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and commencing to flower at about the twelfth joint ; flowers 

 white, rather large, and often solitary ; pods very large and broad, 

 sometimes 4 in. long, straight, and slightly curved towards the end 



like the blade of a pruning-knife, 

 rather swollen, each containing 

 from eight to ten very large green 

 peas, square in shape, and, when 

 ripe, either perfectly white or more 

 or less tinged with green. This 

 variety is a little later than Lax- 

 ton's Supreme, and a plant seldom 

 carries more than eight pods. 



Colossus Pea. — A tall, 

 vigorous half-early Pea, nearly 



5 ft in height, with very light 

 green leaves and branching stems, 

 bearing five or seven tiers of 

 flowers, mostly in pairs. The 

 pods very large, 3 to 4 in. long, 

 flattened, straight, rounded at the 

 end, containing eight or ten large, 

 white or greenish, somewhat flat- 

 tened and slightly wrinkled peas. 

 It is remarkable for the beauty 

 of its pods. In the Paris market 

 the large-podded Peas have of 

 late years found more favour, and 

 the demand for them is steadily 

 increasing. 



Knight's Tall Marrow Pea. 

 — A tall-growing late variety, 



6 J ft. or more high. Stems rather 

 strong, but not very thick, long 

 jointed, unbranched up to the 

 twelfth joint, and commencing 

 to flower at about the sixteenth 

 joint ; flowers white, very large, 

 almost always in pairs; pods long 

 stalked, large, broad, perceptibly 

 curved, and from about 2 to over 

 3 in. long. The main stem carries 

 from eight to ten tiers of pods, 

 and the branches from three to 



five tiers. It is to be remarked that the joints immediately below 

 the first flower do not all produce branches, and that the same stem 

 does not usually produce more than two. Each of the pods contains 



Knight's Tall Marrow Pea. 



