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9. Knight’s Dwarf Marrow. Syn. Knight's new Dwarf. 
— This grows between three and four feet high, strong and 
branching, with short joints : it is an abundant bearer, and of 
excellent quality; the seeds are very much wrinkled. 
10. Knight’s Tall Marrow. Syn. Knight's late; Pois 
vide. — This grows between six and seven feet high ; the pods 
are large, broad, and well filled; it is very prolific, and of excel¬ 
lent quality; the seeds are large, and very much wrinkled. 
11. Tall Blue Imperial. Syn. New tall Imperial; Blue 
Union; Green Nonpareil; Tall Prussian ; Spanish Patriot .— 
This is a very late variety, growing between six and seven feet 
high, very strong, with short joints, and branches much ; the 
pods are very large, and fill well: it is a good bearer, and of 
excellent quality. 
12. Dwarf Sugar. Syn. Ledmans Dwarf. —This variety 
is of very strong growth, between three and four feet high, 
with short joints; the pods are of a middling size, roundish, 
and well filled: it is a good bearer, and of good quality, but 
very late: 
13. New Tamarind. — This variety grows between two and 
three feet high, strong and branching, with very short joints; 
the pods are very large, remarkably long, roundish, and fill 
well: it is an abundant bearer, and of excellent quality. This 
is a fine pea, and ought to be cultivated in every garden : it is 
very late ; the seeds are white and large. 
There is a new variety of pea sent out this spring by the 
Messrs. Cormack and Co., Nurserymen, New Cross. If it 
prove true to its reputed character, it certainly ought to be 
placed first; but as I have not had an opportunity of proving its 
merits, I will give their description of it. They call it the 
Prince Albert Pea, and say it is one of the earliest and best 
sorts extant; in proof thereof, a quantity put into the open 
ground on the 14th March (1842) was ready for use the 25th 
of April following, being only forty-two days from the time of 
sowing to the date of gathering for the table (?) : it is moreover 
a good bearer, of excellent flavour, and highly advantageous for 
early forcing. They also recommend another new variety, 
called the British Queen, a wrinkled marrow, larger and more 
productive than any of Knight’s varieties. 
I might enumerate a score more varieties ;but with a selection 
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