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The stem is simple and produces 9 to 1-2 pods, which are gene- 

 rally in pairs, and were this season very unequally filled. They 

 mostly contained from 5 to 6 well developed peas, all the others 

 being either abortive or only partly grown. The ripe seed is 

 white and wrinkled. 



Sown Feb. 19th; bloomed June 15th; slatted June 26th; and 

 ready for use July 1 5th. 



It will be seen that although this bloomed 4 days earlier than 

 Tall White Mammoth, and was slatted 2 days earlier, it was not 

 fit for use till the day after that variety \vas ready for gather- 

 ing. In all probability had the season been warmer ^tbis would 

 have proved itself an earlier and much more productive sort. 



45. Alliance . . . Noble Coopee & Boitok. 

 St^: EiigSnie. 



Plant with a free habit of growth, having a succulent stem, 

 andratlier light green blotched foliage. The stem is simple, 

 3 feet high, and produces from 12 to 16 pods, which are generally 

 in pairs, and are produced at every joint. They are not well- 

 filled, and contain only 5 to 6 good-sized peas in each. The ripe 

 seed is white and wrinkled. 



•Sown Feb. lOth; bloomed May 99th; slatted June Ifith; and 

 fit for use July 16th. 



This differs from Climax, only in having the ripe seed wliltc. 

 When first introduced it was a valuable acquisition as being a 

 tolerably early dwarf white wrinkled pea, but it is now far sur- 

 passed in every way by several of Dr. Maclean's new varieties. 



46. British ftueen . . Noble Coopeb & Bolton. 

 S\-N ; Carters Victoria . Carter & Co. 



Great Britain . . Noble Coopeb & Boltox. 

 Thome's Royal Britain Hurst & M'Mollex. 

 Rollisson's Victoria . NuxTiNa & SoKS. 

 ay -, ^^ ( Fraser Richardson & 



Shanley Marrow ^ ^^^^ 



This is a free and robust grower, 6 to 7 feet high. The stem 

 is generally single, but also sometimes branched when the seed 

 Has been sown thin, and then it is furnished with 2 or 3 laterals 

 ^bich are the same height as the main stem. The pods are 

 generally single, but occasionally in pairs, and are to the number 

 of 13 to 18 on a plant ; they contain 5 to T very large peas, some 

 of which are more than half an inch in diameter. The ripe seed 

 is ^laite and wrinkled. 



