. Dreer's garden calendar : 1903. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Gradus, or Prosperity Pea. Gradus, or Prosperity. (See cut.) This extra early wrinkled Pea bears pods of large size, and combines quality with earliness. It is very hardy; can be planted fully as early as the smooth Peas; grows vigorous and healthy ; vines 2i feet in height; very prolific, bearing pods fully as large as Telephone ; usually contain- ing 8 to 10 large Peas. The color of the shelled Peas is a
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1903. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Gradus, or Prosperity Pea. Gradus, or Prosperity. (See cut.) This extra early wrinkled Pea bears pods of large size, and combines quality with earliness. It is very hardy; can be planted fully as early as the smooth Peas; grows vigorous and healthy ; vines 2i feet in height; very prolific, bearing pods fully as large as Telephone ; usually contain- ing 8 to 10 large Peas. The color of the shelled Peas is a beautiful light- green, which they retain after being cooked; the quality and flavor are deli- cious, and the Peas remain tender and sweet for a long time. Pt., 30 cts. (post- paid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (postpaid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., $ ; peck, $ Thomas Laxton. (See cut.) A new variety, producing large pods in abun- dance. The quality is delicious, and can- not be surpassed by any other variety. It will mature fully as early as any of the extra early smooth Peas, and being a wrinkled sort is much sweeter. When this variety is thoroughly introduced it will command equal attention with "Gradus," which has been the leading variety for several years past. Pt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cts.); qt., 50 cts. (post- paid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., §; peck, § Peas mature earliest in a light, rich soil; for general crop, a rich deep loam, or inclining to clay, is the best. When grown in gardens sow in double rows 6 to & inches apart, the rows 2 to 4 feet apart, the tall ones requiring brush. Commence sowing the extra early varieties as early as the ground can be worked in Febru- ary or March; continue for a succession every two weeks until June, then dis- continuing until the middle of August, when a good crop may be secured by sow- ing the extra early and early sorts for fall use. They should be kept clean and. earthed up twice during the growth. The wrinkled variet
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