THE PEA. 513 



The dark color of the eye of the ripened seed distinguishes 

 the variety from all others. 



Plant about three feet high ; pods generally Blue Cim- 



eter. TJiomp. 

 in pairs, well filled, long, roundish, gradually SABHE. DWARF 



J SABRE. BLUE 



curved from the stem to the point, or cimeter- S AB B K E!' sS^s 

 shaped ; seeds of good quality, larger than those 

 of the Prussian Blue, from which the variety doubtless 

 originated, and to which, when grown in poor soil, it has a 

 tendency to return. 



If planted the 1st of May, it will blossom about the 28th 

 of June, and the pods will be suitable for plucking about the 

 middle of July. 



It bears abundantly, but not in succession, and for this 

 reason is much prized by market-gardeners. The most 

 of the pods being fit to pluck at the same time, the crop 

 is harvested at once, and the laud immediately occupied 

 with other vegetables. 



Plant strong and vigorous, four feet in height, Blue Impe- 

 with large, healthy foliage ; pods single and in DWARF BLUE IM- 

 pairs, three inches and a quarter in length, 

 three fourths of an inch in breadth, containing six or seven 

 large peas. 



The ripe seed is somewhat indented and irregularly com- 

 pressed, three eighths of an inch in diameter, and of a green- 

 ish-blue color. 



With respect to season, the variety is intermediate. Sown 

 the 1st of May, the plants were in blossom the 26th of June, 

 and pods were plucked for use the 12th of July. It is very 

 hardy ; yields abundantly ; thrives well in almost any de- 

 scription of soil or situation ; and, though not so sweet and 

 tender as some of the more recent sorts, is of good quality. 

 It vegetates with much greater certainty, and its crops are 



