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for nearly two months. The pods contain from 7 to 9 peas 

 in each ; and, what is rather peculiar, when the pods be- 

 come old and ready to dry, the peas still continue to boil 

 green, and are well flavored. This account we copy from 

 Loudon's Magazine. 



The Early Race Horse, and Carter's Lilliputian and 

 Flack's Victory^ are new and highly praised sorts, but we 

 have no information of their merits. 



The Cedo Niilli Pea. — This excellent pea, second to no 

 other that we are acquainted with, except the Prince Albert, 

 is an American variety. As a pea is receivd from London 

 under this name and sometimes sold, we deem it important 

 to state its origin, and the probability that the true variety 

 is not known in England. The Cedo NuUi, as it is now 

 generally called, was raised by Messrs. Sinclair of Balti- 

 more, and is a great improvement both in earliness and 

 product on the Early Washington or Early Frame pea. It 

 is called, in Baltimore, Si?iclair^s Early Pea, or Early June 

 pea, but as it is best known in New York and Boston as 

 the Cedo Nulli, we retain the latter name. Its comparative 

 earliness and qualities we have stated in a previous article. 



Cabbages. — Many new kinds of cabbages are advertised 

 in the catalogues of the London Seedmen ; but few of them, 

 however have been imported, and no opportunity thus 

 offered to try them. That there can be improvements on 

 the old established kinds of cabbages, as well as in other 

 vegetables, no one can doubt. Yet cultivators, and espe- 

 cially market gardeners, are extremely unwilling to try 

 new sorts for fear of disappointment. We feel confident, 

 however, that if they rely for their main crops on the old 

 sorts, they will find it to their advantage to cultivate a few 

 of the new kinds to make up an assortment, and give a 

 greater choice to their purchasers. Some cabbages are large 

 and coarse — others large, delicate and tender — some again 

 are of good size but inferior flavored, — while others are 

 small and of the first quality. The various qualities of 

 earliness, lateness, heading freely, tenderness, flavor and 

 hardiness of growth, are all to be taken into consideration 

 in estimating the merits of a variety. 



The Early Vanack cabbage is the only variety of any 

 merit which has been lately introduced into general culti- 

 vation. Since the publication of our second volume, (p. 

 290,) we have almost annually called attention to its merits, 



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