F ary 20, 1897 . 
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THE 
GARDENEN G^WORLD. 
• " Sticke plentie of bowes among runcival Pease. 
To clamber thereon, and branch at their ease."— 
Tusser’s Calendar of Operations for February. 
Telegraph Pea. the forerunner of nearly all the 
varieties having long pods, was raised by Mr. W. 
Culverwell, The gardens, Thorpe Perrow, Bedale, 
Yorks. 
A Fine Exhibition Pea.—One of the best exhibition 
Peas that I am acquainted with is The Alderman. 
noted it at Edinburgh for the first time two years 
ago, very fine in the collection of that famous Scottish 
grower, Mr. Donald McBean. It appeared to 
me to be better than Duke of Albany, being longer 
in the pod, and a fine dark green colour. I had a 
very small quantity of seed to try it last season, and 
from what I know of it I would advise those who 
want a really good show Pea to try it. It is also a 
fine cropper.— J. Gibson. 
Lewes Chrysanthemum Society.—The annual 
dinner of this well-known society took place at the 
King’s Hotel, Southover, the Mayor (Alderman 
Flint) presiding. After an excellent repast had been 
SUTTON’S PRIZEWINNER. 
This is one of the many acquisitions, in the way of 
dwarf Marrowfat Peas, upon which Messrs. Sutton 
and Sons, of Reading, have been working for many 
years. It was put into commerce by the Reading 
firm in 1896 as a novelty, and has already taken a 
firm hold upon public favour. The haulm is only 
ft. high, and bears a heavy crop of large, slightly 
curved pods, covered with a deep bloom such as 
gardeners delight to see on the exhibition table. 
The accompanying photographic illustration, put at 
our disposal by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, will enable 
our readers who may be unacquainted with it, to 
grasp its leading characteristics. The pods are of 
handsome breadth and great thickness, but not in 
any way inflated like some of the large-podded Peas 
we have seen in cultivation, their thickness being 
absolutely necessary in this case to accommodate 
the large peas they contain. There are eight to ten 
of large size and delicious flavour in each pod ; 
hence the variety will be welcomed at the table as 
well as for exhibition purposes. An Award of Merit 
was accorded it by the Royal Horticultural Society, 
July 18th, 1896, and will even become more appre- 
some good land, rather light, well-manured, well-dug, 
and trodden afterwards. Then the back of a wooden 
rake was drawn over the surface to make it ready 
for the line. The piece was marked out, four rows in 
a bed, at six inches from row to row. I then missed 
a row and commenced another bed, leaving a small 
alley or walk between each four rows. I drew the 
four slight drills with a hoe, and then took a dibber 
and commenced making holes one inch deep and six 
inches from hole to hole down each drill, taking care 
not to make the holes in lines with those of the other 
rows, but triangular, zig-zag, or " mocking,” as the 
Suffolk men call it. This done, I dropped two peas 
in a hole till the bed was done. I then raked the 
whole over and filled all the holes. 
By planting in this way all hoeing and weeding 
can be properly done from these alleys, without 
treading on the Peas till they are pulled up. The 
gathering is all done from the walks, one in each 
walk, gathering two rows each, turning them all back 
from the sun as they go over them the first time, and 
the other way the second. By this treatment I am 
pleased to say I never saw a better crop of Peas in 
my life. We gathered great quantities from these of 
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Sutton’s Prizewinner 
discussed, the toast of the evening, the “ Lewes 
Chrysanthemum Society and Subscribers ” was sub¬ 
mitted by Councillor G. J. Lenny. In a few well- 
chosen words that gentleman said it was a pleasure 
to wish success to a society that had been so instru¬ 
mental in cultivating things of beauty and joy to those 
who came in contact with them. He, personally, 
was no judge, but to his untrained eye the flowers 
shown at the last Chrysanthemum exhibition were 
the best he had ever seen, and they were all glad 
that the men of Lewes had made such progress. 
The Mayor briefly acknowledged, and Councillor 
Weightman also replied, saying that the society from 
the first had been a great and successful one, and 
went on improving year by year. Their show last 
year was the best ever held. Mr. J. Adames proposed 
the •• Mayor and Corporation," thanking them for 
the kind way in which they had enabled the society 
to use the Assembly Room and Corn Exchange for 
the past two years. He hoped the favour would be 
continued. Other toasts that were duly honoured 
were '* The Visitors," *■ The Hostess," “ The Chair¬ 
man,” and “The Vice-chairman." Vocal and 
instrumental music enlivened the proceedings. 
dated as it gets better known. Some idea of the 
rigid selection to which Peas are subjected at Read¬ 
ing may be gleaned from the fact that 600 varieties, 
new and old, in the course of being proved, were 
under trial there last summer. The labour attached to 
these trials, and the attention given to details must be 
very great in order to pick out those of superior merit 
to already existing varieties in Messrs. Sutton and 
Sons’ collection alone. Dwarf Peas, of otherwise 
meritorious character, are every year becoming more 
and more a desideratum. The variety under notice 
succeeds the first early ones. 
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GARDEN PEAS IN 1896. 
I am sorry to say that the summer of 1895 proved 
very hot and dry ; therefore tall Peas were a failure 
with me. Many sorts that I had to try proved 
useless, and I gave them up, and commenced in 
1896 on dwarf sorts. To my surprise they did re¬ 
markably well ; and I will just give you a list of 
varieties that proved the best, and the way I treated 
them. 
In the first place I planted English Wonder on 
splendid pods well filled with beautiful peas. The 
weather being dry they were quite clean. Had the 
season being wet I should have used short sticks to 
have placed amongst them to keep them off the soil. 
Anyone trying this plan will be well repaid for their 
trouble. 
I also had a trial of Peas on another piece of land, 
rather inclined to be sandy. I dug in plenty of 
manure here. I had single rows. My first was a 
splendid variety, growing about 3 ft. with sticks, and 
known as Sutton’s Bountiful, a very fine variety, 
with large pods, slightly curved, of fine colour, and 
well-filled with splendid large peas. This is a fine 
addition to our dwarf Peas both in size and flavour. 
Next in order came Sutton’s Seedling Marrow, 
growing about one foot high ; haulm strong, and 
branching, producing an abundance of large pods, 
filled with splendid marrow peas of fine flavour. I 
think this will become a favourite with all Pea 
growers. 
My next is a Wonder, and I must say the Wonders 
are splendid Peas. Last season I grew American 
Wonder, English Wonder, Witham Wonder, and 
Wordsley Wonder ; and although I like them all 
