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raised by Ph. Le Feuvre, Esq., of this island, and, for its great produce and 

 good qualities, deserves to be more generally known and more extensively 

 cultivated. It is an improved variety of the shriveled marrow, resembling 

 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 from 3 ft. 

 to 6 ft. high, and produces two, and often three, crops in succession from the 

 same stalk. Its 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 bottom, and produces a third crop : thus continuing a 

 supply for near two months. The pods contain from 7 to 9 peas in each ; 

 and, what is rather peculiar, when the pods become old and ready to drj', the 

 peas still continue to boil green, and are well flavoured. It is particularly 

 well adapted for late crops. Sown in June or July, it continues to produce 

 till November, if not destroyed by frost before. I have this autumn supphed 

 what I had to dispose of to Messrs. Cormack and Oliver, seedsmen, &c., 

 New Cross, Surrey, and to Messrs. Peter Lawson and Son, seedsmen. No. 4. 

 George Street Bridge, Edinburgh ; from whom they may be procured. 



Talavera Wheat. In January, 1842, about 52 lb. of Talavera wheat 

 were sown in drills at 14 in. apart, after a crop of potatoes, in a plot of 

 ground dug with the spade, and measuring exactly 11\ perches. A small 

 portion of lime ashes was deposited, and carefully raked into each drill. In 

 May, lucern was drilled between each row of wheat, ^fter hand-hoeing, 

 which now exhibits a most luxuriant and flourishing crop. The precise 

 produce from the above experiment has been 100 cabots and 18 lb. of remark- 

 ably fine wheat ; and, as 90 Jersey perches are equal to an English acre, 

 a similar produce from an acre would be 66 bushels and 32 lb., equal to 

 8 quarters 2\ bushels and 2 lb. The accuracy of this statement can be satis- 

 factorily proved. — B. Saunders, 



Scotland. — Edinburghshire. 



LiawsoiUs Nursery, Edinburgh ; Peter Lawson and Son, — Onion of Nocera, 

 The only really new culinary vegetable which we have introduced in course 

 of the past season is the Onion of Nocera (Ognon de Nocera, p. 23. of the 

 Bon Jardinier for 1842), seeds of which we received last spring; and these, 

 being sown in a rich garden soil, produced a crop of ripened onions by the 

 beginning of July, of a globular form, silvery white colour, and very small size, 

 the largest being under an inch in diameter, which nmst render this a very de- 

 sirable variety for pickling and other purposes for which small onions are 

 used. 



The Pomeranian Cabbage has not, we believe, been much grown as yet in 

 the vicinity of London. We introduced it in 1837, and all who have grown 

 it here agree in stating it to be the richest and most delicate autumn cabbage 

 hitherto known ; but, if grown on rich soil and allowed plenty of room, it gets 

 too large, producing even a greater weight of head and leaves than the late 

 drumhead cabbage. It is allied to the sugar loaf, but is so different from it 

 that it may be reckoned to form a distinct class of cabbages. 



The St, Helier''s Pea (syn. Le Feuvre's new Pea, Saunders; the British 

 Queen Pea, Cormack and Oliver) is a new wrinkled marrow we have had 

 for two years past, from Mr. Bernard Saunders of Jersey, which attains a height 

 of 6 to 8 feet, and yields a very heavy crop, of good quality, but inferior to 

 Knight's pea in sweetness. It is, however, a decided favourite with all who 

 have made trial of it in this country. 



The oblong Radishes are a class, we believe, not generally known. They 

 are of an oval form, or between the long and round rooted; and, three years 

 since, we introduced from the Continent three varieties, viz. the red, scarlet, 

 and white. The first of which is generally allowed to be fully superior to 

 any of the common sorts, while the others are at least equal in quality to 

 either the common, long, or turnip-rooted sorts. — Lawson ^ Son, 



