530 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



with their general productiveness, render them a. valuable 

 acquisition, both to cultivators and consumers." 



If planted not less than six feet apart, these peas will bear 

 most abundantly from the ground to the top ; they also yield 

 their pods in succession, and are the best for late crops. 



Knight's Height and general character of the plant 



Marrow. similar to Knight's Tall Green Marrow. Pods 



KNIGHT'S TALL 



i n pairs. The ripe seed is white. Very pro- 

 ductive and excellent. 



Lord Raglan. Plant strong and healthy, three feet high, 

 quite short jointed, and generally branched. The pods, 

 which are produced singly or in pairs, are comparatively 

 large and broad, somewhat flattened, and contain six or 

 seven very large peas. When ripe, the seeds are shrivelled, 

 and of a blue, or greenish-blue color, the American grown, 

 however, being usually much paler than those received from 

 England. 



Sown May 1, the plants were in flower July 1, and pods 

 were plucked for use the 15th of the month. 



The variety is prolific, appears to be adapted to our soil 

 and climate, grows to a convenient height, is of excellent 

 quality, nearly or quite equalling the Champion of Eng- 

 land, and is recommended for cultivation. 



By some of the most reliable of English cultivators, it is 

 described as differing slightly, if at all, from Hair's Dwarf 

 Mammoth. 



Matchless This is a good marrow-pea, but now sur- 



Cot. Gard. passed by the improved varieties of the Early 

 Green Marrow. It possesses no qualities superior to that 

 variety, and is not so early. The plant grows from five to 

 six feet in height, and the pods contain about seven large 

 peas, which are closely compressed together. 



