THE PEA. 543 



less contorted, containing six to eight peas ; seed compar- 

 atively large, pale brown, marbled with reddish-brown. 



Season nearly the same as that of the Common Dwarf 

 Sugar. It is productive, remarkably hardy, and may be 

 sown very early in spring, as it is little affected by cool and 

 wet weather ; but the green peas are not much esteemed, as 

 they possess 'a strong and rather unpleasant flavor. The 

 green pods are tender and good ; and for these the variety 

 may be worthy of cultivation. 



Plant similar to the Common Dwarf Sugar, Tamarind 



Sugar, 

 but of more luxuriant habit, and with larger LATE DWARF su- 



OAB. TAMARIND 



foliage ; flowers white ; pods single or in pairs, 

 six to eight seeded, very large and broad, often measuring 

 four inches in length and an inch in breadth, succulent, 

 and generally contorted and irregular in form. A few days 

 later than the Common Dwarf Sugar. 



Hardy, prolific, and deserves more general cultivation. 



Stem four to five feet high ; leaves yellowish- "White-pod- 

 ded Sugar, 

 green, and, like those of the Giant Eatable- vu. 



podded, stained with red at their insertion with the stalk ; 

 flowers purple ; the pods are nearly three inches long, five 

 eighths of an inch wide, sickle-shaped and contorted, of a 

 yellowish-white color, and contain five or six peas. The 

 ripe seeds are irregularly flattened and indented, of a green- 

 ish-yellow color, marbled or spotted with brown or black. 



The variety is quite late. Sown May 1, the pods were 

 not fit for use till July 24. 



The pods are crisp and succulent, though inferior in 

 flavor to most of the Eatable-podded varieties. 



Stem three to four feet high ; leaves large, Yellow-pod- 

 ded Sugar, 

 yellowish-green ; flowers white, tinted with yel- vu. 



