SHELLING PEAS 



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to show themselves at the eighth or tenth joints. The pods are 

 solitary, irregular, but large, equalling almost those of the Telephone 

 Pea in size. The seed is very large, oblong, flattened, often slightly 

 depressed on one or two sides, but not wrinkled, and in colour a bluish 



Pride of the Market Pea. Purple Podded Pea. 



green sometimes tinged with darker green at maturity. When 

 grown under conditions that are favourable, it is a very fine variety, 

 but it is better for kitchen-garden than field culture, owing to the 

 great size of its foliage and the time of its maturity, which makes it 

 liable to suffer from the heat and drought of the summer, for 

 which reason it succeeds better in sheltered gardens. 



