. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. JAMES J. H. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 25 One extreme, then another — SOME CHOICE PEAS— Continued. good times follow poor times. Nott's Excelsior Pea. (Now the Standard Early Dwarf.) As early as the American Wonder, while the pods are larger, fully as well filled, and there are more of them. It grows half taller than the American
. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. JAMES J. H. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 25 One extreme, then another — SOME CHOICE PEAS— Continued. good times follow poor times. Nott's Excelsior Pea. (Now the Standard Early Dwarf.) As early as the American Wonder, while the pods are larger, fully as well filled, and there are more of them. It grows half taller than the American Wonder, and is a much heavier crop- per. In a comparison made on our own grounds, between the American Wonder and Excelsior, we found that under the same conditions the Excelsior yielded one quarter more, in shelled peas one fifth more, and in weight of peas one third more. The Rural New Yorker says that while the Little Gem surpasses the American Wonder in productiveness, the Excelsior is " tar more productive than the Little Gem;" that the pods are larger than hose of the Premium Gem, the Excelsior being " within a day or two as early as the first early smooth ; William Monroe, of Beverly, Mass., one of the best gardeners, writes: " Growing side by side at Gregory & Son's experimental grounds were Nott's Excelsior and American Wonder peas, and while the former were just as early as the latter, the Excelsior was far ahead in the size and number of pods. I ordered a supply for nexi year on the ; Price, per peck, per express, $; per quart, postpaid, 45 cents ; per package, 10 cents. Empire State. (Novelty of 1899.) We grew this new pea in our experimental grounds in 1898. The vines were scarcely 15 inches high, with dark green pods, well filled, and ranking with the Little Gem in earliness. We think this variety rightly claims a high place in the list of peas for the family garden. Price, per peck, per express, $; per quart
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