358 REPOET ON THE VARIETIES OF GARDEN PEAS. 



Stn : Denyers Early PruUjic Green 



Marrow Nutting & Sons. 



Plant a strong robust grower 5 to (5 feet high, having a simple 

 stem which produces not more than 6 pods. The pods are 

 either single or in pairs, and contain 6 large peas in each. 

 Ripe seed white and olive mixed, large, uneven, variously and 

 irregularly shaped. 



Sown Feb. 19th ; bloomed June 19th ; slatted June Q9th ; fit 

 for use July 20th. 



This is very much in the way of Matchless Marrow, but comes 



and the pods, which are few, fill indifferently, so that it is not a 

 desirable variety. Is it not the old Tall Green Marrow ? 

 30. Sutton's Berkshire Hero . . Sutton & Sons. 



This is a much taller and stronger grower than the preceding, 

 and 5 or 6 days later in all its stages. The plant is 7 feet 

 high, and produces 8 or 10 large pods, which contain from 6 to 7 

 very large peas. The ripe seed is larger than that 

 of the preceding, and of Matchless Marrow, uneven, 

 variously and irregularly shaped, and of white and 



Sown Feb. 



IV. PRUSSIAN PEAS. 

 Ripe seed small, almost round, smooth ; skin 

 thin, blue. Foliage dark green, blotched. 



31. Groom's Superb . Lawson & Son. 



Syn : Blue Spanish Dwarf ; Blue Fan. 



The plant grows from 18 inches to 2 feet high, 



and has a simple stem, bearing from 8 to 10 p^ds. 



The pods are single or iu pairs, in about equal 



proportion, and contain 6 to 7 peas in each. The 



Sown Feb. 19; bloomed June 16th; slatted 

 June 25th ; fit for use July 14th. 



This is now almost entirely out of cultivation, 

 being surpassed by several other varieties of supe- 

 rior merit. It is really not worth perpetuating. 



