March 5, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
425 
PEA, SUTTON’S CONTINUITY. 
There is always an eager desire to get a Pea that 
will supply the first dish for table use. We have 
nothing to say a against this "desire, nor the efforts 
made to secure it; but late Peas are liable to be 
overlooked, particularly in dry localities where a 
is a distinctly late Pea, which, when sown in the 
second week ot June, will come into use during the 
third week of August, just at a time when Peas are 
a scarce commodity in the southern and warmer 
counties of Britain. The haulm is of vigorous 
growth, not subject to mildew, and produces a 
consumers of Green Peas. Several leading, practi¬ 
cal cultivators speak of it in the highest terms of 
praise. It varies in height according to the weather, 
soil, and cultural treatment; but the fact that it was 
grown to a height of 4 ft. last year tells plainly of its 
vigour; while usable pods on the lower portions of 
droughty season has the effect of puting a stop to 
growth or fostering mildew. With a little skilful 
management the dry period may be tided over, after 
which it is possible to get Peas as late as November, 
as was the case last year in many parts of the 
country both north and south. Sutton's Continuity 
heavy crop ot pads that come into use over an ex¬ 
tended period. The pods are of a dark green, 
straight, almost rquare at the ends, 4 ins. to 4$ ins. 
in length, and filled with about nine seeds of first 
size and quality, the flavour being distinctly of the 
marrowfat type, which appeals so strongly to the 
the haulm and flowers at the top indicated its con¬ 
tinuous bearing character implied in the name. The 
accompanying photographic illustration, put at our 
service by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading,will give 
readers an idea of the productiveness of the 
variety. 
