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" 35. Groom^s Superb Dwarf Blue. — About 18 inches high, and of ro- 

 bust growth. Pods large, broad, and rather flat, containing 8 or 9 peas. 

 Of excellent quality, a very abundant bearer, and a few days later than 

 the blue Prussian, of which it seems a distinct dwarf variety. Raised 

 by Mr. H. Groom, of Walworth, who sent seeds of it to the garden, in 

 1831. This deserves general cultivation, as it requires no sticking, and 

 produces more on the same space of ground than any other dwarf sort. 



"Group VIII. Grey Sugar Peas. 



" 36. Purple-poddad Grey. — About 7 feet high, and of robust 

 growth. Pods short, broad, and rather pointed, of a deep purple color, 

 containing 5 or 6 peas. A good bearer: the peas, when boiled, are 

 rather bitter ; but, if cooked like the pods of the scarlet runner kidney 

 bean, it is very good. 



"37. Red-flowered Sugar. French Synonyme: Sans parchemin ^ 

 fleurs rouges. — About 6.i feet high, and of slender growth. Pods 

 long, nearly round, and straight, containing 6 peas. Like the preceding, 

 it is only fit for use when quite young. A good bearer. 



" 38. Fishamend's Sugar. — About 7^ feet high, and very robust. 

 Pods ver}^ long, broad, and much curved, containing 8 or 9 peas, which 

 are rather small, of a greenish-yellow color, dotted all over with small 

 purple dots. A good bearer, and the best of all the sugar peas (except 

 the large crooked sugar) for use when young. 



" Group IX. Grey Common Peas. 



"39. Grey Rouncival. English Synonymes: Giant, Dutch. — About 

 8 feet high, and very robust. Pods broad, but not very long, and rath- 

 er flat. Peas of a brown color, black-eyed, and spotted with yellow. 

 A good bearer, but only fit for field culture. 



"40. Late Grey. English Synonymes : Tall grey, tall Capucine, 

 large grey. — About 8 feet high, and very robust. Pods broad, but not 

 very long, containing 7 or 8 peas, of a yellowish brown color, black- 

 eyed, and large. A good bearer. 



"41. Maple Grey Pea. English Synonymes: Marlborough, partridge 

 grey. — About 7^ feet high, and very i-obust. Pods broad, and rather 

 long, containing 7 or 8 peas, which are like those of the preceding kind, 

 but much smaller, and not black-eyed. This is a good bearer, and the 

 flowers are much lighter colored than those of No. 40. 



"42. Spanish Marotta. French Synonymes: A"' oeil noir, Michaux 

 a ceil noir. English Synonymes: Tall black-spotted marotta, black- 

 spotted. — About 6 feet high, and rather slender. Pods small, and near- 

 ly round, containing 7 peas, of a yellow color, black-eyed, small and 

 round. It is very productive, and tolerably good if gathered when 

 young, as it is by no means so bitter as the other grey peas when boiled. 

 "43. Bean Pea. English Synonyme: Funnell's black-spotted. — 

 About 8 or 9 feet high, and very robust. Pods long, broad, and not 

 much pointed, containing 9 or 10 peas, of a yellowish white color, black- 

 eyed, and having some resemblance to small horse-beans when ripe. It 

 is very productive, but only fit for field culture, as it is rather bitter when 

 boiled, although not so bitter as grey peas in general. 



" The following are the best sorts (particularly those marked * ) : 



" For Early Solving. Pois nain hatif : *Early frame, * early Charl- 

 ton, *d'Auvergne. 



" For Late Solving. Knight's dwarf marrow, * Knight's tall mar- 

 row, tall green marrow, * crown, branching marrow. 



" Sugar Peas. (Not to be sown before the ist of March, [in Eng- 

 land.] ) * Early May, * large crooked, * Vilmorin's sugai-, *new tam- 

 arind. 



