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S. Bishop’s Dwarf Prolific. This variety grows about one 
foot high, with the pods short, but well filled; it is an abundant 
bearer, of good quality, and comes into use about a week later 
than the Early Frame: this is one of the best sorts for early 
forcing, as it takes up but little room. 
4. Early Charlton. Syn. Early sugar Frame ; Earliest 
double-blossomed; Golden Charlton; Early Nicholas Hot¬ 
spur ; Wrenche s early Hotspur ; Nimble Tailor ; Brussels early 
blossomed; Essex reading; Twesly dwarf; Golden Hotspur, 
— This grows between five and six feet high, is very strong, 
and has the joints very distant; it is an abundant bearer, of 
excellent quality; if sown at the same time as the Early Frame, 
it will come into use fully a fortnight later than that variety. 
5. Blue Prussian. Syn. Nain royal ; Nain vert petit; 
Fine long-podded dwarf; Green Prussian ; Blue Union ; Early 
Butch green; Bwarf blue Prussian ; Early green . — This 
grows between three and four feet high, is a most prolific 
bearer, and of excellent quality. 
6. Blue Imperial. Syn. Tall green Imperial; Dwarf 
Sabre; Dwarf green Imperial; Dwarf blue Imperial; Dwarf 
blue prolific ; Dwarf blue Marrow ; New Sabre; Blue Sabre ; 
Scimetar ; New improved dwarf Imperial. — This variety grows 
between three and four feet high, is very strong, with short 
joints; the pods are large, dark green, and well filled; it is an 
abundant bearer, and of excellent quality, and comes into use 
the same time as the Blue Prussian, with which variety it is 
often confounded, but it is of a more robust habit, and con¬ 
tinues a shorter time in bearing. 
7. Branching Marrow. Syn . New divarf Pea; Prolific 
Isle de France . — This grows between eighteen inches and two 
feet high, very strong, with short joints ; the pods are much 
larger than any other of the dwarf peas, and fill well; it is an 
abundant bearer, of excellent quality, and is the earliest of the 
Marrow Peas. 
8. Dwarf Green Marrow. Syn. Early green Marrow ; 
New extra green Marrow ; Boyal divarf Marrow ; Waterloo ; 
New Wellington ; New early green Marrow ; Large American 
green Marrowfat; Master's Imperial Marrowfat . — This grows 
between four and five feet high ; the pods are large and well 
filled ; it is an abundant bearer, and is of excellent quality. 
