CANNER S GEM 
Susceptible to Fusarium Wilt 
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SEASON: 
67 days to canning. 
VINE: 
25 inches, sturdy, dark green. 
PODS: 
3 inches, blunt, medium plump, seeds packed tightly in pod, dark 
green in color, produced in pairs. 
SEED: 
Wrinkled green, small and blocky. 
ADAPTABILITY: 
This strain of Gem was developed primarily for canning, but 
may be used for home garden trade where an early sweet type is 
desired. The peas are light green in color at canning and small 
sizes predominate in the siftings. 
ESSENTIALLY SIMILAR VARIETIES: 
Premium Gem 
CLOSELY GROUPED VARIETIES: 
Premah Nott’s Excelsior McLean’s Little Gem 
CHAMPION OF ENGLAND 
100% Resistant to Fusarium Wilt 
SEASON: 
80 days to picking. 
VINE: 
48 inches, foliage heavy, medium green, vigorous. 
PODS: 
3 inches, slightly curved, blunt end, light green, borne singly and 
doubly. 
SEED: 
Large, wrinkled, bluish green. 
ADAPTABILITY: 
Used as a home and market pea in sections where a main crop 
tall pea is needed, and where Alderman types are unsuited on 
account of less favorable growing conditions. 
ESSENTIALLY SIMILAR VARIETIES: 
None. 
CLOSELY GROUPED VARIETIES: 
Alderman types 
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