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Early Dwarf Clamart Pea.— A nearly dwarf variety, scarcely 

 over 2 ft. or as much as 2j ft. in height, and erect enough to 

 dispense with stakes. The pods are numerous, in pairs, and of 

 medium size, slightly curved, and well filled. The peas are square, 

 large, tender, and sugary. It is half-early, coming in immediately 

 after the early sorts ; it is a good Pea for field culture. 



Smooth or Round Green-seeded Peas 



Imperial Dwarf Blue Pea.— A half-dwarf kind, from 2 to 2} ft. 

 high. Stem stout, rather thick-set, and of zigzag growth, especially 



at the base ; leaves rather slender, with 

 oval-pointed leaflets, of light green colour, 

 entirely free from any glaucous tint or 

 grayish markings; flowers usually in pairs, 

 almost green, commencing to bloom at 

 about the twelfth joint of the stem, and 

 above one or two branches which are 

 seldom of any great size ; pods about 

 2 in. long, rather narrow, well filled, faintly 

 curved like a pruning-knife blade, each 

 containing six or seven peas, which, when 

 ripe, are large and closely pressed against 

 one another. They continue quite green, 

 and are generally very full, but slightly 

 square or angular. The main stem carries 

 from six to eight tiers of pods, and the 

 branches rarely have more than three 

 tiers. This variety may be infallibly 

 distinguished from all others, when it 

 comes into bloom, by the peculiar, almost 

 green, colour of its flowers, which, even 

 when quite fully expanded, are veined 

 Imperial Dwarf Blue Pea. and tinged with green, like the un- 

 expanded flowers of all kinds of Peas. 

 Laxton's Fillbasket Pea. — A half-dwarf kind, 2 J to 3 ft. high. 

 Stem rather thick-set, short jointed, often producing two or three 

 branches which grow nearly as tall as the main stem, and generally 

 issue from about the tenth or twelfth joint. The first flowers 

 appear at about the thirteenth or fourteenth joint, and are greenish 

 white and often solitary. The main stem carries six or seven tiers 

 of them, and the branches only from three to five tiers. Pods 

 about 3^ in. long, rather narrow, curved like a pruning-knife blade, 

 very much pointed at the end, and exceedingly well filled, each 

 containing from seven to ten peas, .which are dark green, large, 

 square, and, when ripe, a clear, pale green. This variety is easily 



