622 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



EAELY ETT W JAvs * u g enera l habit not unlike the Early Frame, 



DAN O'RouKKE. /? i i . i ui i 



CARTER'S EARLI- ot which it is probably an improved variety ; 



EST. SANGSTKR'S * 



N G** K GtaruL *' pods usually single, two inches and three fourths 

 long, containing five or six peas. 



When fully ripe, the pea is round, cream-colored, white at 

 the eye and at the junction of the cotyledons, and nearly a 

 fourth of an inch in diameter. 



Plants from seeds sown May 1 were in bloom June 7, and 

 pods were gathered for use from the 25th of the month. 



The Dan O'Rourke is remarkable for its precocity, and, 

 with the exception of Dillistone's Early and one or two 

 American varieties, is the earliest of all the sorts now in cul- 

 tivation. It is hardy, prolific, seldom fails to produce a good 

 crop, appears to be well adapted to our soil and climate, is 

 excellent for small private gardens, and one of the best for 

 extensive culture for market. 



Its character as an early pea can be sustained only by care- 

 ful culture, and judicious selection of seeds for propagation. 

 If grown in cold soil, from late-ripened seeds, the variety 

 will rapidly degenerate ; and, if from the past any thing can 

 be judged of the future, the Dan O'Rourke, under the ordi- 

 nary forms of propagation and culture, will shortly follow its 

 numerous and once equally popular predecessors to quiet re- 

 tirement as a synonyme of the Early Frame or Charlton. 



Early Frame. Plant three to four feet in height ; pods in 

 EARLY DWARF pairs, slightly bent backwards, well filled, ter- 



FRAME. EARLY J 



FoM U EuFRAM E l minating rather abruptly at both ends, and 

 CHAMPION/ six- about two and a half inches long by from three 



OLE-BLOSSOMKD ' 



FRAME. . eighths to half an inch in breadth. The peas, 

 when fully ripe, are round and plump, cream-colored, white 

 towards the eye and at the union of the cotyledons, and 

 measure nearly a fourth of an inch in diameter. 



