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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. 15.

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Peas.
One quart will plant about one hundred feet of drill; 2 to 3 bushels per acre.
Peas mature quickest in light, dry soil not to [too] rich. May be sown as early as the ground can be worked, and for a succession, every two weeks up to July, or what is better, select several kinds which will form a succession in maturing. Sow in drills two to four feet apart, according to varieties, not less than four inches deep for general crop, although the first earlies will come to maturity sooner if only covered one and one-half to two inches. Wrinkled sorts are marked *. They should be sown thicker in the row than the smooth varieties, as they are more liable to rot.
Prices include postage. Pints at one-half the quart rates. 15c per quart discount if sent by express. See special prices by the peck or bushel on page 20. Our packets contain about two ounces.
Giant Gray Sugar.--See Novelties. Pkt. 10c.

*Nott's Excelsior.--A superb new variety, and we are sure our customers will welcome it as an ideal family and market pea. It is fully as sweet and delicious as the American Wonder, and grows one-half taller. Pods are larger and it is far more productive than the Premium Gem, and it is within a day or two as as early as the first early smooth peas. Mr. George Buchanan writes: "I found these peas a very distinct, pure sort, with many marked excellencies over the American Wonder, Premium Gem, Advancer, etc. The peas were ready for table use within forty-three days from planting. Quality very superior." Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 40c.
[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of a plant loaded with peas and an enlarged image of a pea pod. Caption-Nott's Excelsior.]

Cleveland's Alaska.--Height two feet, pods rather small, dark green color, well filled; the earliest pea known, being two days earlier than the Rural New Yorker and ninety per cent of the pods can be gathered at the first picking. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 12c, qt. 40c.

Iowa Challenge--An extra early variety of superior merit which is a favorite with Des Moines market gardeners. We can in all confidence 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 it is of good flavor. All the good qualities of the Extra Early are most nearly brought to perfection in the Challenge. Vines 18 inches. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 12c, qt. 40c.
[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of stem with a cluster of peas, Caption-Iowa Challenge, A. Blanc.]

*Premium Gem.--Height one foot; early and prolific; a type of and an improvement on the McLean's Little Gem. Pods long and of a dark green color. The most popular sort for family use. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 10c, qt. 35c.

Bliss' American Wonder.--The leading dwarf pea in point of earliness, productiveness, flavor and quality. Of dwarf and robust habit, growing about ten inches high, and produces a profusion of good sized, well-filled pods fairly packed with the finest flavored peas. On good soil each vine will average twelve pods and each pod six peas. The vines grow from eight to ten inches high. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 45c.

*Stanley.--This very handsome new variety is a grand medium early wrinkled pea, with well filled pods, larger than the Stratagem, a tremendous cropper, with dwarf, stocky vine, which needs no bushing. It is very sweet and of delicious flavor; full grown pods often measure four inches in length by over two inches in circumference and mature very uniformly, so that nearly the entire crop can be taken at one picking. All should try it. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.

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Rural New Yorker.--Very early and of most even growth and maturity; 80 to 90 per cent of the pods can be removed at one picking. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 10c, qt. 35c.

*Telephone.--Immensely productive, of the finest quality and excellent, sugary flavor; vines very strong, the pods are of large size, with six or seven large delicious peas; height four feet. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.

*Champion of England.--One of the richest and best flavored peas grown. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 10c, qt. 35c.

*Bliss' Everbearing.--Height two feet; late to very late; hardy, vigorous, enormous cropper, pods and peas of large size and good quality. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 12c, qt. 40c.

*Stratagem.--Late variety for family or market use. Half dwarf, vigorous, branching habit, and under favorable conditions an enormous cropper. Pods long and filled with seven to nine large peas of extra fine quality. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.

Mammoth Luscious Sugar--This new sugar bears pods much larger than any other variety often six to seven inches long, and an inch and one half broad. The pods are so long and broad that they should be sliced and boiled about 10 or 15 minutes when old, and have a little butter or sauce put over them when they will be ready to supply the table, and make an excellent nutritious dish. They should not be shelled, but the peas and pods eaten together, and as they contain so much sugar, starch, and gluten, are very nutritious for family use. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.

Field Peas.--See list or Miscellaneous Field Seeds.

*Juno.--We have no hesitation in saying that it is by far the best wrinkled pea of its class to-day. It has very robust vines; stout, straight pods, and usually borne in pairs. The pods are very thick, broad-backed all the way up and filled from the stem to the tip with seven to nine sweet, delicious, dark green peas of immense size. Its height is two feet, and its season from medium early to main crop. Destined to become a standard variety. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.
[Image: Drawing/Scratchboard illustration of three pea pods clustered on a vine, Caption-Juno.]

Other Standard Varieties.
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[column headings: Per Pkt. 1/2 Pt. Qt.]
Reed's Early Prize. $ .05. $ .12. $ .40.
First and Best. .05. .12. .40.
*Yorkshire Hero. .05. .12. .40.
*Improved Advancer. .05. .15. .45.
White Marrowfat. .05. .10. .30.
Dwarf White Marrow. .05. .10. .35.
Black Eyed Marrow. .05. .10. .30.
Dwarf Sugar. .05. .15. .50.
Petit Pois (French). .05. .15. .45.
*Bliss Abundance. .05. .12. .40.
Bergen Fleetwing. .05. .12. .40.