110 PEAS. 



with water, preferably that in which guano has been dis- 

 solved in the proportion of three half pints to twenty-five 

 gallons of water. 



The varieties of peas are very numerous, new sorts being 

 originated and introduced every year; few of them, how- 

 ever, hold then: place in the catalogues for many years. 

 They may be divided into two classes the smooth-seeded, 

 and the wrinkled. The first comprise as yet the earliest 

 varieties ; but none of them are as large, sweet and high 

 flavored as the wrinkled sorts. Other things being equal, 

 the smooth-seeded are scarcely worth growing, when the 

 wrinkled sorts can be had. At present, of the sorts most 

 highly recommended in the catalogues, the following sorts 

 may be selected as the best early varieties : 



Carter's First Crop; a very early and productive va- 

 riety, growing two and a half feet high. A smooth pea. 



Daniel O'Rourke ; very early and productive; grows 

 three feet high, and is the sort generally grown for the 

 early New York market. Also a smooth pea. 



Laxtorts Alpha; an extra early variety of its kind. 

 It is a blue, wrinkled marrow pea, very productive, and of 

 excellent quality. Grows three feet high. 



McLean's Little Gem ; is an early, dwarf, green, wrin- 

 kled marrow pea, growing only a foot high. It is very 

 productive and of excellent flavor. 



McLean's Blue Peter ; is also an early, blue, wrinkled 

 pea, prolific, of fine flavor, and growing a foot high. 



McLean's Advance; is a wrinkled pea growing about 

 two feet high. It is nearly as early as the OPRourke, and 

 rich flavored. 



Later varieties : 



Champion of England; one of the best and most popular 

 of the wrinkled peas, being largely frown for the New 



