
Peas, Early Bird 
PEAS, continued 
@ EARLY BIRD 
(Susceptible to Wilt) 
(Days to Maturity, 60) 
Usrs: Early home and market garden. Good 
freezing qualities. 
VinEs: 18 to 20 inches tall, light green, hardy. 
Pops: 4 to 41% inches long, curved and pointed, 
medium green and sometimes double. 
Srm1LarR VARIETIES: Laxton’s Superb. 
e NOTT’S EXCELSIOR 
(Susceptible to Wilt) 
(Days to Maturity, 65) 
Usrs: Generally used for home gardens. 
VinEs: 18 inches tall, dark green, stocky, broad 
leaflets. 
Pops: 3 inches long, sometimes paired, medium 
green, straight, 6 to 7 peas to pod. 
SEED: Wrinkled, light green, medium size. 
Srm1Lak VARIETIES: Giant Wonder, Premium 
Gem, Sutton Excelsior. 
@ WORLD’S RECORD 
(Susceptible to Wilt) 
(Days to Maturity, 62) 
Usss: Valuable for early planting and home and 
market garden. 
VineEs: 24 inches tall, slender, light green. 
Pops: 31% inches long, medium green, pointed. 
SEED: Wrinkled, cream and green, large. 
Srmiark VARIETIES: Gradus, Thomas Laxton, 
Dwarf Gradus. 
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e THOMAS LAXTON 
(Susceptible to Wilt) 
(Days to Maturity, 61) 
Usses: Most widely used variety in market and 
home garden. Excellent for freezing. 
Vines: 30 inches tall, slender, medium green. 
Pops: 314 inches long, straight, blunt, dark 
green. 
Seep: Cream-green, wrinkled, medium large. 
Simitar VARIETIES: Gradus, World’s Record. 
e TALL TELEPHONE 
(Susceptible to Wilt) 
(Days to Maturity, 78) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Excellent for 
freezing. 
Vines: Vigorous, 60 to 70 inches tall, medium 
green. 
Pops: 5 to 5% inches long, medium dark green, 
pointed, slightly curved. 
Seep: Large, wrinkled, light green with cream. 
Smarar Varieties: Long-Pod Alderman, Al- 
derman, Dark-Pod Tele- 
phone. 

Peas, 
Tall Telephone 
SOUTHERN STATES COOPERATIVE 
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