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containing not more than five or six peas, but these, it is true, are 

 nearly as large as field-beans ; they are oblong and somewhat flat 

 in shape, and, when ripe, exceedingly wrinkled, flat, and a pale 

 green. The thickness and strength of the stalks which bear the 

 pods are a particularly distinctive characteristic of this variety. 



C. Dwarf Varieties 



White-seeded Wrmkled Pea 



Chelsea Gem Pea. — A very dwarf, hardy, early Pea, resembling 

 Laxton's William Hurst in every respect, except that it has 

 white seed. 



Green-seeded Wrinkled Peas 



American Wonder Pea. — An exceedingly dwarf variety, seldom 

 growing more than lo in. high. Stem short, stiff, usually single, 

 or only branching at the neck, 

 and bearing rather large, rounded 

 dark green, slightly glaucous 

 leaves ; flowers small, white ; pods 

 sometimes in pairs, but mostly 

 solitary and commencing to appear 

 about the seventh or eighth joint 

 of the stem, which seldom carries 

 more than five tiers of pods. 

 These are straight, very much 

 swollen, 2 in. or more in length, 

 comparatively broad, and exceed- 



American Wonder Pea. 



Pods (natural size). 



ingly well filled, each containing from six to eight large flat peas 

 which, when ripe, become very much wrinkled, rather flat, and 

 a pale bluish green. 



