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SALZER’S EARLIEST AND BEST 
This Pea is the EARLIEST WHITE, SMOOTH PEA on 
earth! It’s the pea for you, Mr. Market Gardener, Mr. Home 
Gardener, to plant, whether by the package or by the bushel. 
It’s the greatest, earliest, big profit pea! Hundreds of thou- 
sands of customers, Small buyers and large buyers, all over the 
United States and in foreign countries, have sown this world- 
famous Strain, and everybody acknowledges it the earliest, . finest 
quality, and biggest money-making round, smooth pea in cultfvation. 
Salzer’s Earliest and Best matures the en tine crop at one time. It 
£rows from 18 to 24 inches high, is extremely prolific, bearing from 
6 to 8 straight pods, 2% in. long, each containing 6 or 7 medium sized, 
smooth, round peas, which are sweet and of excellent flavor, They are yel- 
lowish-white when ripe. Ready to pick for the market in 45 days. Yields of 
from 250 to 300 bushels of Breen- peas per acre ‘have been reported of this 
variety, and have been sold at from $1.75 and even more, per bushel. It is the 
pea to plant for an extra-early mgney making crop.. Can be sown as early in 
ee ee ound can be properly prepared. Salzer’s Earliest and Best is a grand 
varie Ss e€ssion sowin owing to its ability to resist mi ee iefy fros 
Wothin siriigand Lae pie = Ss y to st ildew and to ¢ efy frost, 
: 846—Pke. (2 0~.), 10c; 2 pkgs., 17¢; 14 Ib., 27e3 
Ib., 45¢; 2 Ibs., 79e; 5 Ibs., $1.65, postpaid. See 
Page 57 for quantity prices. 
SALZER’S SCORCHER 
Another great extra-early, hard, smooth pea, 

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about 24 to 28 inches high, very productive and a 
splendid canner. Only a day or two later than THOMAS LAXTON 
Earliest and Best. The pods are about 2% inches : 
long and are packed with 6-smooth bluish-green A splendid market-zgardener sort, and recom- 
sugary peas of melting quality. Each vine bears mended -for the home garden. The pods are large, 
G6 or 7 pods. Entire crop can be picked at one about 4 inches long, square on the end, and con- 
ples 848—Pke. (2 07), de; 2 pkgs. 16¢3 % Ib, tain 7 or 8 sweet, tender and luscious peas of 
~6ce; Ib., 44ce; 2 Ibs., 77¢3 5 Ibs., $1.60, postpaid. melting quality. Vines 3 feet long, rich dark 

SALZER’S ae = green in color; pods contain 6 to 8 peas. 5 or 6 
Pas Quantity Prices pods to’a vine. 56 days. Good for freezing. 858 
ALASKA y —Pkg. (2 02.), 10e; 2 pkgs., 17¢; % Ib., 26e; Ib, 
Widely grown for can- 46e; 2 Ibs., S5e; 5 1bs., $1.80, postpaid, 
ning. A heavy yielder, 
vines 30 in. high, bear- 
INS: Sys pOds— a poUtiset6 
inches in length. They 
are filled with 6 small 
smooth peas. 50 days. 
844—Pke. (2 0z.), Se; 2 
pkegs., 14e; 14 Ib., 25e; Ihb., 
42e; 2 Ibs., 73e; 5 Ibs,, 
$1.50, postpaid. 
GIANT 
LAXTONIAN 
An extremely large 
podded, best quality, 
dwarf variety with large 
pods and growing only 
16 to 18 inches high, re- 
quiring no. support. 55 
days. The pods measure 
about 4 inches or more 
in length and are filled 
with 8S or 9 large deli- 
cious peas, almost double 
the size of any other 
early dwarf peas. Un- 
surpassed in quality and 
yield. Good for freezing. 
About 5 pods to a vine. 
S80—Pkze. (2 o72.), 10ce3 
2 pkegs., 17¢e; % Ib., 28e3 
LAXTON PROGRESS 
A fine variety of rather recent introduc- 
tion. The vines are dwarf, 15 to 18 in. high, 
and the deep green pods are often 4%, in. 
long. By actual count, they contain one 
more pea to the pod (7 to 9 per pod) and 
more pods to the vine than any of the older 
Laxtonian type. The peas are of a delicious, 
melting quality, sweet and tender. Good for 
freezing. 859—Pkg. (2 02.), 10c; 2 pkes., 
17¢c; % Ib., 28e; Ib., A7e; 2 Ibs., S7e3 5 Ibs., 
$1.85, postpaid. 
WYOMING WONDER 
Resistant to fusarium wilt and remains 
sweet and tender a week to ten days after it 
is ready to pick! 
The vines are dark green, reaching a 
height of 24 to 28 inches. Pods are 5 to 6 
inches, and even 6% inches, long, pointed, 
and are tightly filled with S to 10 large peas 
of unusually sweet and Sugary flavor. 75 
days. 862—Pke. (2 0z.), 10e; 2 pkegs., 18e; % 
Ib., 27¢; Ib., 45e3 2 Ibs., S8e;3 5 Ibs., $1.75, ppd. 
GRADUS Sa el be A) 62-64 days. 
inches long, 
pointed, plump and round, filled with 5 bore 
-» 47¢; 2 Ibs., 87e; 5 Ibs. luscious peas. 28 in. Good for freezing. 
S185. postpaid: ‘See also é —Pkg. (2 0z.), 9c; 2 pkgs., 16¢; % Ib., 27e; 
Scorcher Page 57. Wyoming Wonder Ib., 45e; 2 Ibs., S8e3 5 Ibs., $1.75, postpaid. 

I remember looking at Salzer’s Catalog, especially the big cabbage ladder, when I was a little girl. My father was a Salzer fan and now 
my grandchildren are enjoying both the pictures and the garden.—Mrs, J. P. Phillips, Colby, Kansas. 
