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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 21.

[image] NOTT'S EXCELSIOR.

PEAS--Ger. Erbse.
One quart will plant about 100 feet of drill.
Peas mature quickest in light dry soil, not too rich. May be sown as early as the ground can be worked, and for a succession, every two weeks up to July, or what is better, select several kinds which will form a succession in maturing, and sow all about the same time. Sow in drills two to four feet apart, according to varieties, not less than four inches deep for general crop, although the first earlies will come to maturity sooner if only covered one and one-half to two inches. Wrinkled sorts are marked *. They should be sown thicker in the row than the smooth varieties, as they are more liable to rot. Our seed peas are of the very best quality attainable, and we believe cannot fail to please the most critical.
*NOTT'S EXCELSIOR.--We are pleased to offer this superb new variety, and are sure our customers will be delighted with it as an ideal family and market pea. It is fully as sweet and delicious as the American Wonder, and grows one-half taller. Pods are larger and it is far more productive than the Premium Gem, and it is within a day or two as early as the first early smooth peas, having matured in forty-three days. Mr. George Buchanan writes: "I found these peas a very distinct pure sort, with many marked excellencies over the American Wonder, Premium Gem, Advancer, etc. The peas were ready for table use within forty-three days from planting. Quality very superior." Per pkt., 10c; 1/2 pt., 25c; qt., 75c.

[image] REED'S EARLY PRIZE.

PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE.
Pints at one-half the quart rates. See special prices by the peck and bushel. 15 cents per quart discount if sent by express.

*PREMIUM GEM--Height one foot, early and prolific. A type of and an improvement on the McLean's Little Gem. Pods long and of a dark-green color. Per pkt. 5c; 1/2 pt., 12c; qt. 40c.
*BLISS' AMERICAN WONDER--Early and prolific dwarf wrinkled Pea. On good soil each vine will average twelve pods and each pod six peas. The vine grows from eight to ten inches high. Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 15c; qt., 55c.
CLEVELAND'S ALASKA--Height two feet; pods fine shape, dark-green color, remarkably well filled; often seven to nine peas; the earliest pea known, being two days earlier than the Rural New Yorker, and 90 per cent of the pods can be gathered at the first picking. Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 12c; qt., 40c.
DWARF WHITE MARROW--Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 12c; qt., 35c.
FIELD PEAS--See list of miscellaneous Field Seeds.

[image] IOWA CHALLENGE.

[image] STANLEY PEA

IOWA CHALLENGE--An extra early variety of superior merit, which is a favorite with Des Moines market gardeners. We can in all confidence say that after a trial of nearly all extra early varieties offered to the trade we have not found one possessing more merit, hence its name. For the market gardener it has no superior. It is not only extremely early and prolific, but it is of good flavor. All the good qualities of the extra early are most nearly brought to perfection in the Challenge. Vines eighteen inches. Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 15c; qt., 50c.
FIRST AND BEST--It is an improvement on the Philadelphia Extra Early. Pods good size and well filled with smooth Peas of excellent flavor. The Carter's First Crop and Early Kent are like this, but not so early, productive or desirable, and we have dropped them from our list. Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 12c; qt., 40c.
*BLISS' ABUNDANCE--Height 20 inches; time of ripening, medium; remarkably strong, vigorous, branching habit, and unusually productive; pods of fair size, well filled with peas of good quality. Pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 15c; qt., 45c.
*BLISS' EVER-BEARING--Height two feet; late to very late; hardy, vigorous, enormous cropper; pods and peas of large size and good quality. Pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 15c; qt., 50c.
*STRATAGEM--Decidedly the best late variety for family or market use. Pods long and filled with seven to nine large peas of extra fine quality. Pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 15c; qt., 50c.
*IMPROVED ADVANCER--Pkt. 5c; 1/2 pt., 15c; qt., 45c.
BLACK-EYED MARROWFAT--Pkt. 5c; 1/2 pt. 10c; qt., 30c.
DWARF SUGAR--Edible pods; use like Snap beans. Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 15c; qt., 50c.

REED'S EARLY PRIZE--A cross between Tom Thumb and the Advancer. Grows 18 inches high, being slightly taller than Premium Gem, and, while equally early, it is decidedly a better cropper than either that or Tom Thumb. Pod large, heavy and well filled. Although equal to the wrinkled varieties in sweetness and flavor, it can be planted earlier than these without danger of rotting. Its combination of earliness, dwarf-growth, yield and quality, with the large size and good filling of the pod, ensures its future. Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 20c; qt., 60c.
*THE STANLEY--This very handsome new variety is well shown by the accompanying illustration. It is a grand medium early wrinkled pea with well filled pods, larger than the Stratagem, a tremendous cropper with dwarf stocky vine, which needs no bushing. It is very sweet and of delicious flavor; full grown pods often measure four inches in length by over two in circumference, and mature very uniformly, so that nearly the entire crop can be taken at one picking. All should try it. Per pkt., 10c; 1/2 pt., 25c; qt., 80c.
RURAL NEW YORKER--Very early and of most even growth and maturity; 80 to 90 per cent of the pods can be removed at one picking. Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 20c; qt., 40c.
*CHAMPION OF ENGLAND--One of the richest and best flavored peas grown. Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 12c; qt., 35c.
*YORKSHIRE HERO--Pkt. 5c; 1/2 pt., 12c; qt., 40c.
WHITE MARROWFAT--Per pkt., 5c; 1/2 pt., 10c; qt., 30c.

[image] AMERICAN WONDER