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PEAS — (Continued) — First Early Varieties 
Little Marvel 
We consider this the finest dwarf variety for the home garden. Vines are dark 
green, 18 to 20 inches tall and are laden with pods 3 inches long, blunt ended 
and packed full with peas of medium size, dark green in color and very tender 
and sweet. Seeds are squarish, wrinkled, green. 
MAMMOTH PODDED EXTRA EARLY 
Vines 3 feet. The peas are only partly wrinkled and can be sown early without 
danger of rotting. Peas nearly as large as Thos. Laxton and mature a few days 
earlier. One of the most profitable varieties to grow for the early market trade. 
Nott’s Excelsior 
An excelient early dwarf variety maturing in 59 days. Vines 12 to 14 inches 
high, dark green and very productive. Pods 3 inches long, % inch wide, 
plump, straight and blunt ended. Seeds green, medium size, wrinkled. 
THOMAS LAXTON 
The choice of the first early varieties maturing about the same time as Gradus. 
Vine 3 to 31% feet high, similar to that of Gradus but darker in color, hardier 
and more productive. Pods 4 to 4% inches long, blunt ended and well filled 
with large tender peas which retain their sweetness and pleasing flavor until 
they begin to harden. Seeds large, wrinkled, creamy yellow green. 
WORLD’S RECORD (See photo page 38) 
This wrinkled pea is one of the earliest large podded sorts and is really an 
improved, earlier type of Gradus. Vines grow 24 to 30 inches tall, with a 
profusion of broad, pointed dark pods, 3% to 4 inches long, filled with large 
peas. Just a few days later than Mammoth Podded Extra Early and earlier 
than Laxton’s Progress. 55 days. 
SECOND EARLY VARIETIES 
Alderman 
Vines 41% to 5 feet high, dark green, vigorous and very productive. Pods 5 to 
5% inches long containing 7 to 9 peas of the largest size and finest quality. 
Matures 75 days. Seeds pear shaped, wrinkled, green. 
DWARF ALDERMAN 
72 days. Vines dwarf, 2 feet, vigorous, very productive with large well filled 
dark green pods usually 8 or 9 large peas. Delicious and tender. This new 
variety is sure to become the favorite with growers who object to the tall vines 
of the regular Alderman strain. 
. GILBO (See Photo Page 40) 
A new variety and one of the largest podded semi-dwarf peas. Will please 
home and market gardener. Vines 24 to 28 inches, dark and heavy with an 
abundance of pods, 41% to 5 inches long, dark and pointed. This wrinkled pea 
has a thin skin, is not as hardy as other varieties and should not be planted 
until ground is reasonably warm. 69 days. 
Prince Edward 
The largest podded pea ever produced. As the name implies, this pea is of 
English origin. At the leading agricultural shows it has always taken first 
prize. There is a constantly increasing demand for large podded peas on 
account of the saving of time in picking. The Prince Edward produces pods 
7 inches long and upwards, containing 8 to 13 dark green peas of finest quality 
and flavor. Vines are exceedingly thrifty and free from blight or mildew, 5 to 
6 feet high and enormously productive. Matures 76 days. Seeds pear shaped, 
wrinkled green. 
