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generally in pairs, straight, roundish, well filled, containing 

 from six to eight peas of extraordinary size and of good 

 quality. The ripe peas are olive-green. 



The Victoria Marrow is not early. Planted May 1, it 

 blossomed the last of June, and was fit for the table from the 

 middle of July. 



This variety bears some resemblance to Knight's Tall Mar- 

 row ; but, like nearly all others, it. is less sugary. Those 

 who have a fancy for large peas will find this, perhaps, the 

 largest. 



This variety grows somewhat taller, and is "Warner's 



Early Em- 

 a few days earlier, than the Prince Albert : the peror. Thump. 



WARNER'S EARLY 



pods and peas are also somewhat larger. It is CONQUEROR. 



* JiiARLY KAILWAY. 



an abundant bearer, and, on the whole, must 



STAR. EARLY 



be considered a good sub-variety of the Early 

 Frame. 



Plant of strong and robust habit of growth, Woodford's 

 ... Marrow. Cot. 



like a vigorous-growing Marrow ; rising with a Gard. 



stem three feet and a half high, which is some- 

 times simple, but generally branching at about half its height 

 from the ground. The pods begin to be produced at little 

 more than half the height of the plant ; and, from that point 

 to the top, every joint produces single or .double pods, 

 amounting, in all, to ten or twelve on each. They are sin- 

 gle or in pairs, in nearly equal proportions, about three 

 inches and a half long, seven tenths of an inch broad, quite 

 smooth, and of a dark green color. When ready to gather, 

 they are rather flattened, but become round as they ripen. 

 They contain, on an average, seven peas, which are of a 

 dark olive-green color, rather thick in the skin, and closely 

 packed, so much so as to be quite flattened on the sides 

 adjoining. 



