18 Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 

Garden Peas 
Sow very early in the spring in a light warm soil 
of only medium fertility. Rows should be three feet 
apart and seed should be drilled thickly, because peas 
bear better when thick. Cover early plantings one 
inch deep and late plantings two inches. Inoculating 
the seed with Nitragin will materially improve the 
yield and the quality of the peas. Give frequent 
shallow cultivation. The smooth seeded sorts may be 
planted earlier than the wrinkled kinds, but the 
wrinkled peas generally make sweeter, and more 
tender peas. The tall kinds always yield more than 
the dwarf, but must be supported. 
62—SLATE’S EARLY CHAMPION.—This new 
pea was introduced by us in 1935 and it fills a long 
felt need for an extra early variety that will produce 
large peas and luxuriant vines. The seed are deep 
green, smooth, and can be planted as early as the 
Alaska. The vines grow taller and heavier than those 
of Alaska and it produces larger, longer pods than 
the Alaska. For a heavy yielding early smooth pea, 
Slate’s Early Champion is an ideal sort. Equally as 
good for home or market, Its handsome long pods 
well filled with large green peas will give the grower 
excellent returns for his labor. Vines about 21% feet 
tall, deep green color, with rank growth. Matures 
almost as early as Alaska. 
Pkt. 10c, % |b. 20c, lb. 30c, 5 Ib. $1.15, 10 Ibs. $1.85, 
postpaid. 
60—SUTTON’S EXCELSIOR.—This is the best 
and earliest of the dwarf varieties. Though extremely 
early, it makes a vigorous growth of vines, which 
bear an abundance of large well filled pods, The vines 
grow about fifteen inches tall, are vigorous, and up- 
right, needing no support. These bear a profusion of 
large pods three inches or more in length and well 
filled with tender sweet peas. In quality, none of the 
smooth seeded varieties can compare with this one. 
Its robust nature will permit of early planting but it 
is equally as good for main crop and late use. For 
the gardener who wishes to make the finest of peas 
without having the trouble of staking the vines, no 
better sort can be found than this, 
Pkt. 10c, % Ib. 20e, Ib. 30, 5 Ibs. $1.10, 10 Ibs. $1.75, 
postpaid. 

Slate’s Early Champion 


Slate’s Extra Early Peas 
66—SLATE’S EXTRA EARLY.— The earliest, 
hardiest and most productive variety in this class. It 
is a smooth pea; therefore, can be planted earlier than 
the wrinkled sorts. Grows a strong, vigorous vine of 
a light green color, uniform in growth, and about 
thirty inches high. The seed are of medium size, of a 
light cream color, round and slightly dented. For 
your first planting, try this one, 
Pkt. 10c, % lb. 20c, Ib. 30c, 5 Ibs. $1.00, 10 Ibs. 
$1.70, postpaid. 
64—LAXTONIAN.—The most productive and one 
of the best of the dwarf peas. Vines grow about 
twenty inches tall and bear a good crop of long pods 
which are filled with large peas. Pods about three 
and one-half inches long and much larger than those 
of the average dwarf pea. Peas are of excellent 
quality and vines will continue to produce longer than 
those of other dwarf varieties. 
Pkt. 10c, % Ib. 20c, Ib. 30c, 5 Ibs. $1.10, 10 Ibs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
65—DWARF GREY SUGAR.—This variety grows 
from sixteen to eighteen inches high and produces an 
abundance of very tender pods. It is one of the 
sweetest peas of all and can be used as a shell pea or 
cooked in the pods like snap beans. Being a dwarf 
variety it requires no support. These sugar peas are 
becoming more popular every year, because they are 
extremely hardy and will yield earlier than most of 
the other sorts. If pulled young and cooked in the 
pods, they make a delicious dish and add welcomed 
variety to the early spring diet. 
Pkt. 10c, % Ib. 20c, Ib. 30c, 5 Ibs. $1.15, 10 Ibs. 
$1.85, postpaid. 
63—AMERICAN WONDER.—One of the earliest 
of the dwarf sorts. Vines grow about twelve inches 
tall and bear a good crop of well filled pods of about 
two and one-half inches in length. Seed wrinkled and 
of a light green color. 
Pkt. 10c, % Ib. 20c, Ib. 30c, 5 Ibs. $1.10, 10 Ibs. 
$1.75, postpaid. 
