THE PEA. 307 



The plant is of slender habit of growth, DiUistone's 



. . c . ,. , Early. Cot. Gard. 



produces a single stem two ieet nigh, and 



bears, on an average, from seven to nine pods : these are 

 smaller than those of the Dan O'Rourke, generally single, 

 but occasionally in pairs, almost straight, and contain seven 

 peas each. The seed, when ripe, is white. 



As described by English cultivators, the plants were a 

 mass of bloom three days before the last named had com- 

 menced blossoming, and the crop was ready for gathering 

 seven days before the Dan O'Rourke. 



In an experimental growth of this pea, it proved little, if 

 at all, earlier than the Dan O'Rourke, and really seemed to 

 have few distinctive characteristics when compared with 

 that variety. 



Plant very stocky, forming a dwarfish, Drew's 



spreading bush, twelve to fifteen inches high. ew war ' 

 The pods are single or in pairs, and contain from six to 

 eight large peas of excellent quality. The ripe seeds are 

 cream-yellow, ovate, compressed, wrinkled, and indented. 



Season intermediate. Sown May 1, the plants were in 

 flower June 26, and pods were gathered for use the 14th 

 of July. 



To secure its greatest perfection, the seeds should be sown 

 quite early, and a space of ten or twelve inches allowed be- 

 tween the plants in the rows. When grown late in the sea- 

 . son, it is not only much less productive, but the plants, to a 

 considerable extent, lose the strong, dwarfish, bushy habit 

 for which the variety is so justly prized. Properly treated, 

 the plants are remarkably prolific, sometimes yielding 

 forty or fifty pods each. 



Plant from three to four feet in height ; Dwarf Marrow, 

 pods three inches to three inches and a half DWAKF MAKKOWFAT - 

 long, containing about six closely set peas : these- are cream- 

 colored and white, slightly wrinkled, and measure nearly 

 three-eighths of an inch in diameter. 



