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time; bearing individual peas of reduced but 

 uniform size, sweet, and of superior flavor. 



Here, it will be observed, there are several 

 quite distinct characteristics to be borne in mind. 

 Perhaps the most important, or at least the ones 

 most difficult to attain and fix, were the uniform 

 time of ripening and uniform size of the peas 

 themselves. How these difficulties were met will 

 be detailed presently. 



First, however, let me tell just how it came 

 about that the order for peas having just these 

 specifications w T as received. 



Manufacturer and Public 



The order was given by a large canning fac- 

 tory, located originally in Colorado, but now 

 having branch factories in other regions, with 

 capacity to handle in the aggregate forty-six 

 thousand cans of peas per hour. 



The head of this company is a man who has 

 made a study of his public, and who aims to give 

 the public what it w T ants. He discovered that 

 there was a demand for canned peas of very 

 small size. This had come about, probably, 

 through the example set by the French, who can 

 the peas when they are half grown, at which 

 stage they are sweeter and more tender than 

 when more fully ripened. 



