SHELLING PEAS 



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large, often solitary. The pods, which are very large, do not 

 swell much even when nearly fully grown. They contain from six 

 to nine very large light green peas, which become white and 

 wrinkled at maturity. 



Duke of Albany Pea.— A tall, stout-stemmed Pea, 4 J ft. or 

 even more in height. The flowers commence to bloom at the 

 twelfth joint, generally in pairs. The pods are very long, 4 to 6 in., 

 smooth, dark green, slightly curved at the end, cylindrical when 

 fully grown, well filled with ten or eleven very large peas, which 

 are slightly oblong in shape, and wrinkled when ripe ; of a dark 

 green colour, but lighter if allowed to mature properly. A very 

 good and handsome variety, only rivalled by the Telephone as 

 an exhibition Pea. 



B. Half-dwarf Varieties 



White Wrinkled Peas 



White Eugenie Dwarf Wrinkled Marrow Pea. — A half- 

 dwarf variety, 2 ft. to 2 ft. 8 in. high. Stem rather slender, almost 

 always unbranched, commencing to flower extremely low, often at 

 the fifth joint ; flowers 

 white, medium - sized, 

 always solitary towards 

 the lower part of the 

 stem, and often in pairs 

 a little higher up ; pods 

 rather variable in size, 

 usually 2 or 3 in. long, 

 pointed towards the end, 

 slightly curved like the 

 blade of a pruning-kniie, 

 and very unequally filled, 

 those at the lower part 

 of the stem often con- 

 taining but one pea, and 

 seldom more than three 

 or four, while later pods 

 will often have seven or 

 eight. While in the green 

 or unripe state, the peas 

 are large, square, and 

 somewhat flattened at the 

 sides; when ripe, they are 

 v^ery wrinkled, unequal in 

 size, and a salmon tinted white. The stem carries from twelve 

 to fifteen tiers of pods. This would be one of the most 



White Eugenie Dwarf Wrinkled Marrow Pea. 



