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REPORT ON PEAS AT CHISWICK, 1901. 



Ninety-four stocks of Peas were received for trial in the Gardens, and 

 with the exception of Nos. 89 to 94 inclusive, which were sown on 

 April 4, all the other stocks were sown on March 14, on ground that had 

 been deeply trenched and heavily manured the previous autumn. All 

 the stocks were sown thinly, and germinated well, followed by strong- 

 sturdy growth, and heavy crops, quite free from fungoid or insect pests. 

 Three meetings were held by the Committee to examine them — on 

 June 20 for the early varieties, July 5 for the mid-season and later 

 ones, and on July 16 for the latest varieties. 



F.C.C.= First Class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 



1. Alderman, F.C.C. July 10, 1900 (Sharpe).— See Vol. XXIII., Part 2, 

 page 163. Ready July 1. 



2. Blue Auvergne (Sharpe).— Height 4^ feet ; haulm and pods deep 

 green ; pods in pairs, short, slightly curved, filled with five small white 

 Peas of poor flavour ; heavy crop. Ready June 29. Seeds round. A 

 variety not worth garden culture. 



8. British Empire (Johnson). — See Vol. XXV., Parts 1 and 2, 

 page 164. Ready June 28. 



4. Compactum (Laxton). — Height 2h feet ; haulm and pods dark 

 green ; pods single, long, curved, filled with seven large deep green and 

 moderately sweet Peas ; heavy crop. Ready July 1. Seeds wrinkled. 



5. Danby Stratagem, A.M. July 5, 1901 (Carter). — Height 8^ feet ; 

 haulm and pods dark green. A larger and later form of the well- 

 known ' Stratagem,' bearing a very heavy crop of delicious Peas. Ready 

 July 5. Seeds wrinkled. 



6. Delicatesse (Carter). — Height 8 feet ; haulm and pods deep green ; 

 pods in pairs, long, narrow, curved, averaging six small pale green and 

 very sweet Peas in a pod ; very heavy crop. Ready July 1. Seeds 

 wrinkled. 



7. Duke of Albany (Sharpe). — Not true, and proved to be ' Telephone.' 

 Ready July 1. Seeds wrinkled. 



8. Dwarf Gradus (Laxton). — Height 15 inches ; haulm and pods 

 dark green ; pods single, long, straight, pointed, averaging seven large 

 and beautiful green Peas in a pod ; heavy crop. Ready June 21. Seeds 

 wrinkled. 



9. Dwarf Mammoth (J. Veitch). — Height 3^ feet ; haulm and pods 

 (lark green ; pods in pairs, long, broad, slightly curved, averaging six 

 large deep gieen Peas of fair flavour in a pod ; very hea\'y crop. Ready 

 July 5. Seeds wrinlded. 



10. Dwarf Telephone, A.M. July 5, 1901 (Carter).— Height U foot. 

 A dwarf form of the well-known ' Telephone,' producing a very heavy 

 crop. Ready June 29. Seeds wrinkled. 



11. Early Border (Sharpe). — Height 2 feet ; haulm dark green ; pods 

 paler, in pairs, short and straight, averaging five whitish and rather sweet 

 Peas in a pod ; very heavy crop. Ready June 14. Seeds round. 



12. Edward VII., A.M. June 20, 1901 (Carter).— Height 8 feet; 



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