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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



has been raised by Mr. Laxton, and is one of the best ; it is very 

 productive, and as early as Prince Albert, Express, The Shah, etc. 



Green Hundred-for-One Pea.— A vigorous variety, from 3 to 

 4 ft. in height, with very glaucous leaves and stems, which con- 

 tinue green when dry. The flowers are in pairs, and in seven to 



nine tiers. The pods are 3J 

 to 4^ in. long, very glaucous, 

 slightly curved, and contain 

 from six to eight medium- 

 sized, light, ashy green peas. 

 It is a half-late and ex- 

 tremely productive variety, 

 a plant often producing 

 twenty pods and over, con- 

 taining as many as eight 

 seeds in each pod. 



Laxton's Supreme Pea, 

 — This variety was one of 

 the first raised by Mr. 

 Laxton, and it remains one 

 of the best. It is hardy, 

 rather productive, and re- 

 markable for the handsome 

 appearance of the pods and 

 peas. It quickly came into 

 favour with the cultivators 

 around Paris soon after its 

 introduction in 1869. Stem 

 about 4i ft. high, usually 

 simple and glaucous ; leaflets 

 and stipules rather large, and 

 pale yellow-green ; flowers 

 generally solitary, green at 

 first, then white, and com- 

 mencing to bloom at about 

 ■ the twelfth joint of the stem, 

 which usually carries from 

 six to eight tiers of them ; 

 pods from about 3 to nearly 

 4 in. long,dark green, straight, 

 with a short and abruptly curved point ; peas large, somewhat 

 oblong in shape, sometimes misshapen from the great pressure 

 which they undergo in the pods, and remaining of a dark green 

 colour after they are ripe. This variety comes into flower a day 

 or two earlier than the White Scimitar Pea, but does not continue 

 bearing so long, usually not longer than three weeks. Peculiar to 



Laxton's Supreme Pea. 



