THE PEA. 301 



Pods two inches loner : pea a fourth of an inch Bishop's 

 . ,. i i i n i D Early Dwarf, 



in diameter, cream-colored, with blotches of L aw , 



white, particularly about the eye. The plant 

 grows little more than a foot high, and is fairly productive. 

 Early sowings will give a supply for the table in ten weeks. 

 This once popular Early Dwarf sort is now rapidly giv- 

 ing place to Bishop's New Long-podded, a more prolific 

 and much superior variety. 



Stem two feet high ; pods nearly straight, Bishop's New 

 4 . . . T Long-podded, 



containing six or seven white peas. It is an 



early variety, an abundant bearer, of excellent quality, and 

 in all respects much superior to the Common Bishop's Early 

 Dwarf. 



Planted the 1st of May, it blossomed June 14, and yielded 

 peas for the table the 10th of July. 



Plant five feet high ; pods three inches and Black-eyed 



i ^ 4. - T, i Marrow. 



a quarter in length, containing about six large, 



round, cream-white or brownish-white, black-eyed seeds, 

 three-eighths of an inch in diameter. 



Its season is nearly the same with the Dwarf and Missouri 

 Marrow. Sown the 1st of May, the plants blossomed the 28th 

 or 30th of June, and yielded peas for the table July 15. 



This is a very prolific as well as excellent variety. It is 

 little cultivated in gardens at the North, though sometimes 

 grown as a field-pea in the Canadas. In the Middle States, 

 and at the South, it is a popular market-sort ; and its culti- 

 vation is much more extensive. 



The dark color of the eye of the ripened seed distin- 

 guishes the variety from all others. 



Plant three feet high ; pods cimeter-shaped, Blue Cimeter. 

 and generally well filled; seeds of good 

 quality, larger than those of the Prussian 

 Blue, from which the variety doubtless originated. 



