. James Gregory & Son's catalogue of home grown seeds. Excelsior and American Wonder peas, and while the former werejust as early as the latter, the Excelsior was far ahead in the size andnumber of pods. I ordered a supply for next year on the spot. Mr. Geo. Buchanan writes : I foundthese peas a very distinct, pure sort,withmany marked excellences over AmericanWonder, Tom Thumb Premium Gem,Advancer, etc. D. C. Hicks, No. Clarendon,Vermont,writes : The NottsExcelsior is a finepea, and must event-ually take the placeof the AmericanWonder, which itoutranks at allpoints. An extensive mar-ket
. James Gregory & Son's catalogue of home grown seeds. Excelsior and American Wonder peas, and while the former werejust as early as the latter, the Excelsior was far ahead in the size andnumber of pods. I ordered a supply for next year on the spot. Mr. Geo. Buchanan writes : I foundthese peas a very distinct, pure sort,withmany marked excellences over AmericanWonder, Tom Thumb Premium Gem,Advancer, etc. D. C. Hicks, No. Clarendon,Vermont,writes : The NottsExcelsior is a finepea, and must event-ually take the placeof the AmericanWonder, which itoutranks at allpoints. An extensive mar-ket gardener writes: They are certainlythe earliest wrinkledpea I have everraised, and I havetried nearly all thedifferent kinds. Theyare a very distinctvariety, early, har-dy, productive, andof extra fine qual-ity. We believethat, where suf-ficient stock canbe obtained, with-in five years theExcelsior will takethe place now occu-pied by the Wonder. Be-ing every way abetter pea, whyshould it not? Price, per qt.,postpaid, 80 cts.;per package, American Wonder. Notts Excelsior. AMERICAN WONDER. This American pea is now so well known it hardly needs tobe described. It is of fine flavor, productive, and as early as,the earliest of the very dwarf wrinkled varieties. Fifteen podshave been counted on some vines, and nine large peas in someof the pods. The vine grows from six to twelve inches high,according to the soil and season. The rows need not be morethan two feet apart. Price, per bushel, $; per quart,,postpaid, 50cents; per package, 10 cents. 28 JAMES J. H. GREGORY & SONS RETAIL CATALOGUE. PEAS — Continued. THE HEROINE. Our English cousins have sent us anotherfine pea under the above name. It is oneof the large podded, large pea class, withthe great advantage over most of them inthe fact that its type is fixed and it has notthe sporting proclivities of some well-knownsorts that would otherwise be very desir-able. It is medium early, green, wrinkled,growing ab
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