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alogue of some of these concerns. Varieties change 

 more or less in the course of years. My conclusion, 

 after trying all those varieties, was that Alaska is 

 about the earliest pea, and other good ones follow- 

 ing along later in the season were Thomas Laxton, 

 Gradus, Champion, Telephone, Teddy Roosevelt, 

 and Prosperity. I was especially pleased with the 

 two last named. 



Jordan 5 gives a comparative test made with 81 

 varieties of peas with reference to earliness of start- 

 ing, earliness of maturity, length of season, per- 

 centage of shelled peas, total weight, number 

 of peas per pod, height of vine, and yield. Smooth 

 sorts were reported inferior to the wrinkled varie- 

 ties in all respects except earliness. He believes 

 that all the numerous varieties of dwarf or smooth 

 peas are developed from the old Philadelphia Extra 

 Early and Dan O'Rourke, from which they differ 

 but little. 



" Varieties differ much in the yield of shelled 

 peas obtained from a given quantity of pod, the 

 extreme variation of 12 per cent being found. 

 Among the early dwarf wrinkled varieties Exonian 

 and Station were earliest. Among the late half 

 dwarf and tall, smooth varieties, Pride of America 

 gave nearly twice as large a yield as any other. New 

 Giant Pod Marrow was one of the earliest and most 

 productive of the Marrowfats. Melting Sugar is 

 recommended." This pea is an edible-podded sort, 

 the pods being picked and eaten, much like string 

 beans. Among the medium and late dwarf and tall 

 wrinkled varieties, the following are mentioned 



5 N. J. Exper. Sta. Rpt., 1898. 



