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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



1,,-t .iii.I Earliest. Rcfs. 44: Rural New Yorker 11:756. 

 1885. Tl: bsbly the variety in the small packets of the 



pea later known as Alaska, some of which were sold in Europe 

 rvcland. at the rate of >4-' per bushel. As tested in England 

 .s found I truer than Laxton Earliest of All, and a 



but apparently attracted no attenl 

 1 in America unless as Alaska. 

 I M K.ts Wood, Stubbs C.it 1902; Vita 



Gard. 506 1920 This greenish seeded E\; 

 is apparently American, as it was first me n t i one d in a test lure in 



as Bliss' N ' may have differed from Laxton Earliest 



in longer seuv^n, some pods rather small, and slightly larger 



seeds. It did ivx.rly from seed sent here in l u 2-> from British 



ibia. and this Express was not found in current catalogs, so 



:i was secured. The second reference says it 



is among the first to mature and has long, straight pods, ripening 



rmly and well filled with peas of good quality. The French 



reference notes its resemblance to Prince Albert, with deep green 



seeds [1 - ■pot ently only another Alaska. 



M.uil. Earliest of VII. Refs. 50. Maule Cat. 1894. This 

 pea was advertised as a very fine strain of extra early peas, very 

 regular in growth and a good yiclder. It was tested at this Station 

 in 1886 but the time of introduction is unknown. As grown here it 

 was found " similar to Philadelphia Extra Early," overlooking the 

 green color of the seeds sown. " but with stems frequently branched 

 medially and with very long pod-stalks." The introducer calls it 

 " an improved strain of Alaska," which could hardly have been 

 true of the seeds tested here, since Alaska itself was then just 

 introduced. 



It may have been Laxton's Earliest of All. 



Earliest Bine Ref. 51 was offered by Sutton in 1886, as the 

 earliest of its class and very productive. The medium sized, blunt- 

 ended pods and greenish blue seeds prove it of Alaska type; and the 

 new strain of it, introduced by Sutton in 1915, and grown here in 

 1924. is a short-stemmed, short- and broad-podded, large-seeded 

 Alaska pea. yielding well. Seed of it has been substituted for that 

 of Alaska without creating comment. It is possibly a day or two 

 later in season and crops longer. 



» Upper. Ref. 52; N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 6:331. 1888. Rawson 

 introduced Clipper, probably in 1886. Trials proved it identical 

 with Alaska or unlike only by " infinitesimal differences." Syden- 

 ham's " The Clipper " is a wrinkled pea. 



\. I.. on ■•• Ref. 53 , received here in 1887 from the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, was found identical with Alaska. 



Hlii, Beauty. Refs. 54; Kans. Sta. Rpt. 2:157; Daniels 

 • 1892. Blue Beauty is probably an English pea, tho cataloged 

 at about the same time, 1888, by Daniels Bros., and by Henderson. 

 Most of the early records are American. 



As grown at this Station in 1888, it resembled Tom Thumb in 

 habit and size of plants and Alaska in shape and size of pods and 

 color of peas. Other records say its vines were shorter than those 

 of Alaska, with bluish green foliage, and that it was two or three 

 days later than Alaska, and very productive. 



Mill, tli Pride Refs. 55, 56 . introduced by Ferry about 

 1888. was tested at the Indiana and Kansas Stations and found 

 similar to Earliest of All, but more dwarf, two or three days later, 

 and with smaller pods. It soon disappeared. 



Sitka. Refs. 57; Landreth Cat. 1892. Sitka was grown with 

 Alaska at the Kansas Station in 1889 and appeared very similar, 

 tho identity of the two was not stated, and the next year the pods 

 were held shorter and slightly curved, and crop later. The Land- 

 reth seed firm pronounced them the same. 



Electors) Ref B was introduced by Dreer in 1898, as a green- 

 seeded pea of the Alaska type, earlier and bearing longer pods. 



As gri.wn in 'rsts here in 1922 and 1924 it is a good, uniform 

 Alaska-type pea with rather small seeds, not earlier nor with longer 

 pods, but these are possibly a little better in color. 



• Ik r R-f 59 was put out in 1900, with rather exorbitant 

 claims for earliness. by Salzer. 



-sted here in 1922. 1923. and 1924. it differed from Alaska 

 in no marked way. tho it was a little taller, its foliage rather more 

 glaucous, and its stipules larger. It was no earlier. 



