INDEX 



varieties, 66; minor 



major varieties, 39; 



Acacia, variant type, 14 



Advancer group, characteristics, 66; major 



varieties, 104 

 Alaska group, characteristics, 38; history, 38 



minor varieties, 89 

 Allan. John H., pea breeder, 9 

 America, peas in, 8 

 American pea breeders, 9 

 American varieties of peas. 9 



Arachis hypogaea, common names. 10; relation to pea, 10 

 Arnold, Charles, pea breeder, 9 

 Ax-vetch, habitat and uses, 13; relation to pea, 12; synonyms, 



12 



Garden pea, systematic notes, 18 



Gem peas, characteristics, 57; major varieties, 57; minor varieties, 98 



Gerarde. classification of peas by, 6 



Goss, John, work with peas, 8 



Greeks, pea known to, 3 



H 



History of Extra Early group of peas, 22 

 History of garden pea, 3 

 Horsford, F. H., pea breeder, 9 

 Hurst & Co., work in pea breeding, 8 



11; relation to pea, 11; syno- 



69: major varieties, 

 10 



Botany of peas, 10 



Broad bean, description, 1 1 : history, 



nyms, 11 

 Brotherton, Wilbur, pea breeder, 9 

 Buist, Robert, pea breeder, 9 

 Burpee, W. Atlee, pea breeder, 9 



Carter 8b Co., work in pea breeding, 8 

 Champion of England group, characteristics 



69; minor varieties, 106 

 Chick pea. relation to garden pea, 10: synonyms 

 China, occurrence of peas in, 5 

 Cicer arietinum, races and varieties. 10, 11 

 Cicer, history and description, 11; relation to pea, 10 

 Cleveland, A. B., pea breeder, 9 

 Columella, pea known to, 5 

 Culverwell, William, work with peas, 8 



Descriptions of varieties (see Varieties described; names arranged 



alphabetically 

 De Candolle, notes on history of peas, 4 

 Delwiche, E. J., pea breeder, 9 

 Dimpled-seeded group, characteristics, 43; major varieties, 44; minor 



varieties, 91 



Eckford, Henry, work with peas, 8 



Edible-podded group, characteristics, 78; classified varieties, 79 

 Egypt, uncertain habitat of pea, 4 

 England, history of peas in, 6 

 Evelyn, John, classification of peas by, 6 



Extra Early group, characteristics, 22; description of varieties, 22; 

 history, 22; major varieties, 21; minor varieties, 83 



Ferry, D. M., pea breeder, 9 



Field pea, systematic notes on, 17 



Field peas, varieties listed and grouped, 82, 83: Agnes, Albany, 

 Amraoti, Andes, Archer, Arthur, Austrian Winter, Ball, Ban- 

 galia, Black English, Black-eyed Marrowfat, Black Eyes, Nos. 

 1 and 2, Bluebell, Blue Canadian. Blue Imperial, Blue Prussian, 

 Brown Abyssinian, Brunswick Green, Canada, Canada Field, 

 Canada Yellow Field, Canadian Beauty, Carlton, Cavalier, 

 Chang, Clamart, Colorado, Colorado Field, Common Blue, 

 Common Gray, Cossack, Delano, Dominion, Dwarf Blue 

 Imperial, Dwarf Blue Prussian. Dwarf Green Albany, Early 

 Blue, Early Britain, Early Crown, Early Heavy Cropper. 

 Early Nimble Hog Pea, English Brown, Farnham, Fraile, 

 French, French Gray, French June, Golden Marrow, Golden 

 Drop, Golden Vine, Gray Hastings, Gray Rouncival, Gray 

 Warwick, Gray Winter, Green, Green Canada, Green Scotch- 

 man, Gregory, Hubert, Husbands, June, Kaiser, Kovaleff, 

 Killamey, Kobilya, Large Gray, Late Gray, McAdoo, Maple, 

 Maple Partridge Brittany, Meyer, Multiplier, Mummy, Negro, 

 Nelson, Nero, Openshaw, Paragon, Pearl, Partridge, Pelushchka, 

 Prince, Puslike, Russian Blue, Scotch, Scotch Beauty, Scotch 

 Blue, Scotch Gray, Small French, Smiley, Solo, Speckled, 

 Suffolk, Supenau, Tall Capucine, Tall Gray, Valencias, Victoria, 

 Vida, Wellwood, White Canada, White Colorado, White 

 Hundredfold, Winter, World Prize 



Flower of pea, description, 15 



India, uncertain habitat of pea, 4 



K 



Keeney, N. B., pea breeder, 9 



Knight, Thomas Andrew, work in crossing peas, 7, 8 



Landreth, David, pea breeder, 9 



Large Podded Dwarf group, characteristics, 60; major varieties, 61; 



minor varieties, 100 

 Lathy rus, minor species of, 13; relation to pea, 12 

 Lathyrus sativus, synonyms, 12 

 Laxton. Thomas, work with peas, 8 



Lens esculenta, synonyms of, 12; varieties of, 12; relation to pea, 12 

 Lentil, history of, 12; relation to pea, 12 

 Lotus edulis, relation to pea. 10 

 Lotus tetragonolobus. relation to pea, 10 



M 



McLean, Dr., work with peas, 8 



Marrowfat group, characteristics of, 34: history of, 35; major 

 varieties of, 35; minor varieties of, 87 



N 



Names of varieties (see Varieties described I 



Ne Plus Ultra group, characteristics, 70; major varieties, 70; minor 



varieties, 107 

 Nott, Richard, pea breeder, 9 



o 



Origin of Pisum sativum. 4 



Parkinson, classification of peas by, 7 



Pea, American varieties of, 9; chick, 10; development of fruit, 16; 

 flowers of, 15; germination of, 14; perennial, physiological and 

 anatomical differences from annual peas, 14; plant, physiology 

 and anatomy of, 14; tendrilless, see Acacia, 14; varieties, 

 advance in number, 9; varieties, descriptive terms used, 19; 

 varieties, groups of, 20 



Peanut, relation to pea, 10: synonyms of, 10 



Peas, allies, botany of, 10: American breeders and improvers, 9; 

 black-eyed, history of, 7; botany of, 10; classification as tall 

 and dwarf, 7; description of major varieties, 22; description of 

 minor varieties, 83; description of varieties, 19; dimpled, 

 development of, 7; early names of, 5; edible podded, general 

 characters, 3; Extra Early group, description of varieties, 22; 

 edible podded, early use of, 6; field, general characters, 3: field, 

 systematic notes on, 17; garden, general characters, 3; garden, 

 history of, 3; garden, systematic notes on, 18; green, early use 

 of, 6; in America, 8; in Stone Age, 4; overlapping of characters, 

 4; shelling, general characters, 3; varietal descriptions, general 

 notes, 19; wrinkled, history of, 7; wrinkled, varieties originated 

 by Knight, 7 



Pickering, notes on history of peas, 4 



Pisum formosum, comparison with Pisum sativum, 14 



Pisum sativum, botanical description of, 16; comparison with P. 

 formosum, 14; minor varieties of, 14; place of origin, 4; rela- 

 tion to cultivated peas, 13; subsp. arvense, systematic notes 

 on, 17: subsp. arvense, varieties of, 17; subsp. hortense, 

 systematic notes on, 18; subsp. hortense, varieties of, 18; 

 sub-species of, 13, 16. 



Pisum, systematic botany of, 13 



Pliny, pea known to, 5 



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