DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



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John Hull Ref. 31 1 was sent by Carter to the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society for testing in 1922 and found " very similar to 

 Senator," but later. It is not the John Bull of Laxton, described 

 in the Stratagem group. 



Chieftain (Ref. 32 ) was first listed by De Georgi Bros, in 

 1894, and is apparently their own. 



Seeds of Chieftain are considerably larger than those of 

 Senator, hardly well wrinkled, mixed cream and light green; plants 

 like those of Senator, but more dwarf, 1 ;i i to 2 '4 feet, noticeably 

 glaucous on both stem and foliage; pods begin at 15th node, single, 

 on short, thick stalks, vary in length, 3-' s to 4 :, 4 inches, considerably 

 broader but plump, as much curved and as well filled as Senator's; 

 peas often 9, medium sized, irregular, sometimes almost disk-shaped, 

 light green to medium green. Season is about that of Senator, 

 yield good to very good. Tho not tested, the peas are probably 

 inferior to the best wrinkled peas in quality. 



('.aimers' Champion was received from the Gallatin Valley 

 Seed Co., Bozeman, Mont., and grown here in 1926 only. It is a 

 canning pea, of Senator type. 



Foliage much more glaucous, medium green, leaflets notice- 

 ably serrate; pods single or occasionally paired, somewhat broader, 

 less curved, very short rounded or blunt at the ends; peas 5 to 9 

 (average 7), medium to large, oval, indented, poorly colored, of 

 good table quality. It is a late midseason variety and our one •crop 

 of it was not better than " good." 



Charlton Victory is an exhibition type pea, introduced re- 

 cently (year unknown), by Charlton, and grown at McMillan, Mich., 

 by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and at this Station. 



It is stouter-stemmed than Senator, flowers greenish white 

 beginning at about the 12th node, often paired, as are the very long 

 (4'^ to 4 3 4 inches), Senator-like pods, with 7 very large, dark green 

 peas of very high quality. It ripened with Senator and gave a very 

 good, crop over a rather long season. 



UNDESCRIBED VARIETIES 



Names of many peas have been found in American catalogs, 

 periodicals, and Station reports or bulletins, without sufficient 

 data to classify the varieties. These names are given below, but 

 lack of space makes it advisable to omit both references and scanty 

 data given. Such information as we have will be filed for future 

 reference and will be gladly supplied to any one interested. 



Poorly described varieties of peas. American Racer, 

 Bennett Green Prolific, Branching Prolific, Carsten Prolific Dwarf, 

 Crosby Hybrid, Dainty, Dew Drop, Early Cluster, Early Queen, 

 Early Woodside, Erfurt Early Dwarf Green Marrow, Erfurt Earliest 

 May, Free Trade, Glory of England, Geo. Clelland, Keen Early 

 Seedling, King of the Market, Liliputian, Magdeburg Gold, Mam- 

 moth Beauty, Neapolitan, New York Mammoth Sweet Marrow, 

 Perpetual Early Prize. Plymouth Rock, Pole, Pride of Georgia, 

 Prize Early, Puget Sound, Puritan, Ratekin New Wonder. Read 

 Favorite, Remarkable, Royal Bengal Mammoth Prolific Wonder, 

 Second Early, Second Early Market Garden, Shilling Queen, 

 Standard Early, Standard Late, Standard Midseason, Strasburg, 

 Strategy, Trant Evergreen, Vermont, Vick Nos. 1, 2, 3, Vilmorin 

 Blue Wrinkled, Vilmorin Marrow, Warriston Wonder, White Bruns- 

 wick, White Rose, Wife's Pin Money, Woodruff Wonder. 



The following varieties, not otherwise known to us, were listed, 

 without description or mention of source where previously noted, 

 in Bailey's Annals of Horticulture for 1889, pages 123 to 125: Allen 

 Superb, Blue Gem, Blue Mohawk, Early French, Early Magog, 

 Golden Gem, Huntington Mammoth, New Dominion (may be 

 Dominion, a field pea) and Wonder Gem. 



In Bulletin No. 21 (pages 272-293) of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, issued in 

 1903, are recorded the varieties (or names) of peas listed in the 

 catalogs of American seedsmen for 1901 and 1902. Of the following 



garden peas there given, we have been unable to obtain further his- 

 tory or description: Abbott of Bardney, Abbott of Reading, Allan 

 Number One, Canners' Favorite, Carter Elephant, Cleveland Mar- 

 ket, Early Norther, Early of Earlies, Early Wrinkle, Encore, Extra 

 Early Deposit (probably Despot), Fame, Hawkins Market Garden 

 (probably Horsford Market Garden), Hero, Inexhaustible, Island 

 Prolific, Keith First on Market, Lilly-Bogardus Thoroughbred, 

 Little Giant, Market Gardeners' Favorite, Niles, Northern Leader, 

 Northern Queen, Pride of Denver, Pride of the Garden, Second 

 Crop. Southern Queen, Tuxedo, White Champion, and Wisbeck 

 Wonder. 



Many peas unknown to the authors have been grown on the 

 United States Department of Agriculture plats at McMillan, 

 Mich., of which some varieties, selected from a complete list of 

 all grown there in 1925, may soon become of interest to American 

 growers. This list was furnished by Dr. D. N. Shoemaker of the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. The varieties here noted are mainly recent introduc- 

 tions of English and other European seedsmen or for other reasons 

 are likely soon to be brought to America for further testing or com- 

 mercial growing: Bedford Star and Bedford Wonder, Boquet, The 

 Breck, Chancelot, Cheltonian, Clibran Abundant, Clibran Hale 

 Perfection, Dwarf Blue Caper, Early Bank Balance, Finchley Wonder, 

 Forerunner, Green Feast, Kinver Gem, Prelude, Primavera, and 

 Saxa. About 50 additional varieties, similar to those just given in 

 history and possible future prospects, were included in the Depart- 

 ment tests at Arlington Farms in 1928. Hundreds of other varieties, 

 mainly from foreign sources, are mentioned in Dr. Shoemaker's lists, 

 but these have been secured and grown mainly for historical, sys- 

 tematic or comparison purposes, rather than with any idea that the 

 varieties would be added to our already too extensive list of peas. 



