PEAS 



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blossomed Frame Pea. Differs from it only in being frequently 

 one-flowered. 



Early Kent. — This is almost exactly the kind which was 

 formerly grown in France under the name of Prince Albert. At 

 the present day the latter name is applied to a variety which 

 comes in somewhat earlier and almost corresponds to Dillistone's 

 Early Pea. 



Fairbeard's Surprise. — A climbing variety, about 5 ft. high. 

 Flowers white, large, generally solitary ; pods long, rather broad, 

 faintly curved, and rounded at the end ; peas large, very green, and 

 slightly oval in shape. A very early kind. 



Flack's Imperial. — A half-dwarf kind, usually not more than 

 about 3 ft. high. Pods pretty often solitary, but most usually in 

 pairs, long and rather broad, slightly curved, and square at the 

 end ; peas large, and somewhat oval in shape, becoming slightly 

 blue when ripe. 



Harbinger. — This is the earliest of all Shelling Peas. It is a. 

 small-sized and exceedingly slender climbing Pea, remarkably like 

 Dillistone's Early Pea, but coming in two or three days earlier. 

 Flowers solitary ; pods short and very slender ; peas small, round, 

 and green when ripe. 



Kentish Invicta {Easts Kentish Invictd). — This may be de- 

 scribed as a green-seeded Daniel O'Rourke Pea. It grows to nearly 

 the same height, is equally early, and almost equally productive.. 

 The first flowers are often abortive. 



Laxton's Evergreen. — Having for a time enjoyed a certain 

 amount of favour, this variety appears to be now almost entirely 

 neglected. It is a tall climbing Pea, with a rather slender and very 

 branching stem, bearing slender, slightly curved pods of medium 

 length. The peas are round and small, and, when ripe, a peculiar 

 olive-green, easily recognised. 



Laxton's Prolific Long-pod. — A tall climbing variety, 5 ft. or 

 more in height. Leaves very large, and light coloured ; flowers in 

 pairs ; pods almost like those of the White Scimitar Pea in shape,, 

 fully one-third longer and thicker, but far less numerous ; peas 

 white, irregular in shape, not perfectly smooth, without being 

 wrinkled. 



Laxton's Superlative. — A tall climbing, thick-stemmed Pea. 

 Leaves broad and luxuriant, but not tufty ; pods almost always, 

 in pairs, often nearly 5 in. long, very much curved, pointed, and 

 greatly swollen when ripe. They are not, however, very well filled,, 

 each pod only containing from six to eight small round peas, when 

 ripe pale green. 



Laxton's Supplanter. — A half-dwarf variety, with large,, 

 rather dark, but very glaucous leaves. Stem usually single, com- 

 mencing to flower at the seventh or eighth joint ; flowers white,, 



