. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1898. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs. 98 BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE. The Heroine (Wrinkled).—This is one of the most celebrated - pieties ever introduced, and stands to-day at the head of the list of all the green wrinkled varieties of English Peas; it is the most desirable acquisition made for many years; England is the hot-bed for novel- ties in Wrinkled Peas, as there a
. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1898. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs. 98 BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE. The Heroine (Wrinkled).—This is one of the most celebrated - pieties ever introduced, and stands to-day at the head of the list of all the green wrinkled varieties of English Peas; it is the most desirable acquisition made for many years; England is the hot-bed for novel- ties in Wrinkled Peas, as there are many culti- vators in that country who have made their names famous throughout the world from their efforts and success in introducing new sorts, many of which have become-very valuable, but most of them are cultivated a year or two and then drop out of sight ; but the Heroine has so many desirable qualities that it has come to stay; it is a medium early variety, a strong and vigorous grower, ranging in height from two to two and one-half feet, producing a profu- sion of long, handsome pods, each containing from eight to ten large peas, of the very finest and most delicate quality, is very productive; and ready for picking in seventy-two days from p anting. Per pint, 20 ccs.; quart, 30 cts.; 4 quarts, §; peck, $; bush., § S hropshire Hero (Wsinkled) —This is another famous blue wrinkled English variety, which has been lately introduced, and which was awarded a first-class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society of England for its fine qualities; it grows a little taller than the Hero- ine, and equally as robust in its habit, produc- ing an abundance of large and well-filled pods, containing from eight to ten, and, frequentby, twelve peas of exquisite flavor; it may be classed as a second early variety, and strongly recom- mended for private gardens Plantings made the past season April 11th, were in full bloom May 25th, first pods made July 8th, and
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