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best pea for produce, aud deserves to be generally cultivated in 
all gardens, which it doubtless will be, when its qualities become 
better known. 
For late sowing. Knight’s Dwarf Marrow. Eng- 
lish Synonymes : Dwarf Knight’s, Knight’s new dwarf. About 
ft. or 4 ft. high, very much resembling the dwarf white mar- 
row, but of stronger growth. Pods broad, and rather flat, con- 
taining 5 or 6 peas. Of excellent quality, and very prolific. 
The seed wrinkled when ripe. Knight’s Tall Marrow. 
Ride hatif, ride tardif, ride. English Synonymes: Knight’s 
late. About 6? ft. high, aud of very strong growth. Pods 
large and broad, containing 8 or 9 peas. Of excellent quality 
and later than the preceding by a week. Peas, when ripe, shri- 
vel very much, and are remarkably sweet. This pea is the best 
of all the tall ones for late sowing in summer. Tall Green 
Marrow. English Synonymes: Green tall, new large green, im- 
perial green. About 7 ft. high, and of very strong growth. Pods 
large, broad, and rather flat, containing 8 or 9 peas. Of excel- 
lent quality, late, and very prolific. Peas, when ripe, of a yel- 
lowish green colour. Crown Pea. English Synonymes: 
American crown, rose or crown. About 5? ft. high, of very 
strong growth, with the blossoms in tufts at the extremity, 
somewhat like a crown, from which it derives its name. Pods, 
small, round, and straight, containing 5 or 6 peas. A very 
abundant bearer, of good quality, and very good for summer use. 
Sugar PEAS,(notto besown before thefirstofMarch) Early 
May Sugar. English Synonymes: Early Dutch, early sugar, 
dwarf Dutch sugar. About 4 ft. high and very slender. Pods, 
small, round, and straight, containing 6 or 7 peas. Of good qual- 
ity, but only a moderate bearer. This is the earliest pea in the 
collection, but is very tender, and will not do to sow before the 
beginning of iMarch. Large Crooked Sugar. English Syn- 
onymes : New pea, sugar pea, broad sword, early Spanish. About 
6 feet high and very strong. Pods very large, broad, and much 
twisted, containing 9 peas. Peas large and prominent in the pods. 
Of excellent quality, very productive and the best in its class. 
Vilmorin’s Sugar. About 6? feet high, and of slender growth. 
Pods, small, round, and straight, containing 7 or 8 peas, which 
as in all the other sugar peas, are very prominent, even when 
quite young. Of excellent quality, and the greatest bearer in 
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