THE VABIETIES OF GAKDEN PEAS. 



V market ; but it is one that requires to be very care- 

 ted when grown for seed, as it has a great tendency to 

 5 back to the Blue Prussian, from which it has evidently 



33. Batt's Wonder . . Batt Kutley i 

 The plant is of a strong and sturdy habit, with a thick stem 



2i feet high, generally simple, but sometimes branching, and 

 having large dark green foliage. The pods are produced in pairs, 

 on an average of from 12 to 18 on each plant; they are curved 

 like those of the Scimitar, and contain from 9 to 11 good-sized 

 peas. The ripe seed is small, dark bluish-green, of the colour 

 of that of the Woodford Marrow. 



Sown Feb. 19th; bloomed June 16th; slatted June J28th; 

 and ready for use July 1 6th. 



In the trial of 1859 this was found to withstand the dry 

 weather better than any other vaiiety ; but in ly60 it suffered 

 from the coldness of the season, and the pods filled irregularly. 

 It is a very excellent and productive kind, as much so as the 

 Scimitar, and the pods and peas are of the same dark dull 

 bluish-green colour as those of the Woodford Marrow. 



34. Blue Prussian . . Noble Coopeb & Bolton, 

 Plant not robust or strong in its habit, having a stem 3 feet 



high, which is sometimes branching, and with dark green blotched 

 foliage. The pods are generally in pairs, from J 2 to 16 on each 

 plant, and contain about 7 closely packed peas. The ripe seed is 

 blue, small, and almost smooth. 



Sown Feb. 19th; bloomed June 16th; slatted June 28th; 

 and ready for use July 16th. 



This is a very old and popular variety, much used for exten- 

 sive culture in fields and market-gardens on account of its great 

 fertility, a character which it maintains superior to any of the 

 other blue peas, most, and indeed all, of which during the past 

 season have exhibited much less hardy constitutions. 

 V. IMPERIAL PEAS. 



35. Fairbeard's Surprise . Noble Cooper & Bolton. 

 The plant is a free but not robust grower, and always with 



