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30 inches high and is a good bearer of medium sized, well 

 tilled pods. With me it does not yield as well as the 

 Station or McLean's, but the pods are larger. Immedi- 

 ately following the Juno are Breck's New Life, Duke of 

 York, Carter's Telephone and Yorkshire Hero. These 

 four varieties are ready to pick eighty daj's after planting, 

 this being the case the question which to plant must be 

 decided upon yield and qualit}^ For several yeai's I have 

 grown the Yorkshire Hero. It has yielded well, and the 

 peas are sweet, but it has had one weak point, the pods do 

 not fill out the entire length. Now that I have found 

 something better I shall discard it and depend upon Duke 

 of York and Breck's New Life to take its place. The 

 Duke of York grows about thirty inches high, and is an 

 abundant bearer of large-, well filled pods. In productive- 

 ness and size of pod it is equal to the Stratagem and is 

 ten dsijs earlier. Breck's New Life is a strong, stocky 

 grower. The pods are as large as the Stratagem, and are 

 produced abundantly. Both vines and pods retain their 

 bright green color for a long time. 



The last two varieties named are both grand, and one is 

 as desirable as the other, the extra yield of the Duke of 

 York compensating for the dark green color and keeping- 

 qualities of the New Life. Carter's Telephone was received 

 from the government among other trial seeds. It grows 

 three feet high and is a moderate yielder of mammoth 

 pods. I have picked pods three (quarters of an inch in 

 diameter and five inches long. Association with politicans 

 in the government seed distribution has had its effect on 

 this pea, for like them it presents a good appearance but 

 contains lots of wind. It will not shell over two-thirds as 

 many peas from a bushel of pods as the Duke of York oi- 

 New Life, consequently I shall discard it. The Heroine 

 is a good pea but has two faults. The pods do not fill 



