DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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than good, much inferior to that of Duke Delight, grown 

 with it. 



Daisy. 1 Refs. 32 37. Daisy was sent in 1891 and 

 later by Carter for testing by the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society, and has received several awards, tho 

 not honored in 1925. It was introduced in 1892. It 

 was about 5 years in reaching America but was soon 

 widely distributed and is still considerably grown. It 

 is said to be a cross between Stratagem and an unnamed 

 pea, itself a cross between Culverwell Giant Marrow and 

 Stratagem. Daisy and Dwarf Telephone, now probably 

 inextricably mixed, were originally distinct. (See p. 61.) 



Carter's Daisy was grown here for two non-coincident seasons 

 from one of two different seed stocks, these two strains proving 

 very similar, if not identical, altho the plants of one strain, possibly 

 because of late sowing in a dry, warm season, were much more dwarf, 

 and podded much lower down on the stem. In both of these strains, 

 however, the plants were characteristically different from those of 

 most other peas in this group, having large leaflets and very large 

 stipules of a peculiar light, faintly yellowish, green color; and the 

 upper joints lengthened slowly thus giving a top-heavy or bunched 

 appearance of the upper stem. The strain grown from early plant- 

 ing in a comparatively moist season developed many basal branches, 

 the other strain few or none. 



Height, 10 to 12 inches, of branched strain, 1 3 4 to 2 feet; pods 

 and peas of the two strains alike, pods from 4', to 4 3 4 inches long, 

 very uniform for such large pods, broad, fairly plump, decidedly 

 wrinkled when ready for use, straight or very slightly curved, not 

 filling out to the edge but well filled to the pointed or very long 

 rounded, tipless end; peas 7 to 9, large, smooth, round or slightly 

 oval oblong, and light green in color, of excellent quality but slightly 

 too thick-skinned as compared with peas of the Gem type: seeds 

 very large, cream with a faint bluish or greenish tint and moderately 

 wrinkled. 



Seeds of a Daisy pea not specified as Carter's came 

 to us from the Idaho Station, from which plants devel- 

 oped quite similar in general characteristics, but inter- 

 mediate in some respects between the other two strains, 

 as tall as the taller, but podding low like the shorter - 

 vined type. The pods were nearly half an inch shorter 

 than those of the other two strains, but otherwise similar 

 and containing as many peas which, of course, were 

 smaller. 



The seeds sown were but little more than half as 

 large as those of the two large-podded strains, but other- 

 wise similar including a rather more noticeable bluish 

 or greenish tint. The crop seeds were decidedly larger 

 but still much smaller than crop seeds of the other two 

 strains. Since we can find no record of any other Daisy 

 than Carter's, we include this strain here; but if the name 

 had been different, it would have been unhesitatingly 

 accepted as another variety in spite of the similarities. 



All strains gave only fair to good crops, because of 

 the comparatively small numbers of pods. The season 

 was the same, discounting differences in planting time 

 and seasons — early midseason. 



The Early and Improved types of Daisy have not 

 been grown here under identifying names but possibly 

 some of the strains have been of one or the other of the 

 supposedly new types. Early Daisy is said to have 



darker foliage, with narrower and lighter colored pods 

 than Daisy. Usually such " improved " varieties have 

 been found only well selected stocks of deteriorating older 

 strains. 



Lincoln. Refs. 38, 39; Thorburn Car. 1908. 

 The Lincoln pea was introduced by Lincoln, prior to 

 1908, in which year it reached America. It was " highly 

 commended " in the 1925 pea trials of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society and it reached the United States in 

 that year. Seed of it came to the Station from Holland, 

 thru Prof. Bushnell of the Minnesota Station, and was 

 also purchased from two American seedsmen. The 

 three strains proved alike tho differing slightly in size 

 and shade of peas. 



Height about 2 feet; stems distinctly branched, rather stout, 

 holding up the pods very well, especially where drilled in for a canning 

 crop: foliage abundant, and medium or dark yellowish green; pods 

 start at about the 1 2th node, occasionally paired tho usually single, 

 3 1 s to 3 3 4 inches long, rather narrow but usually plump, decidedly 

 curved from base to tip, but occasionally straight, and well filled 

 to the long rounded, tipless end; much like Senator's in type; 

 peas 6 to 8, large, compressed, oval, medium green, of fine quality; 

 seeds small, 150 or more to the ounce, markedly cylindrical or almost 

 square, well wrinkled and usually show a slight admixture of green 

 with cream. The crops were very good, beginning in early midseason. 



Allan Canner (Ref. 40), developed in recent years, 

 is very similar to Lincoln. It is not quite as tall, branches 

 less, has rather darker foliage, averages more leaflets, 

 and these and the stipules are sharper pointed and with 

 more prominent teeth. The pods start a node or two 

 lower on the vine, are more often paired, are slightly 

 shorter and more slender, and contain rather more peas, 

 making these smaller. Because of the paired pods, the 

 crops are better; and are ready at the same time as those 

 of Lincoln. 



Isbell Beauty. Refs. 41; and letter from Isbell, 

 Jan. 27, 1927. Isbell introduced Beauty in 1920, it 

 being selected from Kelway Beauty for earliness; and 

 also has finely wrinkled, rather than dimpled seeds. 

 As grown here it has been inferior to several other peas 

 of this group, in size of pods, number of peas to the pod, 

 yield and earliness. The peas are large and of good 

 quality. The variety is of the dark-foliaged type, about 

 1 3 4 feet tall, with pods starting low on the vine, straight 

 and pointed or very long rounded, broad but not plump 

 and of fairly good color but rather coarsely wrinkled. 



MEDIUM HEIGHT PLANTS 



Admiral (Ref. 49) is said to be an English pea 

 introduced into the United States in 1891 by Hender- 

 son. Tho no printed confirmation of this belief has 

 been found, Admiral is apparently a selection, based on 

 shorter vines and increased, shorter -period productivity, 

 from Champion of Scotland, British Queen, or one of the 

 Knight Marrows. Taller strains of the old Admiral 

 resemble Champion of Scotland in practically all respects. 

 As Admiral, Yellow Admiral, White Admiral and 

 particularly as Green Admiral (introduced by Rogers), 



1 Daisy is included in this group because of its typical seeds, but the name is used for a section under the Large-podded Dwarf 

 group characterized by vines of the Daisy type, light colored and " bunchy " at the top 



