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Report upon the Varieties of the Pea, 



No. 34. White Prussian. 



English Sijnonyms. Prolific or Poor Man's Profit— Prolific— Tall Prussian— Dwarf 

 White Prussian— New Dwarf Norman— Royal Dwarf— Royal Prolific— Dwarf Tewsly 

 — Stowe Pea. 



About four feet high and very robust. Pods broad, long and 

 rather flat, containing seven or eight peas which are large and white. 

 Of good quality and, like the Blue Prussian, an excellent summer 

 pea and very prolific. This is the best sort for general cultivation 

 and well deserves the name of Poor Man's Profit, but it will not 

 remain so long in bearing as the Blue Prussian. 



No. 35. Ghoom's Superb Dwarf Blue. 



About eighteen inches high and of robust growth. Pods large, 

 broad and rather flat, containing eight or nine peas. Of excellent 

 quality, a very abundant bearer and a few days later than the Blue 

 Prussian, of which it seems a distinct dwarf variety. Raised by 

 Mr. H. Groom of Walworth, who sent seeds of it to the Garden in 

 1831. This deserves general cultivation, as it requires no sticking 

 and produces more on the same space of ground than any other 

 dwarf sort. 



Class VIII. GREY SUGAR PEAS. 

 No. 30. Purple Podded Grey. 

 About seven feet high and of robust growth. Pods short, broad 

 and rather pointed, of a deep purple colour, containing five or six 

 peas. A good bearer ; the peas when boiled are rather bitter, but 

 if cooked like the pods of the Scarlet-running Kidney Bean, it is 

 very good. 



