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to eighteen on a plant, curved like tLe 

 Scimitar, and containing nine to eleven 

 good-sized peas. Ripe seed small, dark 

 bluish green, like that of the Woodford 

 Marrow. Bloomed June 16tli, slutted June 

 28tb, gathf^red July 16th. An excellent 

 and productive kirn). In 1859 it withstood 

 the drought better than any other variety; 

 in 1860 it suffered from the coldness of the 

 season. 



Blue Prussian. Plant three feet, not 

 robust; dark green blotched foliage, pods 

 generally in ptiirs, twelve to sixteen on a 

 plant, and containing about feven closely 

 packed peas. Bloomed June 16th, shitted 

 June 28th, gathered July 10th. An old 

 and popular variety, and much grovvn for 

 market. More prolific and hardy than any 

 other of the blue peas. 



Imperials. 



Fairbeat^d's Surprise. Not robust, 

 always a simple stem; folinge bright, but 

 not dark green ; pods generally single, 

 eigiit to ten on a plmit, containing seven to 

 eiglit good-sized peas. Bloomed June 7th, 

 slatted June 20rii, gatiiered July 9th This 

 and Fairbeard's Champion of England were 

 originally taken from the same pod: the 

 former having a round and the latter a 

 wrinkled seed. It is the earliest of all 

 the round blue peas, and in every way 

 excellent. 



Harrisons Glort. Pods fill badly; 

 variety of no merit. 



Burbidge's Eclipse. Plant dwarf, 

 eighteen inches to two feet; foliage dark 

 green, stem simple, ten to twelve pods, 

 each containing five to six large peas. 

 Ripe seed large, uneven, deep blue colour. 

 Bloomed June 13th, slatted June 25th, 

 gathered July 13th. The dwarfest of all 

 the blue pciis, and an excellent bearer. 



Flack's Impkkial (synouymes, Flack's 

 Victory, Flack's Victoria). An improved 

 Redman's Imperial ; requires careful selec- 

 tion to keep it true, from its tendency to 

 degenerate into Blue Prussinn. Plant 

 three feet, always brHnching, robust habit, 

 pods twelve to eighteen on a plant, eacli 

 pod contnining six to eight hirge peas. 

 Ripe S2ed large, irregular, oval, dark blue. 

 Bloomed June 17th, slatted June 26th, 

 gathered July 14th. 



Banksian Marrow. A scimitar-formed 

 imperial pea, which possesses every good 

 character, but is in no way distinct from 

 others of its class. 



Blue Scimitar, (synonymos, Blue 

 Sabre, Scimitar). Robust growth, height 

 two and a-half to three feet; dark green 

 blotched foliage. Bears fx'om twelve to 

 pigbteen pods, of a dark green colour, much 



curved and flattened. Pods generally pro- 

 duced in pairs, and containing nine or ten 

 peas each. Ripe seed irregularly oval, and 

 dark blue. Bloomed June 16th, slatted 

 June 28th, gathered July 16th. Much 

 grown for market, and is one of the best 

 for culture on a large scale, but is apt to 

 degenerate unless great care be taken to 

 keep the stock pure. 



White Knight's. 



Fairbeard's Nonpareil resembles the 

 early frames in habit of growth, stem 

 branching, tliree and a-half to four feet; 

 twelve to fourteen very full and plump 

 pods, each containing six to eight closely- 

 packed peas. Ripe seed white, small, and 

 wrinkleil. Bloomed June 14th, slatted 

 June 25th, gathered July 6tli. An early 

 and productive pea, but surpassed in size 

 and earliness hy Advancer. 



Monsieur Soyer. Plant two to two and 

 a-half feet, be:iring ten to twelve pods. 

 Foliage deep green, and much blotched. 

 Puds contain four or five perfect peas. Ripe 

 seed white and wrinkled. Bloomed May 

 29th, >latteii June 16th, gathered July 10th. 

 A tender variety, requiring a good soil and 

 warm position. Very productive of pods, 

 and the earliest of all the dwarf white 

 wrinkled peas. 



Tall White Mammoth (synonymes, 

 Flanagon's Imperial, Nonpareil Mariuw, 

 Green's Superb, Ward's Incomparable, Ox- 

 ford Tom, Cotton's Leviathan. Champi<m of 

 Scotland). A vigorous yrower, six to seven 

 feet high ; when planted thinly produces three 

 or four lateral brandies, which are almost as 

 long and productive as the main stem. Foli- 

 atie very much blotched. Pods twelve to 

 twenty-four on a plant, generally in pairs, 

 light green colour, containing seven large 

 peas, whichare over half an inch in diameter. 

 Ripe seed white and wrinkled. Bloomed 

 June 19th, slatted June 28th, gathered July 

 14tli. A valuable and productive pea. The 

 plant continues growing, blowing, and 

 podding, and it is not unusual, in mild 

 seasons, to find it supplying an excellent 

 dish as late as Christmas. 



Maclean's Prolific. Plant vigorous, 

 two and a-half to three feet, dark green 

 .foliaiie, very much blotched; stem simple, 

 producing nine to twelve pods, which last 

 season were unequally filled. Bloomed 

 jime 15th, s'atted June 26th, g.ithered 

 July 15th. Tids new pea may hereafter 

 prove to be early and proiiu' tive; at present 

 , t cannot be said to have exhibited any very 

 distinct excellences. 



Alliance (s.vnonyme, Eugenie) Diflfers 

 from Climax only in having the ripe seed 

 white. When first introduced was an ac» 



