Title: California Seed House 1899 : catalogue
Identifier: CAT31283633 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Watson, Geo. B; Geo. B. Watson (Firm); California Seed House; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock California San Diego Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: San Diego, California : Geo. B. Watson.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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16 GEO. B. WATSON, SEEDSMAN, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. CHOICE GARDEN PEAS.
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American Wonder Peas. green wrinkled sort of excellent market garden. Height two feet. Productive, wrinkled, no sticks required. and of de- Lge pkt., contains six to eight large peas, which are of unusually sweet flavor: so closelv are the peas packed in the pods that thev are fi_at£)ned against each other. Lge pkt., 10c: lb.. 15c: 100 lbs., mMr/^ McLean's Advancer. A fine standard quality, suitable either for family or Lge pkt.. 7c; lb.. 10c; 100 lbs., $7.50. HcLean's Little Gem. Truly a gem! licious flavor. Matures in fiftv-iour^-davs 7c: ib.. 10c: 100 lbs.. -$7.00./ ""' Abundance. A very popular, wrinkled sort. Long, round, well-filled pods; 3 to 3^ inches long, very productive; height 2-J feet. Lge pkt., 7c: lb.. 10c : 100 lbs.. $7.50. Pride of the Market. This famous pea grows from eighteen inches to two feet high, and bears grand pods, well filled with large and finely flavored peas from top to bottom of the haulm. It is of robust constitution and of enormous productiveness. The stock is not quite true from seed. Lge pkt,. 7c: lb.. 10c; 100 lbs., $8.00. Yorkshire Hero. Long, round pods, closely filled with large, luscious, wrinkled peas: very productive. Well worthy of general cultivation: of similar type to the well-known Champion of England: while in many sections it is a better and more orod^^ive pea. Height 24- feet. Lge pkt., 7c; lb., 10c: 100 lbs., $5.-66. c< Improved Stratagem. The pods are of immense size and uniformly filled with very large dark-green peas of the finest quality. Vine medium height, but very stocky, with very broad, light-green leaves, and bearing an abundance of^large, handsome pods. Lge pkt,, 7c: lb.. 10c; 100 lbs., S&GO.Yf^ Bliss' Everbearing. Height of vine. 2 feet; pods, 3 to 4 inches long: peas Very large: quality very fine. Its growth is of a branching character. Pkt.. 7c: lb., 10c: 100 lbs., $7.50. Horsford's Market Garden, a grand, wrinkled variety, coming in between Little Gem and Advancer. The vines are two feet high, very regular in growth. It is a prolific bearer, and has yielded more shelled peas per acre than any other American variety. The pods, although of medium size, are numerous, and are literally packed with peas^oj a delicious, sweet flavor. Lge pkt.. 7c; lb.. K5c : 100 lbs., $7.50. " flarket Gardener's Favorite. With- out doubt the earliest pea in exist- ence. Peas ready for picking 40 days from planting. Lge pkt., 7c ; lb* 10c: 100 lbs. $6.50. First and Best. (And earliest of all.) Small, round peas, like the pre- ceding, but of a blue color and richer flavor. Height 21 feet. Lge pkt.. 7c: lb.. 10c: 100 lbs., $7-r00r- Tom Thumb. A very dwarf-growing, extra early, smooth, round, white pea. Pkt., 7c; lb., 10c; 100 lbs., $8. American Wonder. This distinct and fine-flavored variety grows only 8 to 10 inches high, and is extremely early. Lge pkt., 7c; lb.. 10c: 100 lbs., %'&Wr/(7^"-^' Extra Early Premium Gem. A very fine dwarf pea of the Little Gem type, on which it is an improve- ment; larger pods and more pro- ductive. Highly recommended. Lge pkt^. Ju; lb., jrtfc 100 lbs.. $Tr00. /T^1 Nott's Excelsior. This is a very fine, new, extra early dwarf wrinkled pea, foliage dark green and rather heayy. haulm close jointed; the pods average fully one-third larger than the American Wonder, and while it may not always be quite so early, by a few days, all are ready for picking at one time. Each pod

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