306 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



taining a height of six feet and upwards ; pods long and 

 broad, generally yielding from six to eight large peas. 



The seeds, when ripe, are cream-yellow, above medium 

 size, and much shrivelled and indented. 



Sown May 1, the plants blossomed the last of June, and 

 pods were plucked for use the 20th of July. 



The Competitor Pea is of recent origin, and is described 

 as the latest of all the sorts now in cultivation. Aside from 

 its large size and excellence, it is one of the most valuable 

 of all varieties for the length of time the plants continue in 

 bearing. In an experimental growth of this pea, the pods 

 were first plucked, as stated above, the 20th of July ; and 

 from this time the plants continued to yield abundantly until 

 the last of August, or for a period of nearly six weeks. 



Dantzio. Law. Plant six to seven feet high ; pods in pairs, 

 two and a half inches long, and half an inch 

 broad. When ripe, the seed is the smallest of all the light 

 peas, quite round or spherical, of a bright-yellow color, 

 beautifully transparent, with whitish eyes. 



Sown the 1st of May, the plants blossomed the 8th 

 of July, afforded peas for the table the 25th of the same 

 month, and ripened from the 10th to the middle of August. 



It is not a productive variety, and is seldom cultivated in 

 England or in this country, but is grown extensively on the 

 shores of the Baltic, and exported for splitting, or boiling 

 whole. 



Dickson's Plant five feet high ; pods ten to twelve 



Favorite. Trans. t .. . 



on a stalk, long, round when full grown, 



curved, and hooked at the extremity, like the Auvergne : 

 they are remarkably well filled, and contain from eight to 

 ten peas of medium size, round, and very white. 



Planted the 1st of May, the variety blossomed June 25, 

 and pods were gathered for use the 12th of July. 



This pea is highly deserving of cultivation as a second 

 early variety. 



