Be Sure You Plant Enough Garden Peas to Can 
Poas for the Carden 
Two pounds will plant 100 feet of drill, 
84 pounds one acre. 

For first early crop, sow Improved East Hartford Extra 
Early as soon as the ground can be worked in spring. Select 
a rich, light, sandy soil, dry and well sheltered. 
For the general crop, a deep, rich loam is best; the soil 
cannot be too rich for the dwarf varieties. Avoid using 
coarse, rank manure, as it drives the plants to vines with- 
out pods. 
For market crop, sow in rows 2 to 4 feet apart, according 
to the variety. In the kitchen garden, sow the tall varieties 
in double rows 6 to 8 inches apart, and stick brush firmly 
between the rows when the vines are about 6 inches high. 
Sow the dwarf varieties in single rows a foot apart; cover 
2 to 4 inches, according to the character of the soil and the 
time of planting, deepest on light soils and in late planting. 
Deep planting prevents mildew and prolongs the bearing 
season, yet in cold, heavy soils the seed is liable to rot if 
planted deep. If drills are made 5 inches deep and the seed 
covered only 1 or 2 inches, the earth can be gradually 
drawn into the trench as the plants grow; in this way a 
good stand can be had at a good depth. The wrinkled 
varieties are not so hardy as the hard, smooth sorts, and 
cannot be planted so early; they are, however, the sweetest 
and best flavored. 
A succession may be had by sowing two weeks after the 
first early, the early, medium early, medium late, and late 
varieties at one time, so that they will follow for use one 
after the other. 

One pound equals heaping pint: 
two pounds equals heaping quart. 
ALL VARIETIES, 20c PER PKT. 
USE NOD-O-GEN 
BACTERIA 
INOCULATION 
FOR A LARGER 
YIELD OF PEAS. 
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Laxtonian (Hundredfold) 
DWARF VARIETIES 
Sutton’s Excelsior. Earliness and habit 




EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES 
Hawley’s Improved East Hartford Extra 
Early. The very earliest market Pea 
in cultivation; of good quality and 
great productiveness, vines growing 
to a uniform height of 214 feet and 
Peas maturing in two pickings; the 
very best variety for early market 
cultivation. Lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 65c; 714 
lbs., $1.75: 15° lbs:,) $3.25; 60) lbs:; 
$12.00. 
Gradus. World’s Record Strain. The 
vines grow 3 feet in height, with 
heavy stems and large, light green 
leaves. Hardy, productive pods 4 to 
Alf, inches long, filled with tender 
Peas, rich in flavor, with all the good 
qualities of the later marrow sorts 
yet only a few days later than the 
East Hartford. Lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 
7 lbs., $2.00; 14 lbs., $3.50; 56 lbs., 
$12.50. 
Alaska. A blue Pea of excellent qual- 
ity. The earliest of all the blue sorts, 
A desirable early Pea for market gar- 
deners, growing from 2 to 214 feet 
and very productive. Lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 
65c; 71 lbs., $1.75; 15 Ibs., $3.25; 
60 lbs., $12.00. 
Thomas Laxton. Excepting color of fo- 
liage and pods, in growth this is 
identical with the Gradus, two or 
three days later, but much more pro- 
ductive. Lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 7 lbs., 
$2.00; 14 lbs., $3.50; 56 lbs., $12.50. 

Gradus 

1084-1086 Main St., HARTFORD, CONN. 
of growth same as Nott’s Excelsior, 
with the added merit of producing 
abundantly much larger and hand- 
somer pods than any other dwarf 
early, wrinkled sort. Peas large, ten- 
der and delicious. Height, 12 inches. 
Lb., AQc;. 2’ Ibs., .75c; 7 Ibs., $2.00; 
14 lbs., $3.50; 56 lbs., $12.50. 
Laxton’s Progress. One of the best new 
dwarf wrinkled varieties. Its fine 
quality and production cannot be 
excelled, growing 14 inches high with 
large weli-filled pods. Lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 
75c; 7 lbs., $2.00; 14 lbs., $3.50; 56 
Ibs., $12.50. 
Laxtonian (Hundredfold). This variety 
is best described as a dwarf Gradus. 
The vines grow about 14 inches high, 
bearing a profusion of dark green 
pods, with eight or nine large peas 
in each, of a quality equal to the 
Gradus, and in season fully as early. 
Lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 7 lbs., $2.00; 
14 lbs., $3.50; 56 lbs., $12.50. 
Have a succession of Peas 
throughout the entire season by 
planting every two weeks up to 
May 25th. 
Peas planted August Ist will sup- 
ply delicious Peas before frost. 

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