THE PEA. 537 



In this country, it has been longer cultivated than any 

 other sort ; and, in some of the forms of its very numerous 

 sub-varieties, is now to be found in almost every garden. 

 It is hardy, abundant and long-continued in its yield, and of 

 excellent quality. In England, the variety is cultivated in 

 single rows, three feet apart. In this country, where the 

 growth of the pea is much less luxuriant, it may be grown in 

 double rows, three feet and a half apart, and twelve inches 

 between the single rows. 



Similar in habit, production, and early ma- Taylor's 



Early, 

 turity, to the Early Dan O'Rourke. 



Plant strong and robust, six to seven feet Thurston's 

 high ; pods generally single, but occasionally in Cot. Gard. 

 pairs, and from three inches and a half to four inches and a 

 quarter long. They are broad and flat, shaped like the pods 

 of the Blue Cimeter, and contain seven or eight very large 

 peas. Ripe seed white, large, and unevenly compressed. 



This is a quite distinct and useful pea ; an abundant bearer ; 

 and the pods- are of a fine deep-green color, which is a rec- 

 ommendation for it when grown for market. It comes in at 

 the same time as the Auvergne and Shillings Grotto, but is 

 of a more tender constitution. 



Plant of remarkably low growth, seldom Tom Thumb. 



BUSH PEA. 



much exceeding nine inches in height, stout and 

 branching ; pods single, rarely in pairs, two inches and a 

 half in length, half an inch broad, containing five or six peas, 

 which are cream-yellow, and measure about a fourth of an 

 inch in diameter. 



Planted the 1st of May, the variety blossomed the 12th 

 of June, and the pods were of suitable size for plucking 

 July 4. 



