Ferry's First and Best Peas
In this variety we think we have what will suit the most critical market gardener. We have been experimenting for years, with a view of obtaining the earliest variety, and one that would ripen all its pods within a very few days, so that the gardener could clear off the ground and plant another crop after having had the full advantage of the high price for the first peas coming into the market. This is the selection of the earliest ripening for a series of years and is recommended with the greatest confidence as being unsurpassed for earliness and evenness of ripening, desirable qualities for a market variety. About 45 days from planting is the average time for ripening the whole crop. Our stock last season was so limited that we were not able to fill nearly all our orders, but we have grown it extensively this season, and we expect to be able to fill all orders.
Originally listed in: 1881 D.M. Ferry Catalog
In this variety we think we have what will suit the most critical market gardener. We have been experimenting for years, with a view of obtaining the earliest variety, and one that would ripen all its pods within a very few days, so that the gardener could clear off the ground and plant another crop after having had the full advantage of the high price for the first peas coming into the market. This is the selection of the earliest ripening for a series of years and is recommended with the greatest confidence as being unsurpassed for earliness and evenness of ripening, desirable qualities for a market variety. About 45 days from planting is the average time for ripening the whole crop. Our stock last season was so limited that we were not able to fill nearly all our orders, but we have grown it extensively this season, and we expect to be able to fill all orders.
Originally listed in: 1881 D.M. Ferry Catalog