352 REPORT ON THE VARIETIES OF GARDEN PEAS. 



earlier than Auvergne, aud Shilling's Grotto, to all of which it is 

 in every respect greatly superior. 



1 9. Harrison's Perfection . Noble Cooper & Bolton. 



Plant with a robust habit of growth, having a thick succulent 

 stem, 3 to 3i feet high, and large dark green foliage. The pods 

 are produced in pairs from every joint, averaging 16 or 18 on 

 a plant, but they are very irregularly and badly filled, and contain 

 only from 4 to 6 peas. The peas are large and thick-skinned. 

 Ripe seed white, medium-sized, and somewhat lentil-shaped. 



Sown February 19th; bloomed May 29th ; slatted June I6th ; 

 pods ready July 7th. 



When this was first introduced it was considered a great acqui- 

 sition, as being an early dwarf marrow pea, and as such it would 

 have deserved all that was said in its favour provided it had not 

 the veiy objectionable property of filling irregularly. The pods 

 early assume the appearance of being ready for use, but when 

 opened are found to contain half-grown peas, 4 to 6 of which, only, 

 come to maturity. It ripens at the same time as Prize-taker 

 and Fairbeard's Nonpareil, and is some days later than Advancer, 

 which has the same habit, is far more productive, aud has the 

 additional advantage of being a sweet wrinkled pea. 



90. Thurston's Reliance , . Charlwood & Cummins. 



The plant grows to the height of 6 or 7 feet, and is very strong 

 and robust. The stem is simple and bears on an average from 

 10 to 12 pods, which are generally single, but occasionally in 

 pairs, and from 3^ to 4^ inches long. They are broad and flat, 

 shaped like the pods of the Blue Scimitar, and contain from 7 to 

 8 very large peas. Ftipe seed white, large, unevenly compressed. 



Sown February i9th ; in bloom June 2Srd ; slatted June Q8th ; 

 and pods ready to gather July 1 0th. 



This is a very distinct and very useful pea, an abundant bearer, 

 and the pods are of a fine deep bright green colour, which is a 



the same time as the Auvergne and Shilling's Grotto, but it is of 

 a more tender constitution, for during the past summer, while 

 the pods of these varieties filled well, those of Thurston's Reliance 

 did not contain more than 6 to 7 matured peas : a character, 

 however, which it does not exhibit in ordinary summers. 



21. Queen of Dwarfs . . Noble Cooper & Bolton. 



A very dwarf-growing variety, not more than 6 to 9 inches 



