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characteristic variety, and always easily distinguishable by 

 its long, curved pods. It is one of the most productive of 

 all the garden peas. 



Batt's Won- Plant three feet in height, of robust growth ; 



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foliage dark-green ; pods narrow, nearly straight, 

 but exceedingly well filled, containing seven or eight peas 

 of medium size, which, when ripe, are small, smooth, and 

 of a bluish-green color. 



Planted May 1, the variety will flower about July 1, and 

 the pods will be fit for use the middle of the month. 



The variety withstands drought well, and the pods hang 

 long before the peas become too hard for use. It is an ex- 

 cellent pea for a second crop. 



Beck's Prize- Plant four and a half to five feet in height ; 

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 PRIZE-TAKHK. pods roundish, curved or hooked near the end, 



RISING SUN. 



well filled, containing seven to eight middle- 

 sized peas of a fine green color when young, and mixed 

 olive and white when ripe. 



Sown May 1, the variety will blossom June 25, and the 

 pods will be suitable for plucking about the 12th of July. 



It is one of the best varieties for the main crop. Similar 

 to, if not identical with, Bellamy's Early Green Marrow. 



Bedman's The plant generally produces a single stem, 

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Gard. which is from three to four feet high ; the pods 



are usually in pairs, but sometimes single, three inches and 

 a quarter long, five eighths of an inch broad, somewhat 

 curved, and terminate abruptly at the points. Each pod 

 contains six to seven peas, which are of an ovate form, and 

 about a third of an inch in their greatest diameter. The 

 ripe seed is pale blue. 



Planted May 1, the variety blossomed the last of June, 



