96 Notices of Culinary Vegetables. 



Art. IV. Notices of Culinary Vegetables, netv or recently 

 introduced, worthy of general cultivation in private gar- 

 dens, or for the market. By the Editor. 



Last season (Vol. IX. p. 96,) we gave an article in con- 

 tinuation of our remarks on the qualities and merits of new 

 or recently introduced products for the vegetable garden. 

 Another year has given us an opportunity to try some of 

 those heretofore only noticed, and to make some remarks 

 on their qualities. A single season, however, does not 

 always test the merits of a variety; from unfavorable 

 weather, or other causes the crop may be affected, and pro- 

 duce below or above an average one. Yet in a considerable 

 degree one year will enable us to form a fair estimate of 

 the relative value of any particular kind, and determine 

 whether it deserves further attention. 



Peas. Prince Albert. — In an article, in another page 

 (91) on the comparative earliness of several sorts of peas, 

 we have given an account of this new variety which we 

 noticed last year. The experience of one season has shown 

 it to be what was then stated " one of the earliest and best 

 peas extant." 



The Milford Marroufat which has been alluded to twice 

 in our previous volumes, (VII. p. 136, and IX. p. 98,) but 

 which has never been introduced, is now offered for sale, 

 and an opportunity presented to test its merits, it grows 

 four feet high, is very large and a great bearer, and boils 

 of a beautiful green color. We shall endeavor to give 

 some farther notice of it after the experience of the coming 

 summer. 



B?-itish Queen Pea. — Sy7i. Le Fauvres new Pea, St. He- 

 ller's Pea. This variety has been highly praised. It was 

 grown by Ph. Le Fauvre, Esq. of the Island of Guernsey. 

 It is an improved variety of the shriveled marrow, resem- 

 bling that of Knight's tall marrow ; but it is considered by 

 every one who has tasted it to be much superior to that 

 esteemed variety. It grows 5 to 6 feet high, and produces 

 two, and often three crops in succession, from the same 

 stalk. The first crop is from the top, and it immediately 

 throws out laterals, and produces another crop from the 

 centre ; after which it frequently shoots out from the bot- 

 tom and produces a third crop ; thus continuing a supply 



