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! ordinary Early Frames ; the sample grown in the garden 



11. Dickson's Favourite . 



Sin : The Wonder 



CotterelVs Wonder 

 Torwoodlee 



Noble Cooper & I 

 Charlwood & Cum 

 Flanagan & Son. 



This seems to be a form of the Auvergue, but the plant hai 

 more slender growth than that variety, and it is a day or t 

 earlier. It grows from 4 to 5 feet high, with a single stem a 

 pale green foliage. The pods are produced in pairs to t 



the 2 



1 from 6 t 



r peas in each. Ripe seed 

 slatted June 20th, 



Sown February 19th; bloomed June { 

 and the pods were ready to gather July 7th. 



This is decidedly an inferior pea to the Auvergne which it 

 resembles, and which produces long well-filled pods containing 

 from 9 to 12 peas in each. 



12. Bishop's Long-podded . Noble Coopee 



Syn 



Bishops Improved. 



The old Bishop's Dwarf : 



duced small insignificant pods 2|- 

 inches long, and ^ an inch wide. 

 Such a pea is of no use in these days. 

 Bishop's Long-podded is a great 

 improvement on the old variety. It 

 grows about 2 feet high, produces 



from 1 8 to 20 pods on a plant. The 

 pods are either single or in pairs, and 

 \ contain from 7 to 9 peas in each. 

 I Ripe seed creamy white. 

 I Sown February 19th ; bloomed May 

 ' 30th ; slatted June 20tb, and the pods Bishop's 

 3 Dwarf, were ready to gather July 9th. Long-podd« 



