REPORT ON THE VARIETIES OF GARDEN PEAS. 84a 



which is 2^ to 3 feet high, and producing from 8 to 10 pods, 

 which are from y|- to three inches long, generally single, but 

 sometimes in pairs, and become perfectly straight as they 

 approach ripeness. They contain about 7 good-sized peas, which 

 when ripe are white. 



Sown February 19th, the blooms appeared May 94th, and on 

 the 5th of June they began to fall. On the 3rd of July the pods 

 were fit to be gathered. 



This is a taller grower, and a heavier cropper than either of 

 the two preceding, but as an early variety it is not to be com- 

 pared with either of them. 



5. Danecroft Eival. 



Syn. Girling s Pea ; Glass Pm. 

 Tn habit of growth, height, and productiveness, this closely 

 resembles Early Emperor, but it can be easily distinguished 

 from that and every other variety by the total absence of glau- 

 cescence or bloom on the leaves, which gives it a singular and sickly 

 appearance. The plant is remarkably tender, and on that account 

 has long since been discontinued as a standard variety. It is now 

 preserved only in the gardens of the curious, where it is grown 

 more for its singular appearance than for any great merit . it 

 possesses. 



6. Tom Thumb Paul & Son. 



Syn. Beclis Gem Beck & Co. 



Boyal Dwarf. Tuknek. 



Nain Hdtif extra .... Vilmoein. 



This is the most dwarf growing of all the varieties. It rarely 

 ever exceeds a foot in height ; the stem is of a stout habit of 

 growth, and branches at every joint to within three or four of the 

 top, producing from 14 to 18 pods. The pods are almost always 

 borne in pairs, rarely singly, and are produced at every joint, 

 particularly towards the top ; they are smooth, of a dark green 

 colour and well filled, containing from 5 to 8 peas which are 

 almost as large as Imperials. The ripe seed is somewhat ovate, 

 and of a greyish pearly colour. 



The seed was sown on February 1 9th, and the plants bloomed 

 on the 29th, ten days later than Dillistone's Early. The slats 

 appeared on the 12th of June, and the crop was ready to gather 

 July 8rd, being as early as Early Emperor, and eleven days later 

 in coming into use than Dillistone's Early. This is a very 

 excellent pea for forcing, and for early sowing under walls or 



