Vick's garden and floral guide . of the richest and best-tlavored green wrinkled Peas, Five feet in height. Melting Sugar. This variety is used either shelled or cooked in thepod, like string Beans, and when young is very tender and sweet. It isbut little known in this country, while abroad it is considered a great , 10 cents ; l/2 pt., 15 cents ; pt., 25 cents ; qt., 50 cents. American Champion (Duke of Albany), a remarkably hardy and vigorous variety, producing in great profusion its large pods, which arewell filled with large and delicious peas. A valuable main crop sort. It is
Vick's garden and floral guide . of the richest and best-tlavored green wrinkled Peas, Five feet in height. Melting Sugar. This variety is used either shelled or cooked in thepod, like string Beans, and when young is very tender and sweet. It isbut little known in this country, while abroad it is considered a great , 10 cents ; l/2 pt., 15 cents ; pt., 25 cents ; qt., 50 cents. American Champion (Duke of Albany), a remarkably hardy and vigorous variety, producing in great profusion its large pods, which arewell filled with large and delicious peas. A valuable main crop sort. It is atall grower, of branching habit, and should be sown thinly. Packet,10 cents; \U pt., 15 cents; pt., 25 cents ; qt., 50 cents. Large Black - Eyed Marrowfat. Well-filled pods. Four feet pint. 10 cents; pint, 20 cents ; qt., 30 cents. Large White Marrowfat. Like the Black-Eyed Ma rrowfat, exten-sively grown as a field crop. 12 pt., 10 cents; pt., 20 cents ; qt., 30 cents. Canada Field. For sowing broadcast. Bushel, $ PEA, VICKS IMPROVED STRATAGEM ORRA or Gumbo A large, vigorous, tender plant, cultivated in the South for its young seed-pods, which are very nutritious, and are used in soups, stews, etc., andespecially for making gumbo soup. Should be more generally grown in theNorth wherever it is warm enough for Sweet Corn. About the last week inMay sow seed thinly, in drills one inch deep and three feet apart. When wellup, thin the plants out to one foot apart in the row. Gather the pods whenquite young (about an inch and a half long), before woody fibre is ounce of seed will sow fifty feet of drill. White Velvet (White Creole). p0ds round, smooth, much largerthan other sorts ; produced in great profusion. Packet, 5 cents ; oz.,10 cents ; lb., 60 cents. Perkins Mammoth Long Pod. A dwarf but enormously productivevariety. Pods long, slender, deep green, and remain tender much longerthan most sorts. Packet, 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 25 cts,; lb., 80 cts.
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