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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



As grown here from French seed, it differed only a littli 

 the older variety, altho the seeds were more definitely green 1 

 r-vined, nor were th 

 im the Fil mis hard to keep true to type. 



Imperial Blue. Reft 20, 21, in Alaska Group, and 94 in 



this group. Imperial Dwarf Blue is mentioned in connection with 



Blue Imperial: but seeds of the former variety from the Idaho 



■\ were very different from those of Blur Imperial. In our 



: rial, from the - . . corresponds much in n 



ia of Green Prussian, and Imperial Blue to the 



Blue Imperial, which is generally Hud to have large. 



The name Imperial Blue appeared in 



Amn . 1864 as that of a Canadian field pea. and the \ 



ck feeding. It has greenish Bowers, indi 

 descent from Blue Prussian. 

 Plan- rial Blue arc of typical dimpled pea type: stems 



-rt. unbranche.l. foliage abundant, d.irk green, with 

 ts in t>s. rather than in 4s. large and whitened and the stipules 

 pain, begin high on the stem. 19th node, on 

 . i v. Pilot and Leader type: peas few. 

 averaging 4. an 1 large, broadly oval or oblong, flattened, and of 

 medium green color; seeds above medium in size, oblong in shape. 

 vith large shallow pits, or dimples, and light, 

 bluish green in color. The crop was very late and the pods ripened 

 . .vim; a very good yield. Tho not tested, the peas should 

 be of fair quality. 



M ij Queen Kef. 103 . first listed by Moore & Simon about 

 1901. veil enough described to identify it. It is possible 



that this is Sutton May Queen, placed in the Gem group. 



As grown here it is undistinguishable from Claudit in the field, 

 except that it flowers I >wer on the stem. 8th instead of 12th node, 

 has very slightly longer pods, and fewer peas, making these somewhat 

 larger. The seeds vary a little more in color and are perhaps more 

 wrinkled. Season and crop production appear the same. 



Dwarf Green Wrinkled Marrow. Ref. 104. This exceed- 

 ingly dwarf dimpled pea has been listed by Griffith & Turner since 

 about 1901. 



As grown here: Less than 1 foot tall: stem stout, sparingly 

 branched at the base: foliage abundant, dark green, with large 

 leaflets, slightly whitened, often only in pairs, and somewhat larger, 

 considerably whitened stipules with sharp tips and very fine sharp 

 teeth almost from base to tip; flowers single, on short, thick stalks, 



-■th node: pods usually more than 3 inches long, rather broad, 



-ately plump, slightly curved and ending in long points without 

 distinct tips; peas 5 or 6. very large, oval to oblong, dark green; 

 seeds of average sire, oval or oblong, indented and somewhat broadly 

 pitted or dimpled, occasionally wrinkled, cream and light grayish 

 green in color. Pods are ready in early midseason; but the crop 

 is only fair. 



-Miiiri-i- Blue Ref. 114 was sent to France by Carter and 

 may have come to America; but has never been widely grown, even 

 in England. It is quite dwarf, with rather short, straight pods, and 

 distinctly dimpled seeds. It is called early but probably only 

 because it can be sown early: since it required 120 days to mature. 



W lerful K\ir.i Earl) Ref. US . later Wonderful, was 



introduced to a few growers in 1906 and regularly in 1908 by Schultz. 

 is described as a dimpled pea like Pride of the Market, 

 with slightly curved pods having rounded tips. 



As grown here it was decidedly early, rather tall, and branched; 

 bore its cream-colored flowers high 12th node and above) singly 

 and in pairs, on long stalks: and produced long 2 ( 4 to 3' , inches 

 nearly straight, blunt to square-ended pods, with very small tips. 

 The peas 5 to 8 in a pod were of medium size, round and whitish 

 greer, md the medium sized seeds were sometimes distinctly 



dimpled and colored as noted above. 



It may be the same as Schell's Wonderful, described elsewhere 



■ . but seeds are smaller, hardly as much dimpled nor as green. 



Grand Monarch. Refs. 116: letter from Forbes. This pea, 

 sent out as new by Noll about 1907 and carried by this firm and 

 .ccesaor for many years, was discontinued because considered 

 idcrr sex I • is still listed by at least one other American 



seedsman and was grown here for two years before its similarity to 

 Acquisition and Ameer was noted. 



V . .111:11. ml Refs. 122: Rice Caf. 1922 , " a blue-seeded Pilot," 

 was offered in 1910 by Sharpe. In 1922 seed of it was received 

 her-- • ,s also cataloged about the same time by a 



seedsman. 



It is of medium height, rather early and a fairly productive 

 variety with long, but rather poorly filled pods medium green peas 

 and distinctly wrinkled, gray green seeds. 



