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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



varietal differences, these have disappeared with time 

 or by the duplication or repetition of synonyms. 



I rencb Sugar, described by Sutton, was grown 

 here recently from his seed and others from British 

 Columbia. 



Very tall. BuWUI very high on the stem and bears single 4 to 



:nrh pods, very broad, almost straight, not greatly constricted 



■tarted with quite wide wing, and with 5 to 8 rather large, 



considerably pined and wrinkled seeds, from light brown with very 



fine, obscure, purplish pin point dots to self colored dark maroon. 



It is late and not productive and the flesh is rather thin. 



Red Flowered Sugar, of Chocolate, was described 

 by Burr, but probably not grown in the United States. 

 It was tall, late, and evidently much like French Sugar. 



l.i.uit Sugar, with its various synonyms (Refs. 

 101 104a' is characterized by huge pods from 4'_> to 

 more than 6 inches long, broad, flat, poorly filled, 

 much constricted, and distorted. The purple coloration 

 at the nodes of the stem is very marked. Height in 

 Europe varies from 5 to 7 feet, in America from 4' ■> to 

 6 feet. There are apparently two types in this group, 

 not usually distinguishable by name, the taller form 

 being very late, with smaller, paired pods; the other 

 shorter-stemmed, less vigorous, earlier and with single, 

 larger pods. 



< . i.iti t Florentine is said to be similar to Giant 

 Sugar, but with pods generally straighter. This was 

 confirmed by Station tests of the two, the pods being 

 checked as " slightly curved " for the former, with little 

 distortion, and " much curved " for the latter. 



(iiani Switzerland, in our tests, was indistin- 

 guishable from Giant Florentine except, possibly, for 

 pods rounded to blunt ended for the latter, blunt ended 

 to square for the former. 



FIELD 

 Nearly all of the so-called " field " or " feeding " 

 or " hog " peas have at some time and some place been 

 used for human food ; and many of them are extensively 

 used as boiling peas, or, either whole or split, for soup 

 making. The varieties with colored flowers and dark 

 seeds, the true field peas, Pisum sativum var. arvense, 

 are used in some European countries for consumption in 

 the home; but the wild, slightly acrid taste of peas of 

 this type does not appeal to English, French, or American 

 palates; so they are rarely grown in these countries 

 except for feeding animals, as soiling, pasturage, hay or 

 grain crops. 



The minor importance of field peas for human food, 

 with our necessarily limited space, prevents detailed 

 descriptions of these varieties; but roughly classified 

 lists of them are given, those marked with * having 

 been grown in our tests and described on our note sheets. 

 The varieties in each sub-group are arranged somewhat 

 in the order of their time of fitness for use as garden 

 peas, as recorded in our notes; and occasional annotations 

 call attention to particular merits or demerits of the 

 variety. 



The general arrangement follows the plan indicated 

 below : 



The Luscious sub-group includes varieties with 

 pods very similar to those of the Melting Sugar sub- 

 group of cream-seeded peas; but the plants are taller, 

 usually 4 ' •_> to 6 feet. Luscious has pods shorter by 

 about a half inch than varieties with Mammoth Lus- 

 cious as part of the name, in which the pods run from 

 3'j to 4'_» inches, not quite as large as those of Giant 

 Sugar. A decided admixture of gray seeds with those 

 much darker seems to characterize the Luscious varieties, 

 and separates them from the next sub-group. 



The Mammoth-pod Sugars are very similar to 

 the preceding ones; but the seeds are quite uniformly 

 dark brown or maroon, similar to but even darker than 

 French Sugar, tho smaller. 



Grej Sugar, Tall Graj Sugar, Sugar and Salad 

 Sugar are similar in the predominance of " gray " 

 seeds, that is, seeds with rather light fundamental color, 

 densely marked with very fine pin points of darker 

 shade, the self-colored brownish seeds being relatively 

 less in number. Sugar has somewhat larger pods, 

 almost as large as those in the Giant; but the others, 

 except for the seeds, are like those of the preceding three 

 groups. 



Fishamend's Sugar was described long ago in an 

 American periodical; but may never have grown in this 

 country. It is notable for its tallness, reaching 7 1 ■> feet. 

 The seeds were small, apparently much like those of the 

 Gray Sugars. The pods were large, " much curved," 

 and said to be best of all except Large Crooked Sugar. 



\\ liil<-|xxl(l<<l Siifiar bore pods like those of the 

 Giant Sugar type, but very light colored. It was 4 to 5 

 feet tall as grown in America, late, not specially pro- 

 ductive nor were the pods of as good quality as those of 

 many other varieties. 



PEAS 



Character of seed: Cream (white) -seeded, cream-seeded with 

 black eyes, green-seeded, or dark-seeded. 

 (I) Short-vincd, under 3 feet. 



(a) Short-podded, under 2?2 inches. 



(b) Pods of medium length, 2)'2 to 3 inches. 



(c) Long-podded, over 3 inches. 

 'Ill Vines of medium length, 3 to 4 feet. 

 Ill Long vines, over 4 feet. 



IV Minor characters unknown. 



CREAM i WHITE SEEDED SECTION 

 I, a- •<;..!. l.-n Vine (much taller in Station test. 1884 . 

 " K • > I > ■ I > .i . b 'Agnes wood North, poor South*, "Nelson (goodi. 

 II. a "Smiley, "White Canada Iboth very goodi, French, 

 Small French; (b) "Brown thyss Inian (early); (c) "Archer 

 i pointed pods). III. a > *W i-IIwimmI, "Amraoti, "Canada Field, 

 "Canada Yeuow Field, "Farnham, "French June June," 



Kov.ilcil" very good . "Gregory; l> 'Andes, "White Colorado 

 Colorado . "Chunart, "Multiplier, "Arthur, "Golden Mar- 

 row, "Valencias, "Victoria; [e "Canadian Beauty, "Colorado 

 Field, " 1884 Golden Drop. IV. Pearl, Suffolk i both excellent 

 split-pea varieites), Supenau, wliii<- Hundredfold. 



CREAM SEEDED, BLACK EYED SECTION 

 'II, b "Paragon. III. a "Chang; !> "Canada, "Prince; 

 c "Black-eyed Marrowfat. IV) Blaek-eyea Nos. I & 2. 



GREEN SEEDED SECTION 

 I. a ' 1884 Dwarf Blue Imperial and Dwarf Blue 

 I'm — Ian, Brunswick Green; i> Dominion [poor "Blue Urll. 



