SHELLING PEAS 



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In culture and productiveness it is strikingly like the three 

 preceding varieties ; but owing to the peculiarity of colour above- 

 mentioned is easily distinguished from all the other Peas. 



Early Emperor, or Double-blossomed, Frame Pea [Pois 

 Mzchaux de Hollande).—SiQm something over 3 ft. in average height; 

 leaves and stipules larger than those of Sangster's No. i, and 

 noticeably darker and more glaucous green in colour ; flowers white, 



Early Emperor Pea, Ruelle Michaux Pea. 



medium-sized, almost always in pairs, and commencing to bloom 

 at about the eighth joint of the stem, which usually carries from six 

 to eight tiers of them ; pods short, seldom over 2 in. in length, but 

 very well filled, each containing eight or nine medium-sized nearly 

 round peas, which become very white as they ripen. This variety 

 is one of the most suitable for growing in the fields for market 

 supply. It is early, very productive, and very hardy. In the 

 neighbourhood of Paris it is not usually staked by those cultivators 



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