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NORTHRUP, KING & CO..S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 


Typical Giant Stride Pods 
PEAS—Main Crop Varieties 
Alderman (20 days 
A giant podded variety of the “Telephone” 
group. Vines 4% to 5 ft. tall, dark green. Pods 
dark green, tapered, 4% to 5% in. long, 7% in. 
wide and contain 8 to 10 peas. Recommended 
for home and market gardens and shipping. 
Carter’s Daisy or Dwarf 
Telephone 75 days 
Vines about 20 in. high. Pods bright green, 
41% in. long, containing 7 to 9 peas of finest 
quality. A popular home and market garden 
variety. 
Dwarf Alderman 76 days 
For market gardens and shipping. Dark 
green, stocky, branching plant resistant to 
Fusarium wilt. Pods single and double, dark 
green, pointed, slightly curved. 7 to 9 large, 
good quality peas. Seed large and green. 
Everbearing or Yorkshire Hero 75 days 
Vines 2 to 3 ft. high, branching, and may 
be grown without brush or other support. A 
prolific and continuous bearing sort, with 
pods 3 to 4 in. long containing 6 to 8 large 
wrinkled peas. 
Giant Stride 74 days 
This is the largest podded variety of com- 
mercial importance. Especially adapted for 
shipping and market garden use. The plant 
is semi-dwarf, 26 to 28 in. tall, stem is 
heavy, foliage large and dark green. Pods 
are large, 5% to 6% in., ends pointed, color 
is dark green. Pods are wide, often crease 
backed, the end pointed. The peas are large, 
often 8 to 10 per pod. The quality is excel- 
lent. 
Stratagem 78 days 
Vines 24 to 28 in. Pods Telephone type 
about 4 in. long, plump, straight and tapered 
at end. A favorite with home gardeners be- 
cause of its large, handsome pods. 
Telephone 75 days 
Same as Alderman. 
White Marrowfat 82 days 
An ideal variety for dry-pea use, and 
grown extensively for that purpose. Vines 5 
ft. high, pods 3 to 3% in. long, containing 
5 to 6 large white peas. 
PEAS - Edible Podded Varieties 
Dwarf Gray Sugar, 
Edible Pod 65 days 
Vines 24 to-30 in. high with an abundance 
of medium sized sweet and tender pods, seed 
gray mottled in appearance. To be prepared 
for the table in the same manner as snap 
beans. 
Melting Sugar, Edible Pod 
Gray Seed 75 days 
Vines 41% feet high, light green. Pods 41% 
in. long, flat, straight and tapered at end. 
Fleshy, stringless and brittle. Use like snap 
beans. 
Melting Sugar, Edible Pod 
White Seed 75 days 
Vines 4 to 5 ft. Similar to the gray seeded 
variety in growth. Should be broken and 
cooked, pods and all, like snap beans. 
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