SHELLING PEAS 



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distinguished by its leaves being a light yellow green, narrow, 

 slight, and very much waved at the edges, especially those at the 

 top of the stem. 



Gladiator Pea. — A half-dwarf variety, with stems 27 or 28 in. 



high, with two or three 

 branches carrying six or seven 

 tiers of short-stalked flowers 

 usually produced in pairs. 

 The pods are curved, 3 to 

 4 in. long, and well filled, 

 with seven or eight round 

 dark green, fairly large, and 



Laxton's Fillbasket Pea. 



Dwarf Blue Prussian Pea (natural size"). 



slightly wrinkled peas. A half-early, productive variety, rather 

 like Fillbasket. 



Dwarf Blue Prussian Pea. — A half-dwarf variety, from 2 ft 

 to 2 ft 4 in. high, thick-set, and very branching. Leaves rather 

 large, rounded, and glaucous ; stipules very much blotched with 



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