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SUMMARY. 



For early maturity, among the loose, open, crinkled varieties, Hamilton Market and 

 Early Curled Simpson are desirable, but although a little later, Grand Rapids is more 

 largely grown for forcing purposes than any other sort. 



Giant Glacier, Golden Queen and Crystal Palace are choice varieties in the class with 

 Cream Butter. 



Among the larger kinds there are few better sorts than Leviathan, Maximum and 

 New York. 



NOTES ON PEAS. 



Several of the varieties in the table that have been grown for a number of years and 

 described in former bulletins will only be mentioned in a general way. 



Advancer is a standard early sort. The pods are numerous and well filled with peas 

 of medium quality. 



American Wonder is more productive than Advancer and the peas are better in 

 quality, but they do not yield as large a proportion of shelled peas. Both of them are 

 among the more desirable early sorts. 



Athlete, from J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, is an early maturing variety of fair quality. 

 The vines are spreading and grow from eighteen to twenty-four inches high. The pods 

 are rather scattering, slender at the stem end, and rather blunt at the apex, and poorly 

 filled. The edible period is very short and the pods ripen at one time, which makes it of 

 value as an extra early sort to be followed by other crops. 



A No. 1, from Gregory, is very productive of pods, but they are short and poorly 

 filled. The peas are large and of good quality. 



Blue Imperial, from Weeber & Don, New York, has strong, dark-colored vines, 

 averaging about two feet in height; pods numerous, broad, long and well-filled with 

 tender, plump peas of good quality. Their length of edible maturity and high quality 

 make them very valuable as a garden sort. They are strong growers and quite resistant 

 to dry weather. 



British Queen, another variety received from Weeber & Don, did not germinate well 

 and, although a few vines reached a height of eighteen inches, they failed to develop 

 any pods. ■ . 



Champion of England is one of the tall, standard garden and market varieties. The 

 vines are vigorous and productive and the peas are of high quality. Its period of 

 edible maturity is quite long. 



Claudit. received from Gregory, is a very productive variety. A large per cent of the 

 seed germinated and the vines are strong and vigorous, averaging from twenty-four to 

 thirty inches high. The pods are long, well-filled and give a large proportion of shelled 

 peas, of superior quality. 



Daisy, from Vick, is a choice wrinkled variety. The vines are strong and productive, 

 and the peas tender and sweet. The quality, length of edible maturity and productive- 

 ness make it a valuable home variety. 



Earliest of All (Alaska), received from D. M. Ferry & Co., is fairly productive and 

 one of the first to mature. Although somewhat lacking in quality it is one of the 

 best early sorts for market purposes, as the pods mature very evenly. 



English Forcing, received from W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, produced numer-- 

 ous pods, well filled with sweet, tender peas. The vines are dwarf, dark-colored and 

 vigorous, and it is a promising variety. 



Giant White Sugar, from Thorburn. is a desirable large-growing variety, with sweet 

 tender, edible pods. The vines are from two to three feet high and quite productive; 

 pods long and broad, containing five to seven large, sweet, tender peas. 



Gradus is a variety of high quality, but it has low germinating power, the seed 

 rotting if the soil is wet and heavy. The vines are quite productive and the peas are 

 among the best in quality. The same variety is sold as "Prosperity." 



King of the Dwarfs, from Vick, is a cross between American Wonder and Little Gem. 

 The vines are dwarf like those of American Wonder, but the peas resemble Little 

 Gem, being quite short, and containing from five to seven small, tender peas. The 

 plants lack in productiveness. 



