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Dorr's Iowa Seed Manual. ... 13

[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration, cross-section of carrot underground.]

Parsnips.
Sow early in Spring, in drills 15 inches apart, covering half an inch. Thin to 5 to 6 inches apart in rows. They are improved by the frost, and it is usual to take up in the Fall a certain quantity for Winter, leaving the rest in the ground until Spring; in this latitude they need no protection if left in the ground.

Per Packet, Five Cents.

Long Sugar-Best for general use; very tender, sugary excellent flavored, large size, white and smooth; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 25c, lb 75c.
Sutton's Student-A fine flavored variety; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 25c; lb 75c.

Peas.
Peas mature quickest in light, dry soil, not too rich. May be sown as early as the ground can be worked, and for a succession every two weeks up to July, after which there is danger of mildew. Sow in drills 4 to 6 feet apart, according to varieties, 1 inch apart in the drills, not less than 4 inches deep, and late in the season 7 or 8 inches. Occasionally a good late crop can be obtained by sowing an early sort as late as the 20th of August. Wrinkled sorts are marked *. They should be sown thicker in the row than the smooth varieties, as they are more liable to rot. Twenty-five cents per quart must be added to pay postage when peas are ordered by mail.
[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of a pea plant with full pods, Caption-Bliss's American Wonder.]

Earliest Varieties
Per Packet, Ten Cents, Postpaid.

* Bliss's American Wonder-The earliest and most prolific dwarf, wrinkled pea, unsurpassed for early sowing. This new and fine-flavored variety is a seedling, the result of a cross between the two favorite varieties, Champion of England and Little Gem, raised by Mr. Chas. Arnold, the well-known Conadian [Canadian] agriculturist. It combines all the good qualities of both of its parents, with the additional ones of superiority in flavor to the Champion and of greater productiveness than the Little Gem, besides being earlier than any other of the wrinkled varieties. Peas planted June 5th were ready for the table in thiry-three days from date of planting. On good soil, each vine will average twelve pods, and each pod six peas, Fifteen pods have been counted on some vines, and nine large peas in some of the pods, and every pod is well filled. The vine grows from eight to ten inches high, according to the soil and season. Since 1878 it has been tested in various parts of the world, and has met with the unqualified appproval from all who have grown it. It has the highest endorsement from the most eminent agriculturists in the country. So great has been the de
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mand, since first introduced that it has been impossible to supply all applicants with even a small quantity. Our seed is genuine, do not fail to give it a trial; 1/4 p't 20c, p't 65c, q't 1.25; by mail, post-paid. When delivered at our store or sent by express at the expense of the purchaser; p't 55c, q't 1.00.

Extra Early Challenge-We have not only added one valuable new pea to our list, but several. The Challenge was obtained by continued selections from Extra Early Philadelphia, and we can in all conficence say that after a trial of nearly all Extra Early varieties offered to the trade, we have not found one possessing more merit, hence its name. For the Market Gardener it has no superior. It is not only extremely early and prolific, but is of the most luscious flavor. All the good qualities of the Extra Early are more nearly brought to perfection in the Challenge. Vines 18 inches. Per p't 35c, q't 60c, p'k 4.00, bush 15.00.

Carter's First Crop-Very productive; good flavor. Height 30 inches. Per q't 30c, p'k 2.00, bush. 7.00.