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them exactly ; it usually commences to branch at about the 

 seventh joint, and to flower from the eighth to the tenth joint. 

 Flowers of medium size, very white and often solitary. The pods, 

 which are borne in from five to seven tiers on the main stem and in 

 from two to four tiers on the branches, are whitish green, rather 



Dwarf Debarbieux Sugar Pea. Pods (natural size). 



narrow, and well filled with white and large peas, from five to 

 seven in each pod. With the exception of the " strings," which are 

 rather tough, the pod is thick, fleshy, and quite free from membrane. 

 This variety is almost as early as the Early Frame Pea, and, like 

 it, is especially adapted for forcing. There is a sub-variety of it, 



