THE PEA. 5o 



and the color bright green. They are generally well filled, 

 and contain from five to six peas, which are ovate, not com- 

 pressed, four tenths of an inch long, a third of an inch broad, 

 and the same in thickness. The ripe seed is white. 



Plants from seed sown the 1st of May blossomed June 25, 

 and supplied the table about the middle of July. The crop 

 will ripen the 25th of the same month. 



This is an old and prolific variety, well adapted for field 

 culture, and long a favorite in gardens, but now, to a great 

 extent, superseded. 



Plant of rather slender habit, three feet and Sebastopol. 

 a half in height ; pods usually single, two 

 inches and three quarters in length, containing from five to 

 seven peas, which, when ripe, are nearly round and smooth, 

 cream-colored, and scarcely distinguishable, in their size, form, 

 or color, from the Early Frame and kindred kinds. 



Planted May 1 , the variety blossomed June 16, afforded 

 pods of sufficient size for shelling July 7, and ripened the 20th 

 of the same month. 



It is early, very productive, of superior quality, and an 

 excellent sort for growing for market, or in small gardens for 

 family use. In an experimental cultivation of the variety, it 

 proved one of the most prolific of all the early sorts. 



Plant with a simple stem, four feet and a half Shillings 



Grotto, 

 to five feet high ; the pods are generally single, Cot. Card. 



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

 half an inch wide, slightly curved, and, when fully matured, 

 assuming a thick-backed and somewhat quadrangular form. 

 Each pod contains, on an average, seven large peas. The 

 ripe seed is white. 



A great objection to this variety is the tardiness with which 

 it fills, the pods being fully grown, and apparently filled, 



