. Bliss and Son's illustrated spring catalogue and amateurs guide to the flower and kitchen garden. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. THE AND BEST WRINKIiED PEA. BLISS'S AMERICAN WONDER. Extra e«rly—requires no bushing—exquisite flavor. The best variety for forcfai«r under glass, and the best for early sowing In the BLISS'S AMERICAN WONDER. This new and fine-flavored variety is a seedling, the result of a cross between the two favorite vari- eties, CJuim
. Bliss and Son's illustrated spring catalogue and amateurs guide to the flower and kitchen garden. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. THE AND BEST WRINKIiED PEA. BLISS'S AMERICAN WONDER. Extra e«rly—requires no bushing—exquisite flavor. The best variety for forcfai«r under glass, and the best for early sowing In the BLISS'S AMERICAN WONDER. This new and fine-flavored variety is a seedling, the result of a cross between the two favorite vari- eties, CJuimpion of England and Little Gem. It combines all the good qualities of both of its parents, with the additional ones of superiority in flavor to the Champion, and of greater productive- ness tlian tlie Little Gem, besides being earlier than any other of the wrinkled varieties. Peas planted June 5th, last season, were ready for the table in thirty-tlirce days from date of planting. On good BoU, each vine will average twelve pods, and each pod six peas. Fifteen pods have been counted on some vines, and nine large peas in some of tlie pods, and every pod is well filled. The -vine grows from eight to ten inches high, according to the soil and season. Having full confidence in the superiority of this variety, we bought the entire stock of the originator, and first ofl"ered it in tlie spring of 1878, since which it has been tested in various parts of the woild, and has met with the unqualified approval of all who have given them a trial. The demand was so great the first season, that we could only fill a part of our orders, and upwards of One Thousand Dollars were returned to customers who could not be supplied. We had made arrangements for growing a large the past season, but the crop being afi'ected by the drought, our supply is much less than was anticipated. We have had many inquiries from those in the seed trade in various parts of the country for a supply, b
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