PEAS 



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P. Migron. — A good, very early, and productive climbing Pea, 

 very closely allied to the English varieties, Dickson's First and 

 Best and Daniel O'Rourke. 



P. Nain Gros Blanc de Bordeaux. — A variety very much 

 esteemed in its native district for growing on a large scale in 

 market-gardens. It is half-dwarf, two-flowered, and a little later 

 than the Common Dwarf Pea, but has larger pods and peas. 



P. Nain Gros Sucre. — A very dwarf variety, scarcely as high as 

 the Brittany Very Dwarf Pea. Leaves narrow and light green ; 

 flowers in pairs ; pods short and rather narrow, each containing 

 from six to eight pale, smooth, regular-shaped peas. This variety 

 appears to be at present lost to cultivation. 



P. Nain Vert de St. Michel. — A very productive variety, 

 growing about 20 in. high, with stiff, thick-set, branching stems. 

 The pods, which are produced in pairs, are well filled with medium- 

 sized, round, green peas. 



P. Nain Vert Petit. — A half-dwarf, very distinct kind, about 

 2\ ft. high, with a branching stem. Leaves rather slight and dark 

 green ; flowers very white ; pods narrow, slightly curved ; peas 

 small, green, and very round. This variety is a trifle later than the 

 Blue Prussian and the Imperial Dwarf Green Pea. 



P. Quarantain. — A variety which is very generally grown in 

 the neighbourhood of Paris, especially in the vicinity of St. Denis. 

 It is a very early climbing kind, usually with solitary flowers, and 

 in point of earliness does not differ much from the English variety, 

 Dickson's First and Best. 



P. Quar ante- deux. — This is grown in the same localities as the 

 preceding variety, and comes in later. It is a good variety, with 

 short but well-filled pods. The stems are rather slender. It is 

 somewhat earlier than the Early Emperor. Some growers dis- 

 tinguish two forms of it — one as early as the Early Emperor, but 

 yielding for a shorter period, and the other almost as early as 

 Sangster's No. i. This latter form seems to be confounded with 

 the Pois Quarantain. 



P. Remontant Vert a Rames (Green Branching Pea). — A rather 

 slender and tall-stemmed variety, almost as early as the White 

 Scimitar Pea. Flowers often solitary ; pods long and slender, each 

 containing seven or eight round dark green peas. 



P. Remontant Vert d Demi-Ra7nes. — A half-dwarf, very 

 branching kind, which continues bearing for a long time. It is 

 pretty closely allied to the Pois Nain Vert Petit (mentioned 

 above), but is distinguished from it by the somewhat larger size 

 of the peas. 



P. Ride tres-nain d Bordures. — Was in favour for growing as an 

 edging to beds of other vegetables, until the introduction of the 

 American Wonder and William Hurst Pea superseded it. 



