316 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



the haum to the top with fine large pods." In a trial growth, 

 it proved early and productive ; not only forming a great 

 number of pods, but well filling the pods after being formed. 

 In quality it is tender, very sweet, and well flavored, resem- 

 bling the Champion of England. Its season is nearly the 

 same with that of the Eugenie, and the variety is well de- 

 serving of cultivation. 



Ne Plus mtra. This variety belongs to the wrinkled class 



Cot. Gard. o f p eas j s as early as Bellamy's Green 

 Marrow ; and possesses, both in pod and pea, the same fine, 

 deep, olive-green color. 



The plant is from six to seven feet high : it begins to pro- 

 duce pods at two or two and a half feet from the ground ; and 

 the number, in all, is from twelve to eighteen. The pods are 

 generally in pairs, three inches and a half long, of a deep, 

 bright-green color, and contain seven very large peas, each 

 of which is half an inch long, and nearly the same broad. 



Sown the first of May, the variety blossomed the last of 

 June, and afforded peas for use the loth of July. 



It is one of the best tall Marrows in cultivation. The ripe 

 seed is mixed white and olive. 



Noble's Early A sub-variety of Bellamy's Early Green 

 Qre cS. 3 Gord. W ' Marrow. It is a much more abundant 

 bearer, producing from eighteen to twenty 

 pods on a plant, which are singularly regular in their size 

 and form. 



Prince Albert. Plant from two and a half to three feet in 

 EAKLT ALnr^ EABLT h e ight pods generally in pairs, two inches 

 and a half in length, and half an inch broad. 

 The ripe seeds are round, cream-colored, and measure a 

 fourth of an inch in diameter. 



Sown May 1, the plants blossomed June 15, and pods 

 were plucked for use July 6. 



