xiii, A.2 Cocannouer: Imported Garden Legumes 91 



The heavy rains during October and November proved disas- 

 trous, and in spite of the fact that the very best care was given 

 the plants, very few of the varieties produced any crop worth 

 mentioning. The following were complete failures: Alderman, 

 Advancer, Alaska, Stratagem, Telephone, Extra Early, American 

 Wonder, Abundance, Little Marvel, Senator, Little Gem, British 

 Wonder, Blue Bantam, Yorkshire, and Mott's Excelsior. A very 

 few seeds were saved from the Laxtonian and the Thomas Lax- 

 ton, but not a sufficient quantity to be called a harvest. I believe 

 that the results secured from this project are sufficiently con- 

 clusive to show that the pea is unsuited to a season when the 

 rains are heavy. 



peas: project 3, COOL SEASON 



Project 3 consisted of the original plantings of twenty varie- 

 ties of garden peas in my home garden. The plantings were 

 made during November and December, 1916, and consisted of 

 the following varieties : Laxtonian, Little Marvel, Mott's Excel- 

 sior, Prosperity, Thomas Laxton, Alaska, Blue Bantam, American 

 Wonder, British Wonder, Extra Early, Alderman, Abundance, 

 Advancer, Senator, Stratagem, Horsford's Market Garden, Cham- 

 pion of England, Telephone, Yorkshire Hero, and Large White 

 Marrowfat. 



This project gave an excellent opportunity to find out just 

 what each variety of pea would do under good conditions. 

 There was not too much rain, and the atmosphere was cool and 

 moist during the entire growing period of all of the varieties, 

 excepting a few of the latest. The soil was kept in good condi- 

 tion, and good garden treatment was given at all times. 



But in spite of the good weather conditions and the excellent 

 care given, most of the varieties proved unsatisfactory. These 

 were in almost all cases the dwarf, early varieties. The follow- 

 ing varieties succeeded and were promising at all times : 

 Champion of England (tall and late). Senator (tall and late), 

 Alderman (tall and late). Prosperity (tall and medium early). 

 Stratagem (semidwarf and half-late), American Wonder (semi- 

 dwarf and early), Thomas Laxton (tall and early). Large White 

 Marrowfat (very tall and late) , Horsford's Market Garden (tall 

 and half -late), Alaska (tall and early). Extra Early (medium- 

 tall and early), and Laxtonian (medium dwarf and early). 

 Table XII shows the data secured. 



