. 1902 year book : everything for the farm and garden. Nursery stock Massachusetts Worcester Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. THIS pea was introduced by the veteran seedsmen, Jas. J. H. Gregory & Son, who at the time of its introduction said of it:— "It is the very earliest of the Wrinkled varieties,—the Station, Eclipse, American Wonder and Nott's Excelsior not excepted. Compared with the early hard sorts it will be found to be decidedly earlier than many of them, including the well-known Alpha and
. 1902 year book : everything for the farm and garden. Nursery stock Massachusetts Worcester Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. THIS pea was introduced by the veteran seedsmen, Jas. J. H. Gregory & Son, who at the time of its introduction said of it:— "It is the very earliest of the Wrinkled varieties,—the Station, Eclipse, American Wonder and Nott's Excelsior not excepted. Compared with the early hard sorts it will be found to be decidedly earlier than many of them, including the well-known Alpha and Maud S., while it is as early as the very earliest of them. Vines grow 24 inches high and need no bushing; pods well filled, containing six or seven peas; not as large as the American Wonder, but is a far better cropper and ready for the market days before it. "Gregory's Surprise is one of Mr. Horsford's creations, he hav- ing obtained it by crossing ' Earliest of All' on the ' American Wonder,' and the result is a wrinkled pea as early as the ' Earliest of All' with the quality of the 'Wonder.' If it has the hardiness of its parent, ' Earliest of All,' the knell of the early class of hard peas has struck; for the public well know that they are inferior in quality, and will" cease buying them as soon as they can find a wrinkled pea in the market". Had it not been that the Gradus was introduced at about the same time as the Surprise this would, undoubtedly, have become very popular. As it is, it is a desirable variety on account of its earli- ness and superior quality, and will with the Gradus, without doubt, displace the hard early sorts, which to some extent they have already done. ipt. 10c, pt. 20c, qt. 35c, 2 qts. 60c, £ pk. $, pk. $ NEW PEA Admiral Dewey CLAinED BY THE INTRODUCERS TO BE THE LARGEST PODDED PEA EVER OFFERED. ^HIS variety is from one of the oldest firms of pea-growers in the country, whose description is as follows:—"During
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