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collecting Kitchen vegetables, from various sources, and cul- 
tivating them in juxtaposition, to ascertain their comparative 
value. This has been done with Peas, and a Report of the re- 
sult appears in the fifth part of the Society’s Transactions. An 
abridgement has been given in the Gardener’s Magazine, which 
we shall further curtail. Mr. George Gordon the writer of the 
Report has given the estimate of the most superior sorts, for 
cultivation, under four heads, viz: 
For early sowing. Early Dwarf, or Pois nain hatif. 
Height about H ft., and somewhat resembling Bishop’s Dwarf, 
but is more prolific; broad, mostly containing 5 peas. It 
is the best of the dwarfs, as it is very prolific, and of good 
quality. Early Frame; also known as Best early, early 
siugle-blossomed, early double blossomed frame, early one-eyed, 
double dwarf frame, single frame, early dwarf frame, superfine 
early. Bait’s early dwarf nimble, early Wilson, Young’s very 
early, early Nicholas, Perkins’s early frame, early Nana, Ma- 
son’s double-blossomed, Russell’s fine early, early French, 
dwarf Albany. About 4 ft. high, and rather slender. Pods 
small and round, mostly containing 5 or 6 peas. Very proli- 
fic, of excellent quality, and the earliest pea in the whole col- 
lection. The number of blossoms on this pea entirely depends 
on the soil and situation it is grown in. It must not be con- 
founded with the following sort. Early Charlton ; also, 
known as Golden Charlton, early sugar frame, late dwarf, 
Twesly dwarf. Hotspur, Wrench’s Hotspur, double dwarf Hot- 
spur, early Hotspur, golden Hotspur, common Hotspur, early 
Nicholas Hotspur, Nimble Taylor, very fine late garden, Pad- 
dington, Essex Reading, Russell’s early blossomed. About 5 
ft. high, and of strong growth. Pods large, broad, and rather 
flattened, mostly containing 6 or 7 peas. A very prolific bearer, 
of excellent quality, and the best pea for standing the winter in 
the collection. It is about a week or ten days later than the 
early frame, but will continue much longer in bearing, and, like 
the preceding, varies in appearance according to soil, situation, 
&c. D’Auvergne. About 5 ft. high, and rather slender. 
Pods very long, nearly round, much curved and tapering a 
good deal to the extremities, mostly containing 11 or 12 peas 
if well grown. A very abundant bearer, of excellent quality, 
and later than the early Charlton in coming into use. It is the" 
