524 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



Plants from sowings made May 1 were in blossom June 

 14, green peas were plucked July 10, and the pods ripened 

 from the 18th to the 25th of the same month. English cat- 

 alogues describe the variety as being " the earliest white, 

 wrinkled marrow-pea in cultivation, podding from the bot- 

 tom of the stalk to the top, with fine large pods." 



In a trial growth, it proved hardy and very prolific ; and 

 the peas, while young, were nearly as sweet as those of the 

 Champion of England. The pods were not remarkable for 

 diameter, but, on the contrary, were apparently slender. 

 The peas, however, were large ; and, the pods being thin in 

 texture, the peas, when shelled, seemed to be equal in diam- 

 eter to the pods themselves. As a new variety, it certainly 

 promises well, and appears to be worthy of general culti- 

 vation. It will come to the table immediately after the 

 earliest sorts, and yield a supply till the Marrows are ready 

 for plucking. 



Fairbeard's Plant of strong and luxuriant habit of growth, 

 Champion of 

 England. with a stem from five to six feet in height, 



Cot. Gar.,. 



CHAMPION OF which is often undivided, but also frequently 



EKGLAKD. 



branching. The laterals are produced within 

 about eighteen inches of the ground, and sometimes assume 

 a vigorous growth, and attain as great a height as the main 

 stem. They produce pods at the first joint above the lateral, 

 and are continued at every succeeding joint to the greatest 

 extremity of the plant. The pods are generally single, but 

 frequently in pairs, about three inches and a half long, 

 slightly curved, and terminate abruptly at the point ; the 

 surface is quite smooth, and the color light green till matu- 

 rity, when they become paler and shrivelled. They contain 

 six or seven quite large peas, which are closely packed 

 together and compressed. The ripe seed is wrinkled, and 

 of a pale olive-green. 



