40 Harnden’s Wholesale Price List for Marke Growers and Florists | ¢. 

Garden Peas 
1 Ib. to 100 ft. row. 60 Ibs. to acre 
German: ERBSEN Italian: PISELLO Spanish: GULSANTE 
FIRST EARLY VARIETIES 
Earliest of All or Alaska. Vines medium height, about 2% to 3 feet 
and of distinctive light color. Pods of good size, about 2% to 2% 
inches long filled with light green peas of good flavor. Seed small, 
smooth and bluish green in color. Matures all the crop at once and 
is an invaluable variety for market gardeners and canners. 55 days. 
Early Bird—One of the earliest large podded types. Desirable as a 
market garden variety. Plants are dwarf, 18 in., stems thick and 
strong, and the color is light green. Pods long, 4 to 4% inches, me- 
dium dark green, slightly curved and pointed. Peas are large and 
average 9 to 10 per pod. 56 days. 
SECOND EARLY VARIETIES 
Little Marvel. As the main crop in any home garden, this is the 
most desirable dwarf variety. It is only 4 or 5 days later than 
the earliest garden pea. The dark green vines, 18 to 20 inches 
tall, grow vigorously and are laden with pods 3 inches long, blunt 
ended, and packed with peas of medium size. These are temptingly 
dark green, and very tender and sweet. Seeds are squarish, wrink- 
led, and green in color. 65 days. 
Hundredfold. An early, dwarf, large podded variety. Bears an 
enormous crop of handsome, dark green, fairly broad and point- 
ed pods 4 in, long, containing about 8 large, dark green peas of 
excellent quality. Vines 18 in. tall. Pods 4 in. long, % in. wide, 
borne singly. Excellent for market garden and shipping. 60 days. 
Laxtonian. A little earlier than other dwarf large-podded peas, 
this variety is generally considered the best of its class. The 
blue-green pods are often more than 4 inches long and contain 8 
dark green peas of finest quality. It is especially recommended for 
home garden use. The seeds are large, wrinkled; green and cream 
in color. 65 days. 
American Wonder. Very important early dwarf variety for the 
home garden. Vines 12 to 14 inches high; dark green; very pro- 
ductive. Pods medium green; 3 inches long, %4 inch wide, plump, 
straight, blunt ended; seeds) medium small, squarish, wrinkled, 
green; interior green. 60 days. 
Thomas Laxton. Closely resembles the Gradus in habit and rapid- 
ity of growth. It is one of the finest early large podded peas, in 


HUNDREDFOLD earliness within a day or two of the earliest of all, containing 7 or 
8 very large peas of the richest flavor. Height, 3 to 3% feet, and 
one of the finest ever introduced. 60 days. 
Little Gem. Valuable home garden variety. Vines 18 inches 
tall, medium green. Pods medium green, 2% inches long, EDIBLE POD VARIETIES 
% inch thick; plump, straight, blunt ended. Seeds medium Dwarf Grey Sugar. This is one of the best known edible 
sized; green; wrinkled; interior green. 60 days. pod varieties for the home garden. Large broad pods, 
Nott’s Excelsior. An improvement on the American Won- 4 to 4% inches long, are often curved or twisted and when 
der. Vines nearly identical. One of the best early dwarf, young are stringless, very tender, and richly flavored. The 
wrinkled sorts, vines about 12 inches high, producing a ee 4 to 5 feet tall, produce an abundance of pods. 75 
good crop of well-filled pods about 2%4 inches long, con- ays. 
taining 5 to 8 very sweet peas. 75 days. 
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LATER VARIETIES PRICES ON PEAS 
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cylindrical, rough, light colored and well filled; seed large, Early Birds 3.52 eee ‘93 20 —-:18.00 
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are 4 to 4% feet tall. They are heavily loaded with very Little <Genvteia. sacristy et 23 20 ©18.00 
large well formed pods, often 5 to 5% inches long. These Little: Marvel \yamicre ss wares 23 20 18.00 
are light yellowish-green and normally contain 8 to 10 Hundredfold O ie. a. q2,ese ene .23 20 18.00 
very large peas of delicate light green color and unex- Laxtonian 9)... 24.0: Rletlsponteh ons tone .23 20) 18-00 
celled quality. 70 days. Dwarf Grey Sugar.e. tee 25 22 20.00 
Everbearing. Grows from 1% to 2 feet high, of branching PEAS (For General Planting) 
habit, pods from 3 to 4 inches long, containing from 6 to Telephones tall © oc ee 23 20 ~—-:18.00 
8 of the very largest peas, of particularly rich flavor. Un- Large White Marrowfat, tall... .23 90 812.00 
surpassed in quality and very productive, continuing a 
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long time in bearing. 85 days. 

