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THE VEGETABLES OE NEW YORK 



but larger and even more wrinkled. On our soil they became \ 1 1 y 

 dark green. The variety was not quite as productive as the best 

 of the group. 



Green Pod. We have found no references to this pea, but 



l e c e iv ed seed of it from the Idaho Station in 1922, and grew it for 

 one season only. 



Plants ntnuit same in size as Little Gem. more erect; stems 

 stout, with short internodes; branches Few, basal and medial; 

 foliage less abuiul.uu than that of American Wonder, lighter green. 

 pods single, of recent or improved Gem type, borne from 7th node 

 I inches long or often shorter, shghtlv curved, with 

 blunt nds and long tips. ; very uniform, large, 



oval, much indented, of attractive light green color; seeds like 

 of Little Gem. An early niulsciison pea of only average 

 productivity. 



LARGE PODDED 

 POINTED POD SECTION 

 Marvel Refs. 1; Rural N. Y. 39:251. 1880) originated with 

 before 1873, probably as a Prolific Long-pod x Veitch 

 Perfection cross: received " First Class " from the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society: and was advertised for sale by Veitch (1) in 1878. 

 It was noticed in America in 1880. tested at this Station in 1883 and 

 and on sale in this country in 1889. 



Height. 2 to 3 feet, branched at base and above; foliage 

 ample, often wavy, rather deep bluish green, with large, slightly 

 glaucous, slightly whitened stipules; flowers imperfectly opening 

 from 10th node; pods paired, on short, strong stalks. 3 to 3 ' ■>, rarely, 

 4 inches long, nearly straight but appearing curved because of the 

 strongly arched vent rum and slight curve at tip. broad, quite plump, 

 with long-rounded ends, and rather noticeable tips: peas 8 or 9, large, 

 whitish green in color and somewhat compressed when full grown; 

 seeds light cream in color and somewhat oblong, slightly wedge- 

 shaped, flattened and well wrinkled. Yields very good, ready in 

 late midscason. maturing quite promptly. 



Green Prolific Ref. 2 ' was sent to this Station for testing in 

 1885 by Bennett but was not reported in the year's pea trials. 



Habit stocky, only ' _, foot tall; foliage fine, deep green, slightly 

 whitened; pods paired, medium green, 3 to 3 ' i inches long, broad, 

 decidedly curved, with long-rounded ends; peas 6 to 8, rather small, 

 pale green, slightly oblong, somewhat compressed. 



Daniels Matchless Marrow, and Sutton Matchless 



Marrowfat) or Matchle — . Refs. 3-5. Much confusion exists 

 between the many " Matchless " peas, of which some have already 

 been described; but those named above were considered as one by the 

 Royal Horticultural Society in 1905. Sutton dropped Marrowfat 

 from the name in 1912. So far as known Matchless Marrow or 

 Marrowfat has been grown in America only in tests at the University 

 of British Columbia, at this Station and by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. The variety originated about 1887 as a Ne 

 Plus Ultra x Veitch Perfection cross. It is a second midseason or 

 main-crop variety. Rather tall for this group but would be shorter 

 in most American conditions. 



Height 6 feet to 3 feet, in different tests; foliage scanty, pale 

 green, much whitened, 4 ' ■> to 5 inches long: pods mostly paired from 

 about 14th node, broad, often inflated, straight, pointed at the 

 ends, dark green with some bloom; peas 7 to 8, large, dark green; 

 seeds of medium size, more or less compressed, well wrinkled and 

 faintly bluish or greenish cream in color. The crops were good. 



Sutton Perfection Refs. 11 ; Rice Cat. 1918,1 originated with 

 Culverwell sometime previous to 1890 when introduced. It did 

 not reach America until 1918. 



In our tests it was a little taller than Dwarf Telephone but 

 with stouter stems holding it more erect, less often branched, with 

 larger leaflets and round-tipped stipules, clasping the stems more 

 deeply: with less prominent tendrils; flowers from 14th node; pods 

 usually longer, 3 i to 4', inches: sometimes shorter, broader, less 

 plump, more wrinkled at harvesting, rather better colored, very 

 slightly curved, not as well filled, less rounded at the ends, and 

 without noticeable tips; seeds quite uniformly yellowish light green 

 in color, rather than mixed cream and green, larger and more 

 wrinkled than those of Dwarf Telephone. The two varieties matured 

 at the same time, late midscason, and crops of both were only fair. 



Bentpayer. Refs. 12; Galloway Bros. Cat. 1913. This 

 Rentpayer. entirely distinct from Rent Payer, was introduced by 

 H. Brownhill, Sale, Eng.. about 1895; and was said to be a Duke of 

 Albany x Little Gem cross, with pods and peas like the former and 

 plants of the same size as those of Little Gem. As grown here, from 



Melbourne Market. Seed of this pea came to us from the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture plats at McMillan, Mich., and it 

 was grown here in 1926. It is very similar to some older peas of 

 the Gem group, but apparently differs from each in one or more 

 characteristics. 



