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VARIETIES OF THE GARDEN PEA. 
lien. Early hotspur. Golden hotspur. Early Wilson. Early 
May. Pais le plushatif. Superfine double blossomed frame. 
This variety is too well known to need description, therefore it 
will only be necessary to say, that its average height is between four 
and five feet; only a moderate bearer, but of excellent quality, and 
one of the earliest peas in the collection. It is generally sown for 
the first crop in most gardens, and deservedly so; seed white, mid¬ 
dling size. The cause for the immense quantity of names by which 
this sort is cultivated, I am at a loss to know; but the great emula¬ 
tion there is amongst gardeners in general to excel in the cultivation 
of early peas, has most probably been the reason why many Seeds¬ 
men have substituted names of their own as the earliest variety. 
12. Espue cfe pois, tres excellent.-— Grows between five and six 
feet high, rather slender, and the joints very distant. Leaves pale 
yellowish green, and small. Petioles short, and the tendrils small. 
Peduncles short, bearing for the most part two flowers, which are 
rather small. A good bearer, and comes into use a few days after 
the early frame. Pods rather large, flattened and well filled. Ex¬ 
cellent quality. Seed middling size and white. This variety nearly 
approaches to the sugar peas. It grows rather tall, otherwise it 
would be a most excellent substitute for the early frame, it being a 
much better bearer. 
13. Tall Frame .---This very much resembles the early frame, 
but is of taller growth, it being between five and six feet high, and 
the leaves are also smaller. An excellent bearer, of good qualit}', 
and but a few days later than that variety. Seed middling size, 
white. This also would make a good substitute for the early frame. 
14. Early Charlton.— Syn. Late dwarf. Early sugar frame. 
Early single frame. Earliest double blossomed. Charlton. Golden 
Charlton. White Boiling. Common white boiling. Hotspur. 
Early hotspur. Wrenches early hotspur. Double dwarf hotspur. 
Early Nicholas hotspur. Golden hotspur. Nimble Taylor. Verv 
fine late garden. Paddington. Essex reading. Brussels early blos¬ 
somed. Twesley dwarf. Michaux a la rouelle. Michaux precoce. 
Domine de rouelle. 
This is also too well known to need much description. It grows 
between five and six feet high, rather strong, and the joints very dis¬ 
tant. Leaves darkish green and large, petioles short, and the ten¬ 
drils small. An abundant bearer, of excellent quality, and comes 
into use about a fortnight after the Early frame, with which variety 
it is (as will be seen by the synonyms) frequently confounded, but I 
hope the above description will settle the variety of opinions upon 
