REPORT ON THE VARIETIES OF GARDEN PEAS. 35B 



and it would be difficult to say for what object it is cultivated. 

 The peas have a very thick skin, and a coarse bean-like flavour, 



24. Victoiia Marrow . . Noble Cooper & Bolton. 

 Syn : Gibbs' Defiance . Gibbs & Co. 



This is also known liy the names of Waterloo Marrow, Giant 

 Marrow. Wellington, Royal Victoria, and Tall Marrow. 



The plant is of a strong and vigorous habit of growth, having 

 a simple stem from to 7 feet high. The pods are produced 



about equal proportion, and contain from 5 to 7 very large peas. 



25. Princess Royal Tukner. 



The plant is 3 feet high, a strong and vigorous grower, with 



dark green foliage. The stem is generally simple, but occa- 

 sionally branched, bearing from 10 to 12 pods, which are usually 

 in pairs. The pods are large, and have an attractive appearance, 

 but they fill slowly and indifferently : so much so that when 

 opened they average only from 3 to 6 large peas in each. Ripe 

 seed large, round, uneven, and white. 



Sown February 1 9th ; bloomed June I2th; slatted June 26th; 

 ready for use July 20th. 



This variety seemed to have suifered from the cold summer, 

 the pods having a chilled and starved appearance ; and it is, 

 therefore, not improbable but that in a warm season it may 

 prove a useful and prolific late marrow. 



III. GREEN MARROW PEAS. 

 Ripe seed of a mixed white and olive colour, either small, 

 round, and pitted, or large, irregular, and uneven. Foliage dark 

 green and blotched. Pods dark bluish-green, very glaucous. 



26. Prize-taker . . . Noblk Cooper & Bolton. 

 S>Yji: Prize-taker Green Mnrroiv . . Suiton & Sons. 



Rising Sun .... Tuknkr. 



Leicester Defiance . . . Beck & Co. 



The plant is 4| to 5 feet high, of a vigorous habit of growth. 



