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" Group VI. Imperials. 



"31. Dwarf Imperial. French Synonymes : Nain vert imperial, nain vert 

 gros, sans parchemin vert. English Synonymes : Imperial, blue imperial, 

 dwarf green imperial, new improved imperial, new improved dwarf imperial, 

 new dwarf imperial, new long-podded imperial, Sumatra, green nonpareil, 

 dwarf blue prolific, blue sc3'mitar, sabre, blue sabre, new sabre, dwarf sabre. — 

 About 4 ft. high, and of strong growth. Pods large, long, and rather flat, much 

 pointed and containing 8 or 9 peas. Of excellent quality, a good bearer, and 

 one of the best peas for summer, as it is very late in coming into use. 



" 32. Tall Imperial, French Synonymes : Carre vert, carre vert gros 

 Normand. English Synonymes: Tall green imperial, tall blue imperial, Spanish 

 patriot, new tall imperial, blue union, green nonpareil, tall Prussian or blue 

 union. — About 7 ft. high, and rather slender. Pods broad, and rather short, 

 but not pointed, like those of the preceding, and containing 6 peas in a pod. Of 

 good quality, and very productive, but not so late as the last. 



" Group VII. Prussians. 



" 33. Blue Prussian. French Synonymes : Nain vert petit, nain royal, gros 

 vert de Prusse. English Synonymes: Dwarf blue Prussian, royal Prussian 

 blue, fine long-podded dwarf, Prussian prolific, early Dutch green, green 

 Prussian. — About 3^ ft. high, and of strong growth. Pods long and rather 

 round, containing 8 peas. This is so well known, that it is quite useless for me 

 to say anything about its good qualities. It is undoubtedly the best for sum- 

 mer use, and one of the greatest bearers. 



".34. White Prussian. English Synonymes : Prolific or poor man's profit, 

 prolific, tall Prussian, dwarf white Prussian, new dwarf Norman, royal dwarf, 

 royal prolific, dwarf Tewsly, Stowe pea. — About 4 ft. high, and very robust. 

 Pods broad, long, and rather flat, containing 7 or 8 peas, which are large and 

 white. Of good quality, and,like the blue Prussian, an excellent summer pea, 

 and very prolific. This is the best sort for general cultivation, and well de- 

 serves the name of poor man's profit ; but it will not remain so long in bearing 

 as the blue Prussian. 



" 35. Grooin^s Superb Dwarf Blue. — About 18 in. high, and of robust 

 growth. Pods large, broad, and rather flat, containing 8 or 9 peas. Of ex- 

 cellent quality, a very abundant bearer, and a iew days later than the blue 

 Prussian, of which it seems a distinct dwarf variety, liaised by Mr. H. Groom 

 of Walworth, who sent seeds of it to the garden in 1831. This deserves ge- 

 neral cultivation, as it requires no sticking, and produces more on the same 

 space of ground than any other dwarf sort. 



" Group VIII. Grey Sugar Peas. 



"36. Purple-podded Grey. — About 7 ft. high, and of robust growth. Pods 

 short, broad, and rather pointed, of a deep purple colour, containing 5 or 6 

 peas. A good bearer : the peas, when boiled, are rather bitter ; but, if cooked 

 like the pods of the scarlet-runner kidneybean, it is very good. 



" 37. Bed-flowered Sugar. French Synonyme : Sans parchemin a fleurs 

 rouges. — About 6i ft. high, and of slender growth. Pods long, nearly round, 

 and straight, containing 6 peas. Like the preceding, it is only fit for use when 

 quite young. A good bearer. 



" 38. Fishamend's Sugar. — About 1\ ft. high, and very robust. Pods very 

 long, broad, and much curved, containing 8 or 9 peas, which are rather small, 

 of a greenish-yellow colour, dotted all over with small purple dots. A good 

 bearer, and the best of all the sugar peas (except the large crooked sugar) for 

 use when young. 



" Group IX. Grey Common Peas. 

 "39. Grey Bouncival. English Synonymes: Giant, Dutch. — About 8 ft. 

 high, and very robust. Pods broad, but not very long, and rather flat. Peas 



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