512 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



Bishop's New Stem about two feet high ; pods nearly 



Long-podded. . * . J 



straight, almost cylindrical, containing six or 



seven white peas. It is an early variety, an abundant bearer, 

 of excellent quality, and in all respects much superior to the 

 Common Bishop's Early Dwarf. Planted the 1st of May, 

 it will blossom June 14, and yield peas for the table the 10th 

 of July. 



Mclutosh describes it as "a most abundant bearer, pro- 

 ducing a succession of pods during most of the pea-season. 

 Like all peas of its class, it requires a rich soil, and from 

 four to six inches between the seed in the line. It is one of 

 the most valuable sorts for small gardens and for domestic 

 use. It originated in England with Mr. David Bishop, 

 and is a hybrid between Bishop's Early Dwarf and one 

 of the Marrowfats, carrying with it the characters of both 

 its parents." 



Black-eyed Plant about five feet high, strong and vig- 

 Marrow. 



orous ; pods generally single, sometimes in 



pairs, three inches and a quarter in length, three fourths of 

 an inch in breadth, becoming rough or wrinkled on the sur- 

 face as they approach maturity, and containing about six 

 large, round, cream- white or brownish-white black-eyed 

 seeds, about three eighths of an inch in diameter. 



Its season is nearly the same with the Dwarf and Missouri 

 Marrow. If sown the 1st of May, the plants will blossom 

 the 28th or 30th of June, and yield peas for the table 

 about July 15 ; the crop will ripen the last of the same 

 month. 



This is a very prolific as well as excellent variety. It is 

 little cultivated in gardens at the North, though sometimes 

 grown as a field-pea in the Canadas. In the Middle States, 

 and at the South, it is a popular market-sort, and its culti- 

 vation is much more extensive. 



