PEAS 



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Minimum. — An exceedingly dwarf variety, with white wrinkled 

 peas. 



Multum in Parvo. — A very dwarf kind, about i ft. high, of 

 compact and thick-set growth. Leaves broad and rather numerous, 

 of a deep blue-green ; pods usually solitary, short and rather broad, 

 and narrowed towards the end ; peas pale green or greenish white 

 when ripe. A rather early variety. 



Ne Plus Ultra {Payne's Conqueror, Cullingfor(r s Champion). — 

 A very tall-growing late Pea, sometimes over 6\ ft. high. Pods 

 numerous, commencing at about one-third the height of the plant, 

 usually in pairs, long, broad, perceptibly curved, and very narrow 

 towards the stalk ; peas very large, somewhat oval, and green and 

 wrinkled when ripe. First-class quality. 



Nelson's Vanguard. — A half-dwarf Wrinkled Pea. Leaves 

 rather large ; pods borne in pairs, of medium length, but rather 

 broad. This variety comes into use abotit the same time as the 

 Early White Dwarf Wrinkled Pea, but is of a more compact and 

 thick-set habit of growth. 



Norwich Wonder. — A sub-variety of Telephone, with shorter 

 pods. 



Nott's Excelsior {Am.). — A small dwarf variety, a little taller 

 than American Wonder, which it resembles. 



Nutting's No. I. — A branching, rather vigorous-growing, but 

 really dwarf variety. Stem stiff, about 20 in. high ; pods numerous, 

 in pairs, of moderate length, but well filled, nearly straight, and 

 blunted at the end ; peas white, wrinkled. A very early kind, and 

 one of the best Dwarf White Wrinkled Peas. 



Pioneer. — A small climbing variety, with fine slender stems, 

 like those of Sangster's No. i. Pods of medium size, usually 

 solitary, straight, palish coloured, each containing five or six peas, 

 which become white and wrinkled when ripe. 



Princess of Wales.— A half-dwarf variety, seldom exceeding 

 2 J ft. in height. Leaves pale, rather numerous ; pods short, broad, 

 blunt, whitish, very close together at the top of the stem owing to 

 the shortness of the joints; peas wrinkled, pale green, and sometimes 

 almost white. 



Sharpe's Early Paragon.— A climbing kind, half-early, remark- 

 able for the large size and light green of its leaves : pods broad, 

 pale green, blunt, thick ; peas green, wrinkled, and fairly large. 



Standard. — A half-dwarf kind, about 2 ft. 8 in. high. Stem 

 stout, and very leafy ; leaves pale green, pods long, pointed, very 

 much curved, rather swollen, each containing about ten large round 

 peas, which become wrinkled when ripe, some of them remaining 

 green, while others turn perfectly white. 



Tall Green Mammoth, or King of the Marrows.— A very 

 tall and very late variety, exceeding 6 ft. in height. Stems very 



