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thickness, usually branching, long jointed ; leaves rather large, 

 a pale yellow-green ; flowers white, very large, well opened, 

 commencing to bloom at the twelfth or thirteenth joint of the 



stem, and almost always 

 solitary ; pods very large, 

 whitish, entirely free from 

 membrane, often twisted, 

 whence the variety derives 

 its name, sometimes from 

 4 to nearly 5 in. long 

 and i in. or more broad, 

 each usually containing 

 from five to eight rather 

 large round peas, set at 

 some distance from one 

 another, and very pale 

 green, becoming white and 

 perfectly round when ripe. 

 The main stem usually 

 carries from eight to ten 

 tiers of pods, and the 

 branches have only from 

 three to five tiers. This is 

 an exceedingly productive 

 variety. It comes in in 

 mid-season, commencing 

 to yield soon after the 

 Forty Days Ed ible-podded 

 Pea, but continuing to 

 bear for a much longer 

 time, and the size and fine 

 appearance of its pods 

 cause it to be always more 

 sought after than any other 

 kind, so that it is more ex- 

 tensively grown than any 

 other variety of Edible- 

 podded Peas, especially in 

 the eastern parts of France 

 and in Switzerland. It is 

 rather surprising to see 

 the .comparatively low 

 estimation in which the 

 Edible-podded peas are held in the vicinity of Paris. 



Two different forms are grown under the same name of Large 

 Crooked Sugar Pea. The commonest is that just described. The 



Tall Butter Sugar Pea (natural size). 



