e LAXTON'S PROGRESS 
(Susceptible to Wilt) 
(Days to Maturity, 64) 
Uses: Market and home gardens. Also satisfac- 
tory for freezing. 
Vines: I5 inches tall, dark green and sturdy. 
Pods: 4 to 4!/5 inches long, dark green, pointed, 
borne singly. 
Seed: Large, creamy green, wrinkled. 
Similar Varieties: Hundredfold, Laxtonian, Morse 
Market, Peter Pan, Pioneer, Blue Bantam. 
Peas, Improved Thomas Laxton 
e IMPROVED THOMAS LAXTON 
(Wilt Resistant) 
(Days to Maturity, 61) 
Uses: Most widely used variety in market and 
home garden. Excellent for freezing. 
Vines: 30 inches tall, slender, medium green. 
Pods: 3!/4 inches long, straight, blunt, dark green. 
Seed: Cream-green, wrinkled, medium large. 
Similar Varieties: Gradus, World's Record. 
Peas, Laxtonian 
e LAXTONIAN 
(Susceptible to Wilt) 
(Days to Maturity, 66) 
Uses: Early market and home garden. Good 
freezing qualities. 
Vines: 18 inches tall, light green and sturdy. 
Pods: 4 to 4!/y inches long, medium green, 
pointed and slightly curved. 
Seed: Large, creamy green, wrinkled. 
Similar Varieties: Hundredfold and Blue Bantam. 
e WILT-RESISTANT RAMSHORN 
BLACKEYE PEAS 
(Days to Maturity, 75) 
Uses: Home gardens and canning variety. Good 
keeping qualities as dried peas. 
Vine: Strong, semi-bush with many half-runners, 
holds pod erect and is resistant to Charcoal Rot, 
1 Cowpea Wilt and Nematodes. Much more pro- 
ductive than old type blackeye. 
Pods: Large, long and easily shelled. 
Peas, Laxton's Progress Seed: Dry seed, large, white, with black eye. 
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