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comes late, is very productive, the pods being al- 

 ways very large and full, and the peas, when boiled, 

 most delicious and well flavoured. The seeds of 

 this variety are even sweet in their dry state, and 

 are selected in preference to any other by the birds 

 and mice : thus the saving of the seed is attended 

 with considerable trouble, especially in cold un- 

 genial seasons, and renders its cultivation very ex- 

 pensive, but its productiveness, tenderness, and 

 delicious flavour amply compensate for every out- 

 lay. 



10. Dwarf Blue Imperial, a very productive pea, 

 tender and fine flavoured : average height three feet. 

 It is, and deserves to be, extensively cultivated by 

 the cottager and market gardener. 



11. Royal Dwarf, of late introduction, is good, 

 from the average height not exceeding two and 

 a half feet. The pods come in clusters, and are 

 very plentiful: it may be called a second early 

 variety. 



12. Groom's Superb Dwarf. This pea grows very 

 dwarf, not exceeding one foot and a half in height ; 

 it comes about ten days after Bishop's Dwarf, and 

 is equally tender and fine flavoured, with the advan- 

 tage of boiling very green. It is in much estima- 

 tion for small gardens and for forcing 



13. Scymetar-podded (so called from the shape 

 of the pods) is a fine pea in taste and flavour, but 

 does not yield quite so well as some others. It may 

 be classed as second early, and averages three feet 

 in height. 



14. Green Woodford, or Nonsuch. This sort boils 

 remarkably green, and is even greener in its dry 



