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Carters Harvestman. Award of Merit, R.H.S., 1908 — 
This grand Pea, which is a cross between Express and Duke of 
Albany (Seedling No. 214), possesses all the qualities of Duke of 
Albany, but the pod is distinct in shape, more regular in growth, not 
quite so tall, and altogether superior. Its appearance and cropping qualities are far ahead 
of either Duke of Albany and Duchess, or any of a similar class, and we are confident that 
there is a great future before it. For market or garden it is a most profitable Pea. Main 
crop. Height, 5 feet. 
Price IS. per packet (about 250 seeds). Stock limited. 
His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch’s Head Gardener sa.y% Harvestman. Good 
main crop Pea, splendid cropper, with large well-filled pods of good colour, and fine flavoured Peas. Height, 
5 feet.” — Mr. James Whytock, The Gardens, Dalkeith, N.B. 
The Right Hon. The Eari of Mansfleid’s Head Gardener says Carters 
Harvestman Pea. This Pea I have found to be an excellent one. Both as a free cropper and for quality, I think it 
difficult to beat. Pods are of good size and well filled with large Peas. Height, about 5 feet 1 strong grower.”— 
Mr. W. Ward, The Gardens, Ken Wood, Hampstead. 
The Right Hon. The Earl of Abingdon’s Head Gardener Harvestman 
is a real good cropper and fills out well. Anyone requiring a Pea for crop and quality combined, this is the 
one to grow.” — Mr. W. Brown, The Gardens, Wytham Abbey, Oxford. 
The Right Hon. The Earl of Sandwich’s Head Gardener says Pea Harvest- 
man. A fine bearer and strong grower, with excellent flavour, a good all-round Pea.” — Mr. F. Hansford, 
The Gardens, Hooke Court, Beaminster, Dorset. 
The Right Hon. Viscount Midleton’s Head Gardener Harvestman Pea. 
Height, 5 feet. Haulm very strong, dark green, sturdy, and robust ; pods large, hanging in pairs, average 
9 Peas. More prolific than the Duke of Albany and quite distinct ; a heavy cropper.” — Mr. QUAINTON, The 
Gardens, Peper Harrow Park, Godabning. 
Sir Edmund Loder'S Head Gardener says:— “This is a variety of much merit and of 
compact growth, superior to either of its parents ; bears profusely, and the pods are packed with fine large Peas of 
delicious flavour.” — Mr. W. A. Cook, The Gardens, Leonardslee, Horsham. 
Admiral Brand’s Head Gardener &a.ys Harvestman. A fine main crop Pea of the 
Duke of Albany type, but a great advance in the length of time it stands up, giving a good succession of pods. 
Height, 4i feet. This should surely find its way where crop and quality arc the main points. The pods are larger 
than the Duke, not quite so curved, hanging in pairs, from 18 inches to the top of haulm; constitution excellent.” 
— Mr. W. Back, The Gardens, Glynde Place, Lewes, Sussex. 
We were awarded the Silver-Gilt Knightian Medal for a Large Collection (150 varieties) 
of Culinary Peas exhibited at Royal Horticultural Society’s Hall, Vincent Square, 
Westminster, July 20th, 1909. 
Extract from the Gardeners Chronicle, of July 24th, 1905 “ Messrs. J.rmes Carter & Co., High Holborn, had o very repre- 
sentative collection of edible Peas in dishes, there being some 150 kinds. They were all sown on the same date in the open. 
The earliest were getting ripe whilst very late ones, .such as Rearguard, required yet some three weeks to fill the pods. Fine 
samples of Quite Content, Harvestman, Duke 0/ Aliany, Internatiouat, Superlative, Leviathan, Stratagem, Early Mom 
Centenary, 7 'ete.eraph, Daffodil, and others were plentiful. There were many seedlings in the exhibit." 
237, 238, & 97, Hiqh HoIsUokn, London.— 1910, 
NOVELTY. 
