314 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



Knight's Plant very strong and vigorous, attaining 



Marrow. ^Law. a height of six or seven feet; pods large, 

 Thomp. 



ripe, are green, and much wrinkled or indented. 



Planted the first of May, the variety blossomed the last 

 of June, and supplied the table the middle of July. 



The peas are exceedingly tender and sugary ; the skin 

 also is very thin. "From their remarkably wrinkled ap- 

 pearance, together with the peculiar sweetness which they 

 all possess, Knight's Marrows may be said to form a dis- 

 tinfct class of garden peas, possessing qualities which, 

 together with their general productiveness, render them a 

 valuable acquisition both to cultivators and consumers." 



Knightfs Height and general character of the plant 



Marrow. similar to* Knight's Tall Green Marrow. 

 Pods in pairs. The ripe seed is white. Very 

 productive and excellent. 



Lord Baglan. Plant three feet high ; the pods are large and 

 broad, and contain six or seven large peas. 

 When ripe, the seeds are shrivelled, and of a blue or 

 greenish-blue color ; the American-grown, however, being 

 usually much paler than those received from England. 



Sown May 1, the plants were in flower July 1, and pods 

 were plucked for use the 15th of the month. 



The variety is prolific, appears to be adapted to our soil 

 and climate, grows to a convenient height, is of excellent 

 quality, nearly or quite equalling the Champion of Eng- 

 land, and is recommended for cultivation. 



By some of the most reliable of English cultivators, it is 

 described as differing slightly, if at all, from Hair's Dwarf 

 Mammoth. 



Matchless This is a good marrow-pea, but now sur- 



passed by the improved varieties of the Early 



