 inches, well filled with deliciously sweet peas. 
15 inches in height. Lb., 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 Ibs., $1.00; 14 Ibs. (1 pk.), 
Pods long. 
$2.25; 56 lbs. (1 bu.), $8.00. 
Little Gem 58 days. A second early, hardy variety. Prolific, bearing pods on both 
sides of the stalk, beginning near the ground. Pods medium length, 
round, and well filled to the end. Height of. vine about fifteen inches. Seed green, 
wrinkled. Lb., 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs., $1.00; 14 lbs. (1 pk.), $2.25; 56 Ibs. 
(1 bu.), $8.00. 
Alaska 57 days. A small, smooth blue Pea, and one of the earliest. Grown largely 
by canners and market gardeners for early crop. Vines about two feet 
in height, pods small, but well filled. Can nearly all be harvested at one picking. 
Lb., 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs., 90c; 15 Ibs. (1 pk.), $2.00; 60 Ibs. (1 bu.), 
$7.00. 
American Wonder 
very dwarf and productive. 
$1.00; 14 lbs., (1 pk.), $2.25; 56 Ibs. (1 bu.), $8.00. 
62 days. 
Improved Laxtonian 
$8.00 
1 80 tae Vines 4 to 5 feet in height, productive. Pods 2 to 3 
Champion of England inches long, broad and well filled. Peas medium size, of 
unsurpassed sweetness. Lb., 25c, postpaid. Not pre- 
paid, 5 Ibs., $1.00; 14 Ibs., (1 pk.), $2.25; 56 Ibs. (1 bu.), 
$8.00. 
» 58 days. A new variety on the 
* World’s Record order of Gradus, being slightly 
earlier, more productive and true to a fixed type. 
Grows about 2 feet in height, with large, dark green 
pods nearly 4 inches in length, broad, pointed and ai- 
ways well filled with large, sweet peas of splendid 
quality. An excellent, profitable sort for home or 
market garden. Lb., 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs., 
$1.00; 14 Ibs. (1 pk.), $2.25; 56 Ibs. (1 bu.), $8.00. 
+ Thomas Laxton 2 days. One of the best second 
early sorts for the market garden- 
ers. Vines of same height as the Gradus, but a little 
earlier, more hardy and productive. Pods long, blunt 
ended and well filled with large peas. Peas wrinkled. 
: Lb., 25¢c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 5. Ibs., 
$1.00; 14 Ibs. (1 pk.), 
$2.25; 56 Ibs. (1 bu.), 
$8.00. 
+ Dwarf Telephone 
A splendid main crop 
Pea, coming between 
the Telephone and 
Stratagem. Of the 
Stratagem type, but a 
heavier yielder. Height 
2% feet. Foliage very 
heavy, sturdy and dark 
green. Pods 44% inches 
long,odark=srreen, 
broad, straight and 
pointed, containing 
nine large, medium 
dark green peas of the 
best quality. Lb., 25c, 
postpaid. Not prepaid, 
5 Ibs., $1.00; 14 Ibs. 
(1 pk.), $2.25; 56 Ibs. 
(1 bu.), $8.00. 

Little Marvel Peas 
60 days. One of the earliest and sweetest wrinkled Peas. Vines 
Pods small, but well filled. The 
most delicious Pea for the home garden. Lb., 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 Ibs., 
The best of the Laxtonian type. 
A little earlier than the Gradus. 
sturdy, dark green and productive; pods dark green, four inches, broad, containing 
eight large peas of excellent quality. The best second early, big-podded sort. 
Lb., 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs., $1.00; 14 Ibs. (1 pk.), $2.25; 56 Ibs. (1 bu.), 





























One of the most pro- 
Vines about 
Second early. 
Vine 16 inches high, 
Improved Laxtonian 
or Hundredfold 
%* Alderman 72 days. A little later than the Tele- 
phone. Vines about four feet in height; 
very heavy foliage. One of the most productive sorts. 
Pods long, dark green, well filled; seed wrinkled. Lb., 
25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs., $1.00; 14 Ibs. (1 pk.), 
$2.25; 56 Ibs. (1 bu.), $8.00. 
Telephone 72 days. A standard high quality, large- 
podded Pea, for main crop; productive; 
height 4% feet. Vine and foliage strong and heavy, 
medium green. Pods 4% inches long, medium green, 
straight, broad and pointed, well filled. Lb., 25c, post- 
paid. Not prepaid, 5 Ibs., $1.00; 14 Ibs. (1 pk.), $2.25; 
56 Ibs. (1 bu.), $8.00. 
Edible Pod Sugar Peas 
The pods of the two varieties listed below are 
cooked with the peas. They have a high sugar con- 
tent and make a delicious dish, and once tried, they 
will be regularly grown, 
62 days. A dwarf, edible pod va- 
Dwarf Gray Sugar riety. Vines about two feet high. 
Cook pods like string beans. Lb., 30c, postpaid. Not 
prepaid, 5 Ibs., $1.25; 14 Ibs. (1 pk), $3.25; 56 Ibs. 
(1 bu.), $12.00. 
I 1 70 days. A tall variety, 
Melting Sugar, or Edible Pod [2 days. tall, variety: 
tle pods. These are sweet and are cut or broken and 
cooked like string beans. It is a delicious vegetable 
and should be better known and more generally used. 
Lb., 30c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 Ibs., $1.25; 14 Ibs. 
(1 pk.), $3.25; 56 Ibs. (1 bu.), $12.00. 
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% This variety recommended by the Michigan State College. 
