Garden Fresh PEAS are Sweeter 
One pound will plant 100 feet of drill 
CULTURE—Peas are a cool-weather crop and 
must be planted as soon as the ground can 
be worked in spring. A rich, light soil is re- 
quired and plenty of water if a full crop is to be 
produced. It will pay to use a balanced com- 
Freezonian — mercial fertilizer in the row when the seeds are 
Early, 
eco sown. Sow in rows 2 feet apart and 2 inches 
Pigeae apart in the row. Avoid crowding, as closer 
yielding, planting will produce no greater crop. Tall 
excellent Pea ie : . 
(ae varieties must be supported with light stakes, 
freezing brush or Train-Etts. See below. 
EARLY PEAS 
462. AMERICAN WONDER—(61 days). Our 
stock is the true extra-dwarf, early strain. Pop- Little Marvel is Unsurpassed in Quality and Yield. 
ular with home gardeners and very productive. = = a 
Extra Early PEAS 
Plants 12 to 14 inches high; pods contain 6 
452. EARLY ALASKA—(57 days). Smooth 
peas, large and very sweet. Mammoth pkt. 
15c, Y/p lb. 35c, Ib. 55c, 5 Ibs. $2.10, prepaid. 
Seeded. A hardy variety for earliest plant- 
ing. Pod contains 6 to 8 peas of good 
463. LAXTON’S PROGRESS—(62 days). Most 
quality. The light green, slender plants 
experts consider this the best of the large- 
podded, large-fruited wrinkled peas. Very pro- 
grow 28 inches high and mature uniform- 
ly. A profitable early sort for market 
ductive, with 4-inch pods of a handsome deep 
green, filled with 8 to 10 dark green peas of 
luscious flavor. Vines 14% feet. Mammoth pkt. 
h pkt. 10c, 1/2 Ib. ; 
15c, 1/2 Ib. 35c, Ib. 55c, 5 Ibs. $2.10, prepaid. econo bes S175 aden ERLE: 
464.—LITTLE MARVEL—(64 days). A favorite 
for the average home garden, as it remains in 
[ Be Swe Lo. Toy these prime condition a week longer than older sorts. 
The 18-inch vines are hardy and very produc- 
B NOVELTY PEAS tien tc ¢ te ices scry pecs 
Mammoth pkt. 15c, 1/2 lb. 35c, lb. 55c, 5 lbs. 
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$2.10, prepaid. MAT Doesn’ t oe ae 5 min: 
nor burn tendrils like wire. 
For the SMALL GARDEN! 465. PREMIUM GEM—(64 days). A_ highly 8 sizes— 
60-inch x 72-inch, 70c 
60-inch x 96-inch, 90c 
60-inch x 180-inch, $1.30 
460. TINY TIM MIDGET PEAS—(58 days). productive, medium early variety, recom- 
A brand new midget variety from mended for the home garden and for canning. 
Canada that’s perfect for small gardens! Dark green 20-inch vines, heavily set with 
It's extra early, requires little garden light green pods containing 6 to 7 peas of FOR BIG CROPS 
space, and bears great quantities 3 inch good quality. Mammoth pkt. 15c, 1, lb. 35c, — inoculate your 
pods packed full of tender, sugary peas lb. 55c, 5 lbs. $2.10, prepaid. peas with 
on vines growing only 6 to 9 inches high! 
Sorry, 1953 Seed Crop failed. Available LL A SSIES A AZ CONE) CLE 
again in 1954, for delicious flavor, and for quality in quick 
freezing, there's none finer. It's an improved, 
bigger, huskier strain of Thomas Laxton. Vig- 
orous, wilt resistant, 40 inch vines bear heavy 
loads of uniform 31/2 inch blunt pods, well , 
EAT POD and ALL! filled with big tender peas, high in sugar (SLO EC 
Cook the pods like green beans content. Mammoth pkt. 15c, 1/2 lb. 35c, lb. 55c, Bee a 
492. DWARF SUGAR — (68 days). Sugar 5 lbs. $2.10, prepaid. DAE eek 
Peas: have the tenderness and fleshy 
podded qualities of snap beans, and the MIDSE ASON PEAS 
flavor and sweetness of fresh green peas. 
When young, pods are stringless, brittle 471. WANDO—{70 days). Two foot plants with clean, dark 
and succulent. The vines grow to a green foliage produce 8 to 10 peas in thickly set, straight, 
height of 26 inches, and should be given glossy green, 3-inch pods. Excellent for freezing or canning; 
support. Mammoth pkt. 15c, 1/2 Ib. 30c, for market or home garden. Mammoth pkt. 15c, Y2 lb. 30c, lb. 
Ib. 50c, 5 Ibs. $1.95, prepaid. 50c, 5 lbs. $1.95, prepaid. 
NITRAGIN 
472, LINCOLN—(68 days). Now recognized as the most perfect 
freezer pea. Plants grow 2 feet. Very heavy producers of 
F S & N Co's slightly curved pods, containing 7 to 8 excellent quality peas 
. - : that do not split when blanched for freezing. Mammoth pkt. 
Ag uccession Collection 15c, ¥/2 lb. 35c, Ib. 55c, 5 lbs. $2.10, prepaid. a 
473. POTLATCH OR STRATAGEM—(78 days). The Best Dwarf 
Late Pea. Famous for its heavy yield of immense deep green 
Fresh Peas All Summer! 
AS Sa re ae eae a ean Bee pods, packed with 8 to 10 large, tender peas of finest quality. 
spring as the ground can balturcciediecnd Healthy, bluish green vines 2 feet high, bear continuously from 
they will mature in succession. July lst to 15th. Mammoth pkt. 15c, /2 Ib. 35c, lb. 55c, 5 lbs. 
LITTLE MARVEL $2.10, prepaid. 
FREEZONIAN 485. TALL TELEPHONE—(74 days). The Standard Large-Podded 
WANDO Late Pea. Bears uniformly large, handsome pods, 5 inches or 
more long, filled with 8 to 9 delicious peas. Vines grow 4 feet 
4 ie Beastie ee eee’ Ppd. high and yield a heavy crop. Excellent for freezing, shipping Wandoubaars 
1 Ibe ofveach=(3lbs:)i.. 5.0: $1.35 | and for the home garden. Mammoth pkt. 15c, \/) lb. 35c, lb. well even in 
et 55c, 5 lbs. $2.10, prepaid. hot weather. 
Peas like cool weather. Plant early for bigger crops and better flavor. Page 17 
