TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER TEXT 



Preface.. 



I. History of the Garden Pea 



II. Systematic Botany of Peas and their Allies. 

 III. Descriptions of Varieties: 



General Notes 



Extra Early Group 



Tom Thumb Group 



Marrowfat Group 



Alaska Group 



Scimitar Group 



Dimpled-seeded Group 



Wrinkled, Cream-seeded Group 



Gem Group 



Large-podded Dwarf Group 



Advancer Group 



Stratagem Group 



Champion of England Group 



Ne Plus Ultra Group 



Telephone Group 



Senator Group 



Edible-podded Group 



Field Peas: Classified List 



Undescribed Varieties; List 



References, Names and Synonyms 



Bibliography 



Index 



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ILLUSTRATIONS F page° 



Lincoln: White flowers and forming pods 14 



Sugar: Bi-colored flowers and colored stem-nodes. . 15 

 Harrison Glory: Much whitened, deeply clasping 



stipules 18 



Types of Pea Pods 19 



Types of Pea Pods 24 



Types of Pea Pods 25 



Extra Early and Alaska Types: Typical vines and 



pods 36 



Late Alaska: Leaflets in 6s, tendrils slender 37 



Horal: Pods at top of plant 40 



Improved Telegraph: From imported seed; not 



acclimated 41 



Superb: Dwarf dimpled-seeded 50 



Allan Canner: Curved-podded, cream seeded 51 



Green Admiral : A leading canners' pea 54 



Little Gem: Well-known, old garden variety 55 



Duke Delight : A plump-podded type 60 



Canners' Gem 61 



Sutton Excelsior : A favorite old pea 64 



Advancer: A leading canners' pea 65 



Dwarf Defiance: A Stratagem-type pea 74 



Giant Sugar: An edible-podded type 75 



Openshaw: Vine and pods of field pea 86 



Johnson Glory: Stocky stem, dark foliage, large 



flowers 87 



Goldfinder: Very large stipules and prominent 



tendrils 112 



Types of Pea Seeds 113 



