SHILLING PEAS 



499 



seldom more than six tiers of them on a stem ; pods long, straight, 

 pale green, each containing seven or eight white, very round, 

 medium-sized peas. This variety comes into flower five or six 



Early Frame Pea. Leopold II. Pea. 



days after the Early Emperor Pea. A peculiarity of it is the 

 rapidity with which the pods form and fill. It seldom flowers 

 longer than a fortnight, and the pods are all gathered in about the 

 same time, after which the plants may be cleared off and replaced 

 by something else — a great advantage in market-garden culture. 



