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seven or eight days earlier than the Dan O'Rourke, which 

 has hitherto been regarded as the earliest variety. A strik- 

 ing feature of Dillistone's Early is, that its changes take 

 place at once. It blooms in a mass, its pods all appear to- 

 gether, and the whole crop is ready to be gathered at the 

 same time. 



In the Chiswick Garden, England, where a hundred and 

 sixteen varieties were experimentally cultivated, during the 

 season of 1860, under the supervision of Robert Hogg, LL. D., 

 this variety was beginning to die off when the Dan O'Rourke 

 was yet green and growing. 



Plant from three to four feet in height, gen- Dwarf Mar- 

 erally with a single stem, but sometimes branch- DWARF WHITE 



J MARROW. 



ing ; pods somewhat flattened, generally single, Dw F ** F !l"?5r 

 but sometimes produced in pairs, three inches FAT. 



to three inches and a half long, three fourths of an inch 

 broad at the middle, tapering with a slight but regular 

 curve to both ends, and containing about six closely-set peas : 

 these are cream-colored and white ; the white prevailing 

 about the eye, and at the union of the two sections of the 

 pea ; not perfectly round, but more or less compressed, 

 slightly wrinkled, and measuring nearly three eighths of an 

 inch in diameter. 



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

 June, and afforded peas for the table the loth of July. 



The Dwarf Marrow is hardy and productive. Though not 

 so sweet or well flavored as some of the more recent sorts, 

 its yield is abundant and long continued ; and for these 

 qualities it is extensively cultivated. The variety, however, 

 is rarely found in an unmixed state ; much of the seed sown 

 under this name producing plants of stronger habit of growth 

 than those of the true Dwarf Marrow, and more resembling 

 the Tall White variety. 

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