DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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As showing how little reliance can be placed on 

 statements of time of ripening, comments on one exten- 

 sive English trial say Eugenie is a second early pea, and 

 Alliance (undoubtedly the same pea) third early; yet 

 the figures given for this trial show that the two lots of 

 seed sown 5 days apart in late April and early May 

 gave edible peas a day apart only, and the third early 

 was a day less in maturing than the second early. 



An American tester claimed peas of Eugenie 

 sweeter than those of Napoleon; but said the seeds of 

 Eugenie were light green. Evidently the varieties were 

 reversed. 



Duchess of York. Refs. 76: Rice Cat. 1918. 

 Duchess of York was introduced by Sutton in 1901, 

 but seems to have been slow in coming to America, our 

 first record of it being 1918. From its resemblance to 

 Empress of India, it may be a seedling of that variety 

 or a selection from it. 



It was grown here from seed sent us by the Idaho Station and 

 the University of British Columbia. Height 2*4 to 3 feet, often 

 branched at the base and occasionally above; foliage only noticeable 

 from its large broad leaflets in 4s and its larger, more whitened 

 stipules; flowers small and not very numerous, borne from the 

 10th node up; pods single, 3^ to 3"s inches long, only moderately 

 broad or plump las seen on U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 plats, the pods were better, being classed as plump examples of 

 Gradus type', straight but quite irregular in shape, poorly filled and 

 with pointed ends, sloping both front and back; peas few in number, 

 3 or 4 in a pod, dark green in color, very large, round or indented 

 and oblong or flattened. The British Columbia seeds were much 

 larger than those from Idaho, and the pods somewhat better filled 

 tho no larger. From neither lot of seed were the crops more than 

 fair. 



The English descriptions prove this a pea varying 

 quite widely in height, and in later trials at the Royal 

 Horticultural Society gardens it was not considered 

 worthy an Award of Merit which it received in its early 

 days. 



Profusion. Refs. 77; Burpee Cat. 1891. Arnold 

 originated this pea, and Burpee introduced it in 1891, 

 after previous preliminary distribution of packets for 

 testing. It soon became widely known and considerably 

 grown in America and also, to some extent, in France. 

 The Profusion peas listed in England, however, are 

 probably not Arnold's. It was grown at this Station 

 in 1890 and 1893, but only brief notes on it are recorded. 

 It was also grown here during three recent seasons, from 

 the introducer's seeds. 



Height, 2]4 to 2}^ feet; stem stout, support unnecessary, 

 branched sparingly, both at the base and above; foliage abundant, 

 medium green with rather small leaflets and stipules, scarcely if at all 

 whitened; flowers from about the 14th node; pods single and paired, 

 3 to 3} 2 inches long, moderately broad, quite plump, straight and 

 well filled to the rounded or blunt, small-tipped ends; rather light 

 in color; peas 4 to 7, whitish or light green, large, indented, oblong, 

 of good quality. The crops began after midseason and could be 

 rated only as good. 



Prestige. Refs. 79; Boddington Cat. 1913. As 

 Prolific Late Marrow, under which name it was sent to 

 the Royal Horticultural Society for testing in 1901 by 

 Jas. Veitch, Prestige received an Award of Merit It 

 was listed in America in 1913, but appears never to have 

 been widely grown. 



Seed of it was received here from McMillan, Mich., 

 where it had been grown on the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture plats, with the note by Dr. D. N. Shoe- 

 maker that it appeared identical with Royal Salute; 

 and the differences discoverable by comparison of the 

 checked record sheets were less between this and two 

 of the strains of Royal Salute than between these two 

 and a third strain of that variety. The two varieties 

 are probably not identical, but so similar that only most 

 careful comparison of the two grown side by side from 

 true-strain stocks could separate them. Seeds of Pres- 

 tige were decidedly more green; but crop seeds of one 

 strain of Royal Salute were also practically all green. 

 For description, see Royal Salute, which follows. 



Royal Salute. Refs. 80; Dickson (2) Cat. 1923; 

 Burpee Cat. 1911. Royal Salute originated with 

 Dickson (2) before 1902, and received an Award of 

 Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1916 

 but was denied one in 1922. It reached the United 

 States in 1911, and has been considerably grown. Three 

 strains of it were tested here recently, which differed 

 quite widely in size and color of seeds and in size of pods 

 but were sufficiently alike in other points to be considered 

 as of one variety, particularly as much of the difference 

 on some points disappeared in second crops grown from 

 seed of the first year. 



Height 2 1 4 to 3 feet; stem stout, sparingly branched at the 

 base, foliage abundant to dense, medium to dark green with little 

 bloom or little whitening of the four large to medium leaflets but 

 much bloom on the whitened, sharp-tipped stipules; pods single or 

 occasionally paired from the 14th node, on long, thick stalks, vary- 

 ing greatly in size from 3 ;1 s to 3 7 s inches for one strain to 3 3 4 to 

 5 inches for another, with the third strain intermediate between the 

 others, straight, sometimes irregular or very slightly curved, with 

 rounded ends, rather broad, plump, but not usually filled quite to 

 the edge; peas 4 to 6 or 5 to 8, large, round or indented and some- 

 what oval or oblong, dark green, rather better in color than the 

 outside of the pods would indicate, of good but nor the best quality; 

 seeds from medium in size to very large, moderately wrinkled, vary- 

 ing in color as noted under Prestige. It was late, requiring about 

 ten weeks for the first pods even when sown very late. 



Champion of Scotland. Refs. 81, 82; Amer. 

 Agr. 18:174. 1861; Hogg Gard. Yr. Bk. 14:100. 



1873. Champion of Scotland appears to be a pea of the 

 Ward Incomparable, British Queen, Fairbeard Nonpareil 

 or Knight Tall White Marrow type, considered when 

 introduced as superior to Champion of England but 

 white seeded. Hogg considered it identical with Hay 

 Mammoth, which has many synonyms, including some 

 which connect it with British Queen. It is credited to 

 Lawson, who advertised it in 1859. It reached the 

 United States almost immediately, but in 1889 was 

 held to be synonymous with British Queen. Scotch 

 Champion (p. 107) can hardly be a synonym. It must 

 have desirable qualities to hold a place as late as 1889; 

 and it is still available, as seed was sent here from the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture plats at McMillan, 

 Mich., and grown in 1926. 



As usual with English peas, it was much shorter on our soil, 

 reaching only 3 feet; unsupported vines drooped or trailed but the 

 tips of the enlarged stems grew quite erect, giving a peculiar appear- 

 ance to the variety, the stems showing plainly thru the rather scanty 



