230 Select Varieties of Peas. 



ot all the dwarfs. It is about twelve inches high, yields abundantly, is of 

 fine quality, and appears to be highly prized wherever it has been culti- 

 vated. Most of the seed of Beck's Gem and McLean's Little Gem has been 

 obtained by seedsmen from abroad ; while that of Tom Thiwib has been 

 principally of American growth. 



AIcLea7i's Advancer is another fine new pea. It belongs to the class 

 known as " Wrinkled Marrows," and possesses the excellent qualities for 

 which those peas are so justly prized. Of the large peas it has proved to 

 be decidedly one of the earliest and best, and is recommended for culti- 

 vation. 



Few peas have been more widely disseminated, and few are more es- 

 teemed, than the Champion of England. As an intermediate variety, or for 

 the general crop, it has few if any superiors. Anodier fine pea, less gen- 

 erally known or cultivated, is the Paradise Marrow, sometimes known as 

 the Champion of Paris. It is very prolific ; long-continued in its yield ; and 

 the peas harden so slowly, that its season of use is prolonged much be- 

 yond the average. To this we would add the British Qiieeti and the Eugenie, 

 both of which, in a trial-growth, proved hardy and prolific, and were nearly 

 as tender and sugary as the Champion of Ejigland. 



Drew's New Dwarf is another intermediate variety worthy of trial ; but, 

 to secure its greatest jDcrfection, the sowing should be made quite early in 

 the season, and the seeds dropped singly, nine or ten inches apart, in rows 

 two feet asunder. The plant makes a bushy growth, and is quite dwarf, 

 attaining a height of twelve or fifteen inches. 



One of the best of the very late peas is the Competitor. It is of large 

 size, sweet and tender, and remarkable for the length of time the plants 

 continue in bearing. In an experimental growth of this variety, pods were 

 first plucked July 20 ; and from this time the plants continued to yield 

 abundantly till the last of August, or for a period of more than five weeks. 



These varieties will give a good succession for the season, and we think 

 will not disappoint the cultivator, either with regard to quality or produc- 

 tiveness. 



It may be proper to add, that, as most of our new peas are received from 

 abroad, the descriptions found upon our catalogues must at first, necessa- 

 rily, be based on foreign representations. Now, as the pea rarely, if ever. 



