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Hero, Pride of the Market, Gladiator, and Heroine. These have strong, 

 stocky vines about two and one half feet high, and bear medium large, 

 thick, well-filled pods that are slightly recurved. The pods are borne near 

 the extremity of the vines and reach maturity nearly at the same time. 

 Also covering the same season are the Abundance, Bliss Everbearing, 

 Blue Imperial, and Yorkshire Hero. These varieties have smaller, 

 broader, flatter, and more pointed pods than the Stratagem class. These 

 differ from each other in season slightly. The Yorkshire Hero is a little 

 later and the Blue Imperial is slightly earlier than the Bliss Everbearing. 



The Telegraph, Long Island Mammoth, and Evolution are varieties of 

 medium tall, slim growth that cover a longer season than the preceding 

 mid-season varieties. Their season begins with the Stratagem class and 

 extends several (lays later. This is especially true of the Long Island 

 Mammoth, from which edible peas could be picked for a period of eighteen 

 days. Fill Basket resembles these varieties in the shape of its pods, but 

 the vines are shorter and more stocky. It covers a long season and was 

 the most productive variety of the mid-season sorts. 



The Duke of Albany and American Champion are alike in every respect. 

 Vines are tall and pods large. The pods of the former were not always 

 well filled. They cover the same season as the Evolution class. 



Eugenie, a new dwarf. variety that follows the Stratagem class in a few 

 days, is very productive. Pods medium large, well filled. Dwarf Tele- 

 phone is a short, stocky variety with large, long pods like those of the 

 Telephone, but it is more productive. In season it is about two days later 

 than that variety. Sutton Satisfaction is a new late variety, very branch- 

 ing and very prolific if planted thinly. 



Melting Sugar and Tall Sugar are two varieties with edible pods. The 

 former is in season just before the Stratagem, while the latter follows the 

 Champion of England. They are very tender and all parts cook nicely 

 except the ventral suture, which remains stringy. 



Best varieties for planting: 



EAELY. 



Extra Early or Maud S. 



SECOND EARLY. 



Blue Beauty, Early May. 



MID- SEASON. 



Fill Basket, Heroine, Eugenie. 



LATE. 



Sutton Satisfaction, Champion of England. 



The following new varieties are promising: 



Dwarf No. 2, Universal, Exonian, Early May, American Champion, 

 Dwarf Telephone, Eugenie, Sutton Satisfaction. 