Rapid I .«• Rapide . Refs. 60; Denaiffe L. P P 1906; Simon- 

 Louis Frcres Or. 1922 ii. Seeds of this pea are considerably 

 pitted. It was introduced about 1900, probably by Simon-Louis 

 Freres, Bruycres-lc-Chatel, France. 



Except foi slightly smaller size of plants and pods and rather 

 scanty and lighter foliage, it is a typical member of the Alaska group, 

 most resembling Extra Early Nonpareil. The greenish (lowers 

 indicate descent, in a rather more direct line than Alaska's, from 

 Blue Prussian. 



Largo-podded Uaska. Refs. 61, 62; South Dakota Sta. 

 Bui. 91:7. 1905. Large-podded Alaska originated in Ontario, 

 Canada, and was introduced into the United States by Johnson Ss 

 Stokes in 1903. 



As tested in South Dakota in 1904 and as grown here in 

 recent years it is essentially true to its name, altho 3 or 4 days 

 later than Alaska and picking longer. The pod is fully a half-inch 

 longer than that of Alaska, less plump, rounded or pointed at the 

 end ratlur than blunt or square, the tip much smaller and the peas 

 about the same but possibly of better quality. It is apparently a 

 better market gardeners' pea than Alaska, later, but grown more in 

 the South than in the North. 



Long-podded Alaska, apparently first listed by Meyer in 1913, 

 as grown from two sources is more like the above variety than like 

 Long-pod Alaska, but pods are slightly curved at the tip. 



Saginaw Vallej Pride. Ref. 63. The catalog claims 

 " Earliest pea in America today; ripe in 35 days." This claim and 

 the smooth, blue peas indicate an Earliest of All strain. 



Velocity Refs. 65; Maule Cat. 1910 is recorded as grown 

 near Witham, England, and probably was introduced by Cooper- 

 Taber. From several American descriptions dated very soon after 

 its origination, and from its growth here, both in garden tests and as 

 a canning pea, it is a typical but rather dwarf and short-podded 

 Alaska, with pods less well filled and consequently more pointed, 

 and rather smaller peas. 



Tho called very early, it proved rather later than Alaska in 

 the field, and was ready at the same time in the garden. 



Both Sutton and Hurst have recently announced improved 

 strains of Velocity. 



Lone Pod Uaska. Refs. 66; Tait Cat. 1918. As listed 

 in 1910 by J. Bolgiano this variety was " similar to Extra Early 

 Alaska; but having pods almost twice as long." As grown here 

 for two seasons, not however from seed supplied by the introducer, 

 it proved to be Alaska, the pods being only slightly, if any, longer 

 than typical ones of the common variety. 



Other seedsmen give this name as a synonym of Claudit and 

 Ameer of which the seeds are larger and dimpled. 



Concordia Ref. 67 1, listed and apparently originated by 

 Allan, did not establish itself and was dropped in 1915. 



It was like Alaska in habit, pods and peas; but two weeks later; 

 and the abundant pods were at the top of the plants, in these points 

 resembling Horal. 



Goodwin Prizewinner iRef. 68 1 was listed in 1915 by the 

 Champaign Seed Co., Champaign, 111., and described as 1)2 feet 

 tall, a little later than Alaska, productive and with light green 

 seeds. 



'* The Hustlers *' iRef. 69l originated with J. Bolgiano and 

 was introduced in 1910. It is said to be a cross between Extra 

 Early Alaska and Long-podded Alaska and to combine the earliness 

 of one parent with the long pod of the other. 



It was grown for three years in our recent tests and found to 

 be essentially a tall-vined Alaska, its pods somewhat resembling 

 those of Long-podded Alaska in pointed, small-tipped ends but not 

 equalling them in size. It was not as early as the better strains of 

 Alaska, and not better in yield. 



Indianapolis Market Ref. 71 1, as listed by Tinsley in 191 1, 

 was about 2' 2 feet high and like Alaska in general habit, but about 

 a week later in maturing and with larger and broader pods, and 

 round, light green seeds, " wrinkled." This latter, with the size 

 of the pods, may make the variety more like Ameer than Alaska. 



McLean Kir»t of Ml Ref. 72 came from England, so is not 

 Henderson First of All; but probably a very productive pea of the 

 Alaska type. It is said to bear sometimes 150 pods to the plant. 



<.ianl l.\|>r. Refs. 73; Leonard Car. 1913. Giant 



Express, blue-seeded, and Giant Lightning, cream-seeded, were 



