. Philips' catalogue 1900 : garden, farm and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs. 36 J. M. Philips' AMERICAN WONDER. American Wonder Peas. The best advertised Pea of this gen- eration, but a variety far better suited for private use than the market garden, as it is not productive enough to make it as much grown as a market sort. It is one of the second earliest wrinkled peas; and its distinctiveness consists in its extreme dwarf growth, which rarely •exceeds 10 inches in height. Its flavor i
. Philips' catalogue 1900 : garden, farm and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs. 36 J. M. Philips' AMERICAN WONDER. American Wonder Peas. The best advertised Pea of this gen- eration, but a variety far better suited for private use than the market garden, as it is not productive enough to make it as much grown as a market sort. It is one of the second earliest wrinkled peas; and its distinctiveness consists in its extreme dwarf growth, which rarely •exceeds 10 inches in height. Its flavor is of the finest quahty. Pkt. 10c, qt. 25c. Bliss' Abundance. Pods 3 to 3i inch- es long; rounded and well filled, con- taining 6 to 8 large wrinkled peas of ex- cellent quality. It lipens about one week after the earliest" kinds. Stalks should st?nd 7 to 8 inches apart in rows. Pkt. 10c, pt. 15c, qt. 25c. * Telephone. One of the finest, tall wrinkled marrows yet introduced. It is immensely productive; of the best quality, and excellent, sugary flavor; vines very strong, averaging"^ 18 to 20 pods to the stalk. The pods are of large size and closely packed T\dth large, delicious peas. Height 3 to 4 feet. Pkt. 10c, pint loc^ qt. 25c. Champion of England. Universally admitted to be the richest and best fla- vored Peas grown, and very productive; the pods and peas are of the largest size; height 4 feet, seed whitish green and little shriveled. Pkt. 10c, pt. 15c, qt. 25c. Paragon. This grand new Pea is without a doubt the most valuable ac- quisition in new Peas made in recent years. The Paragon Pea was intro- duced by Mr. W. H. Grenel, Piere- point Manor, N. Y., who claims it to be the best Pea that has yet been intro- duced, on account of its vigorous grow- ing, stubbed, stocky vines, to the height of about three feet, with luxurant foli- age; with one new feature, the "Para- gon" possesses that no other Pea has, that it is double podded, bearing two large stra
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