. Burpee's prices for 1897 : the best seeds that grow. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Sweet peas Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. New Pea,—" ; HISTORY.—This magnificent new Pea was introduced in England, by Messrs. James Carter & Co., in 1892, at the price of 7s. 6d. per package of four ounces. Four or five years pre- viously we had seen it growing at Forest Hill, London, and the late Mr. E. H. Sharman, hearing our expression of admiration, said, " a fellow-couutryman of yours pronounced that pea * a Daisy,' and when r
. Burpee's prices for 1897 : the best seeds that grow. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Sweet peas Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. New Pea,—" ; HISTORY.—This magnificent new Pea was introduced in England, by Messrs. James Carter & Co., in 1892, at the price of 7s. 6d. per package of four ounces. Four or five years pre- viously we had seen it growing at Forest Hill, London, and the late Mr. E. H. Sharman, hearing our expression of admiration, said, " a fellow-couutryman of yours pronounced that pea * a Daisy,' and when ready for introduction we propose to call it Carter's DAISY ; So great has been the demand in England, that not until crop of 1895 were we able to buy the seed in quantity for our own planting and, therefore, are able only now to offer American-grown seed for the first time, but " a good thing is worth wailing ; THE DAISY is a second-early of robust but remarkably even growth. The vines are from sixteen to eighteen inches high, needing no brush. The self- supporting stout plants are fairly loaded with large bright-green pods, which are always well filled. Each pod contains seven to nine large peas, of a light bright- green color, tender, and well flavored. The illustra- tion herewith was engraved, natural size, from a pho- tograph taken at Fordhook Farm, in July, 1896, where the unique, even growth and handsome appear- ance of rows of The '* DAISY " excited the delighted admiration of all visitors to our extensive trials of garden peas. The late Mr. Shirley Hibberd wrote : "The DAISY is so productive that, as we saw the square piece, it might be described as 'all peas,' as though the well-filled bright-green pods had been heaped up in ; The peas are in good condition for the table in three months from time of planting. We are sure that all who have this grand new Pea in the garden, this season, will unite in using the American exp
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