Another Vanguard will be found among Wrinkled, Cream- 

 at e ded peas. 



Twentieth Centur) Giant. Ref 123. Tinsley listed this 



novelty" in 1911, originated "by most careful expert work of 



•11 for a number of years." It was of the Ameer or Claudit 



type, nearly a week later than Alaska, with long, round-ended pods, 



broadest one third of the way from the tip. 



Earl} Marvel Reft. 126> was announced in 1913 by Weeber 

 as a " valuable introduction, first and best of all round-seeded varie- 

 ties." and said to have pods of Gradus type, often paired, and with 

 deep green peas. The seeds wt re pi ibably dimpled. 



Eldorado Ref. 1271 is a dwarf, dimpled -seeded pea with 

 large, dark-green, pointed pods, like those of Pilot but with green 

 seeds. It originated with Sharpe about 1913, and reached America 

 about six years later. It was discarded by at least two seedsmen 

 about 1923 as inferior to Acquisition and other peas of its type 



Was grown lure in 1926 from seed raised at McMillan. Mich . 

 less than a foot tall, with widely varying pods, often short, but broad, 

 long rounded at the ends, with 4 to 6 large peas. 



Despatch Refs. 135, 136 1 was offered by Burpee in 1917. 



It is perhaps more a pitted than a dimpled -seeded variety, 

 but the large, straight, pointed to long-rounded pods and large 

 size of peas and seeds and the deep pitting and slight dimpling of 

 the latter remove it from the Alaska group. As grown here it was 

 about 2 feet tall, with rather light-colored foliage, single-podded 

 from about 6th to 8th node, almost as early as Alaska in season, 

 but not specially productive. 



Councillor Ref. 142 was announced as new in Kelway's 

 1922 catalog, but must have originated earlier, as seed of it was 

 received here in that year from the Idaho Station. 



It was dwarf, with compact, bushy plants having a somewhat 

 peculiar appearance due to the closely set leaflets in 6s, and the 

 prominent tendrils; pods usually paired, not large, 2's to 3 ' 4 inches, 

 neither specially broad nor specially plump, very slightly curved, 

 with long-rounded, tipless ends; peas 6 to 10, medium sized, indented, 

 sometimes almost short-cylindrical, of medium color: seeds small, 

 168 to the ounce, short -cylindrical in shape, indented, and slightly 

 dimpled, greenish cream and light cream in color. The pods 

 matured in midseason, but the crops were not specially good. 



Tiptop. Ref. 143. This was listed in 1922 by Kelway, 

 but as tried at Wisley in 1925, it was credited to Cullen. It was 

 given an Award of Merit. Seed of it came to us from the Idaho 

 Station. Satisfactory descriptions of the plants and pods were not 

 secured, but pods were ready in 52 and 57 days respectively, from 

 moderately late and moderately early seedings. In U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture tests in 1928 it was the earliest pea noted. 



As studied and described at McMillan, Mich., in 1925. 

 in U. S. Department of Agriculture plats: Height 2 to 2'.j feet, 

 slender-stemmed; foliage sparse, light-green, of small, broadly 

 oblong, slightly whitened or yellowed leaflets in 4s, and slightly 

 larger, much whitened stipules; flowers above 9th node; pods single, 

 3 inches long, on medium long, slender but rigid stalks, fairly 

 broad, straight, with very long rounded ends, the dorsum having a 

 distinct long notch near the tip; peas 6, crowded; seeds almost 

 round, smooth to semi-smooth, with a few deep pits, and light green 

 in color. Very early, but crop data not secured. 



Welcome Ref. 146 1 was developed by Hurst for Continental 

 trade, where the smoother peas arc in demand; but this variety and 

 Ajax, grown for the same purpose, attracted so much attention in the 

 trial grounds because of their large crops that both were included in 

 the English edition of the Hurst catalog of 1923. Welcome was 

 called an early William the Conqueror, the latter being an improved 

 William the First. 



As grown at this Station, it was 2' 4 to 2'^ feet tall (half 

 its height in England ; pods only 2'| to 3 inches long, narrow but 

 plump, slightly curved, with pointed to slightly rounded ends, 

 dark green, well filled; peas 5 7. rather large, indented or almost 

 square, oval, very well colored; seeds light green, of almost the 

 same shape as the peas, but much smaller, heavily pitted or almost 

 wrinkled. Very early for a dimpled pea; very productive. 



Mammoth Kvira Early (Ref. 147 1. entirely distinct from 

 Mammoth-podded Extra Early, was cataloged in 1922, perhaps 

 earlier, by Alneer. 



