364 REPORT ON THE VARIETIES OP GARDEN PEAS. 



generally with a simple stem, but sometimes branching, and 

 having dark green blotched foliage. The stem bears from 12 

 to 18 pods, which are also of a dark green colour, and very 

 much curved and flattened. They are produced generally in 

 pairs, and contain on an average 9 to 10 peas in each. The 

 ripe seed is irregularly oval and dark blue. 



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

 ready for use July 16th. 



This is an old variety, and now very much grown by farmers 

 and market-gardeners as a field crop, for the supply of the markets _ 

 of large towns, the fine large dark green pods always com- 

 manding a ready sale. It is very prolific, and is without doubt 

 one of the best varieties for culture on a large scale ; but it is 

 one which is very liable to degenerate, and demands very careful 

 attention to preserve a pure stock. 



VI. WHITE KNIGHT'S PEAS. 

 Ripe seed white, compressed, and wrinkled. Foliage most 

 frequently dark green and much blotched ; but occasionally light 

 green, and slightly or not at all blotched. 



41. Fairbeard's ITonpareil . Noble Cooper & Bolton. 

 The plant is of a free but not vigorous growth, resembling the 



Early Frames, both in habit and in foliage, the latter being light 

 green, and not blotched. The stems are branching, 3 J to 4 feet 

 high, and producing 12 to 14 very full and plump pods, which are 

 generally in pairs, and contain 6 to 8 very closely-packed peas. 

 The ripe seed is small, white, and wrinkled. 



Sown Feb. 19th; bloomed June 14th; slatted June 25th; 

 and fit for use July 6th. 



This is an early and very productive pea, and comes into use 

 at the same time as the Early Frames and the Early Ringwood. 

 The peas, however, are small, and as a wrinkled variety it is 

 now surpassed by Advancer, which is earlier, and produces larger 

 pods and peas. 



42. Monsieur Soyer Turner. 



The plant is not a strong grower, and produces a simple stem 



2 to 21 feet high, bearing from 10 to 12 pods, which are single 

 and double in about equal proportions. Foliage deep-green, and 

 much blotched. This season the pods filled very unequally, and 



