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Laxton’s Superb or Baltimore 
Early Bird 60 days 
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, medium dark green, 
slightly curved and pointed. Peas are large 
and average 9 to 10 per pod. Dry seed nearly 
smooth with a slight dimple. This variety 
can be planted early. 
Mammoth Podded Extra 
Early 60 days 
An excellent early variety for both home 
garden and market garden trade. This va- 
riety is very productive. The pods are large, 
resembling Thomas Laxton. Plants grow 30 
to 36 in., stems medium heavy and color of 
foliage is medium dark green. Pods large 
about 4 in. long, blunt ended, dark green 
and contain 7 good sized peas. 
PEAS—Extra Early 
Gradus (Early) 59 days 
A large podded, wrinkled variety for home 
garden and market. Vines grow 3 to 3% ft. 
Pods 4 in. long and % in. wide, borne singly, 
with 7 to 10 rich, tender peas in each pod. 
Pods tapered. 
Hundredfold 65 days 
An early, dwarf, large podded variety. 
Bears an enormous crop of handsome, dark 
green, fairly broad and pointed pods 4 in. 
long, containing about 8 large, dark green 
peas of excellent quality. Pods are borne 
singly. Vines 18 in. tall. Excellent for 
market garden and shipping. 
Laxtonian 64 days 
Vines 15 to 18 in. tall, producing straight 
pointed, deep green pods 4 to 44% in. long, % 
in. wide. Pods are plump, tapered at tip and 
borne singly. Each pod contains 6 to 8 large, 
sweet, deep green peas. 
Little Marvel 62 days 
A productive sort, the vines growing 15 to 
20 in. tall, dark green and vigorous. Pods 
2% to 3 in. long, % in. wide, containing 6 
or 7 large, dark green peas. Pods plump, 
straight, blunt ended and frequently borne 
in pairs. 
Progress (Laxton’s ) 64 days 
An excellent and the standard dwarf early 
variety for home gardens and_ shipping. 
May be planted almost as early as the 
smooth pea varieties. Vines 15 to 20 in., 
dark green and very prolific. Pods 4 to 4% 
in. long, % in. wide, containing 8 to 10 large 
deep green peas, 

Alaska 28-57 Wilt Resistant at Our 
Trial Grounds. 
Wrinkled Varieties 
Thomas Laxton 62 days 
An especially desirable pea for the home 
garden as well as for market gardeners. 
Vines 2% to 3 ft., medium dark green. Dark 
green pods, 3% in. long, % in. wide, square 
ended, containing about 7 large peas. 
World’s Record 59 days 
Vines grow 24 to 30 in. tall, bearing a 
profusion of broad pointed pods, 4 in. long, 
with 7 to 9 peas in a pod. An improved and 
earlier type of the Gradus. 

Little Marvel 
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