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same moment the offspring of each could be readily distin¬ 
guished. 
“ My first experiment was not altogether successful, for the 
offspring of five pods (the only ones which escaped the birds) 
received their colour from the coloured male. There was, how¬ 
ever, a strong resemblance to the other male in the growth and 
character on more than one of the plants, and the seeds of 
several closely resembled it in everything but colour. In this 
experiment I used the farina of a White Pea, which possessed the 
remarkable property of shrivelling excessively when ripe; and in 
the second year I obtained white seeds from grey ones, above 
mentioned, perfectly similar to it. I am strongly disposed to 
believe that the seeds were here of common parentage. 
“ Again I prepared blossoms of the little Early Frame Pea. 
I introduced its own farina, and immediately afterwards that of 
a very large and late grey kind, and I sowed the seeds thus 
obtained. Many of them retained the colour and character of 
the small Early Pea, not in the slightest degree altered, and 
blossomed before they were 18 in. high, whilst others (taken 
from the same pods), whose colour was changed, grew to the 
height of more than 4 ft., and were killed by the frost before any 
flowers appeared.” In this way were obtained Knight’s Green 
and White Wrinkled Marrow Peas. 
In the “Transactions of the Horticultural Society,” 1817, 
appears on page 87 another paper, On the Prevention of Mildew, 
by the President, Mr. Thomas Andrew Knight, in the course of 
which he says :— 
“ This led me to the following method of cultivating the Pea 
late in autumn, by which my table has always been well supplied 
in September and October as in June and July, and my plants 
nearly as free from mildew. 
“ The Pea, which I have always planted for autumnal crops, 
is a very large kind, of which the seeds are much shrivelled, and 
which grows very high : it is now very common in the shops of 
London, and my name has, I believe, been generally attached to 
it. I prefer this variety because it is more saccharine than any 
other, and retains its flavour late into the autumn.” This was 
undoubtedly Knight’s Tall Wrinkled Pea, afterwards sent out as 
British Queen. 
Some experiments were also made by Mr. John Goss, bearing 
date October 15, 1822. 
