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Title: Seed annual 1918
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: D.M. Ferry & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Michigan Detroit Flowers Seeds Vegetables Seeds Nursery stock Gardening Equipment and supplies
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : D.M. Ferry & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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ery well filled withlarge peas which are tender and unsui-passed in quality. Seed large, light green, wrinkled. Dwarf Champion is similarto Champion of England in pods only: the vine is shorter and more sturdy. The stock of Dwarf Champion is very superiorand we believe it will meet the requirements of the most critical trade. (Sold out) Hyf 1j.» C (Ediblepods) We consider this the best Melting OUgar of the edlble-podded sorts, in which thepods are used when half grown and are cooked in the sameway as snap beans. The pods of 3Ielting Sugar are very large,foTir to fotir and one-half inches long, broad, often curved ortwisted, and when yotmg, stringless, veiT tender and finelyflavored. The variety we offer, sometimes called. OlammothMelting Sugar, is rather late maturing. ver\- prolific, stronggrowing, about four to five feet high, vrith large light coloredfoliage. Seed medium to large, smooth, round, light yellowishwhite in color. Pkt. 15c; Lb. 50c; 2 Lbs. 85c. postpaid;100 Lbs. $30.00
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Ch^mpi.tn of England Horsford*s Market Garden riety^a??o°f m^diuS height, about three feet, hardy and very productive, givingthe greatest number of pods of any on our list. The foliage isdark green and the leaves are small. The pods are of mediumsize, about two and three-fourths inches long, each containingfive to seven mediimi sized, sweet, dark green peas whichretain well their color and sweetness after canning. Seedwrinkled and of medium size. Pkt. 15c; Lb. 45c; 2 Lbs. 70c.postpaid; 100 Lbs. $25.00r^i . £17 1 1 A standard, very productive, l^nampion or iLnglana main crop variety, universallyadmitted to be one of the richestand best flavored of the latepeas. The vines are tall, aboutfour to five feet high. Thepods are large, about threeinches long. The seed is lightgreen and wrinkled. We considerthis variety one of the best of itsseason, either for the home gar-den or for market gardening use.Pkt. 15c; Lb. 50c; 2 Lbs. 85c.postpaid; 100 Lbs. $30.00 Large White Marrowfat The vines o

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