Height about 1 ' _> feet, erect or slightly drooping; stem moder- 

 ately stout, short -jointed, unbranched, foliage- medium to abundant, 

 dark to medium green in color, with bluish tint, whitened especially 

 on the stipules, and with noticeable white veins, the 4 or 6 leaflets 

 small and long, and the slightly larger stipules are sharp-tipped; 

 flowers above 9th node, bringing the pods at the top of stems, 

 on short, stocky stalks, very even, 2 ' _. to 2 ■' , inches long, narrow, 

 plump, straight, rounded to blunt at the end, and well filled; peas 



4 to 7, moderately large, round, light green, of good to very good 

 quality. It was a second early pea, and very productive. 



DWARF GROUP 



English seed, the variety corresponded very closely to this descrip- 

 tion, expecially when pods grown at McMillan, Mich., were 

 substituted for those produced under rather poor conditions at the 

 Station. 



Height, 1> 2 feet; pods (McMillan) 4', to 4' 2 inches long, 

 broad, oval in cross section, considerably curved, pointed to long, 

 rounded at the ends, with short but distinct tip, deep green in color, 

 well tilled; peas 7 to 9, very large, indented, oval to oblong, medium 

 green in color and of very good quality; seeds very large, mingled 

 cream and green, but only moderately wrinkled. Crops, fair to good 

 and ready in late midseason. 



Productive Marrowfat Refs. 13; S. Dak. Sta. Bui. HTy.5. 

 1904) was listed by Sutton in 1896, and was brought to America for 

 testing in 1903. It was grown in our tests from British Columbia 

 seed; but full data were not secured, owing to poor stand. The 

 description is partly compiled. 



True dwarf, seldom over 2 feet; foliage dark green; pods 

 medium green, 3 '■ , to 4 : ' g inches long, straight, broad, long-rounded 

 at the end and without distinct tips, smooth, and not well filled; 

 peas, 4 to 7, large, smooth, round, irregularly oblong, almost dark 

 green in color, of very good quality; seeds well wrinkled, light green, 

 medium to large in size; crop matured in late midseason; elsewhere 

 good or better than good. 



Sutton Forcing Refs. 14; S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 91:5. 1904) 

 came from a Culverwell cross between Royal Jubilee and American 

 Wonder, introduced in 1896. 



As early as American Wonder, even more dwarf; with pods 

 almost as large as those of Gradus, and similar in shape. Only 

 3 to 6 pods were produced on a plant, and the pods contained only 



5 or 6 good peas. 



Electric Refs. 49, 50), not Electric Extra Early, was listed 

 by the Harnden Seed Co., Kansas City, Mo., in 1913, and probably 

 originated with them. It is still listed in the mid-west, but appar- 

 ently never extensively grown. 



As tried here, dwarf 1 to 1 ' i feet , with unbranched, stout 

 to medium, erect stem; foliage abundant, dark green but whitened 

 and glaucous, appearing lighter, similar to that of Peter Pan; flowers 

 begin at the 7th node; pods single, on short, thick stalks, similar in 

 shape to those of Peter Pan, being slightly curved, poorer in color, 

 average half an inch less in length, rather less pointed, better filled; 

 peas also light in color; seeds much like those of Laxtonian and 

 Blue Bantam but rather more uniformly light green, over cream, 

 making a rather distinctive coloration. Electric is very early for 

 the group, tho hardly a first early; and gives good to very good crops. 



Little Midget Refs. 51, 52) originated in 1913, with Condon 

 as a Gradus x Sutton Excelsior cross; apparently listed only by this 

 firm. 



In plant exceedingly like Blue Bantam, but with less bloom 

 and with broader leaflets; flowers rather lower on the stem. 6th node, 

 and flower and pod stalks slightly less stocky; pods fully half an 

 inch shorter, light in color, and less well filled because of abortive 

 ovules; peas rather light colored; seeds very like those of Electric, 

 with even more light green or bluish green shading of the few cream 

 colored ones. Because of poor filling of the pods and general 

 conditions the crops of Little Midget were only poor to fair, tho as 

 early as Electric. 



Early hut <.imm1 (Ref. 55) was introduced in 1916 but not 

 originated by Elliott (2). 



Very similar to Peter Pan. about the same in height, having 

 dark luxuriant foliage, broad, curved, pointed pods 3j/£ to 4 inches 

 long, medium green in color, and ready in early midseason. Quality 

 rather than productivity was stressed. 



