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PEAS — (Continued) — Second Early Varieties 
ALDERMAN 
Vines 414 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 
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. 
MAMMOTH LUSCIOUS SUGAR 
One of the”best known varieties. Vines 4 to 5 feet tall producing an abund- 
ance of pods 4 to 41% inches long often curved or twisted; when young, 
stringless, very tender and finely flavored. Ready for use in 70 to 75 
days. Seeds round, smooth, creamy white and yellow. 
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 wrinkled 
green. 
TELEPHONE—DARK PODDED 
Vines 4 to 41% feet tall, dark green leaves, vigorous and very productive. 
Pods 5 to 5% inches, long, dark green in color, containing 8 to 10 very large 
peas of light green color and unexcelled quality. Matures 73 days. Seeds pear 
shaped, wrinkled, green. 
PEPPER 
A packet of seed will produce 75 plants, an ounce 1000 plants. 
CALIFORNIA WONDER (Sweet) (See Photo Page 40) 
An early and most productive strain. Plants shorter and stockier than most 
strains of California Wonder. Fruits blocky, smooth, 4 to 5 inches long, often 
4 inches across, with flesh 3 of an inch thick. 
Have had splendid results with your Early Snowball No. 25 cauliflower. Luxur- 
iant foliage and beautiful white heads. 
Wm. C. Lang, Ebenezer, N. Y. 
