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ready for harvest practically as early as French June. The peas are of 

 medium size, crowded in the pods, hence flattened, the color being a 

 yellowish pale green with numerous minute black dots. Spanish Field 

 Peas, also tested for the first time, proved to be a variety of Lathyrus, 

 and therefore not a field pea. The planting was done still later, May 

 24, but as some of the pods ripened, the variety may be of some value. 

 The following table gives the yield of the other varieties; all plots being 

 1x8 rods. 



Field Peas in 1906. — Though the yield of nearly all varieties was satis- 

 factory, the hot and dry weather during July was very unfavorable for 

 this crop, and perhaps for this reason, a fungus, probably th.e Powdery 

 Mildew [lilrysiphe Communis (Wall.) Fr.], was observed for the first 

 time. Only a. very few vines of the French June variety were affected 

 by it. Scotch Grey belongs to the Black English type of peas, being 

 merely lighter colored. Both are coarse and poor-flavored, but are quick 

 and even-ripening varieties which are well adapted for stock. The yields 

 are shown in the following table: 



Field Peas in 1903. 



