Chap IX. 



PEAS. 



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when dry, instead of pale brown, and that of the purple-podded 

 pea being expressed by its name ; — in smoothness, that of Danecroft 

 being remarkably glossy, whereas that of the Ne 'plus ultra is 

 rugged ; in being either nearly cylindrical, or broad and flat ; — 

 in being pointed at the end, as in Thurston s Reliance, or much 

 truncated, as in the American Dwarf. In the Auvergne pea the 

 whole end of the pod is bowed upwards. In the Queen of the JDioarfs 

 and in Scimitar peas the pod is almost elliptic in shape. I here 

 give drawings of the four most distinct pods produced by the 

 plants cultivated by me. 



a b c 



Fi<r. 41.— Pods ana Peas. I. Queen of Dwarfs. II. American Dwarf. III. Thurston's 

 Reliance.— IV Pois Geant sans parcuemin. a. Dan OTtourke Pea. b. Queen of Dvvarii 

 Pea. c. Knight's Tall White Alarr.jw. d. Lewis's JNe^ro Pea. 



