348 EEPORT ON THE VARIETIES OF GARDEN PEAS. 



13, Auvergne . . . Noble Cooper & Bolton. 



Syn : WJiite Sabre ; White Scimetar. 

 This is without doubt the best second early of the Frame 

 The plant is of moderately strong habit 

 of growth, 4 to 5 feet high, and bears 

 from 12 to 15 pods. The pods are 

 generally single, and sometimes in pairs ; 

 when fully grown they are 41 inches 

 long, and over 1 an inch broad, tapering 

 towards the point, and very much curved. 

 They contain from 9 to 12 peas, which 

 are very closely compressed, and are of 

 the size of Early Frames. Even the 

 small pods contain 7 to 9 peas in each. 

 Ripe seed white. Sown February 19th, 

 bloomed June 11th; slatted June 23rd, 

 and the pods were ready July 10th. 

 14. Shilling's Grotto . . Noble 



Cooper & Bolton. 

 The plant is of a strong habit of 

 growth, always with a single stem, 4| to 

 5 feet high. The pods are generally 

 single, but frequently in pairs, 3J inches 

 long, and about ^ an inch wide and 

 containing on an average about 7 large 

 peas. The ripe seed is white. 



Sown February 19th ; the plants were 

 in bloom June 9th. The slats appeared 

 on the 20th of June, and the pods were 

 ready to gather July 10th. 



It is nearly twenty years since this pea 



was introduced, and at that time it was a 



decided acquisition, being a great im- 



i early varieties then in circulation. Since 



I of Champion of England, Champion of Paris, 



Prize-taker and several others to which it is certainly inferior, and 



which ripen at the same time, it may very well be dispensed with. 



15. Eoyal Dwarf . . . Charlwood & Cummins. 



Stn : White Pnissian ; Poor Man's Profit ; Duarf Prolific. 

 Plant of medium growth, having a stem three feet high, 



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