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remarkable for the fine quality of the peas, and grows well in 

 ordinary soil. 



Long-podded Improved Scimitar Pea. — An improved form of 

 the White Scimitar, ripening mid-season, not above 4 ft. or so in 

 height, with emerald-green leaves, and stems carrying from five to 



White Scimitar Pea (natural size). Sabre Pea. 



seven tiers of long-stalked flowers, produced in pairs. Pods about 

 3J in. long, pointed and curved at the end, well filled, containing 

 seven or eight small round salmon-coloured peas. 



Sabre Pea. — Stem stout, very often branching, from about 

 4 to 4J ft. high ; leaflets and stipules very large, rather round, 



