24-4 [ASSEMBLY ~ 
Known in England prior to 1850. (Gar. Chron.) 
** Seeds green, bluish green, green and cream colored, or bluish 
green and cream colored. 
t Seeds smooth or but slightly indented. 
§ Pods straight or nearly so. 
No. 5. CHattencer. (Greg. 1883.) 
Synonym. Carter's Challenger. 
Plant four to five feet high; foliage ample, pale yellowish green, 
searcely glaucous, somewhat washed with white; stem strong, often 
one-fourth of an inch in diameter, slightly angular, often branched 
at the base, rarely above; peduncles one to three inches long.; pods 
same color as the foliage, glaucous, often in pairs, three to four 
inches long, three fourths of an inch wide, tapering gradually to the 
apex; peas five to seven ina pod, pale green, ovate, flattened, scarcely 
compressed, one-half inch in longest diameter ; seeds very pale green, 
shading to whitish green or cream colored, scarcely indented, about 
three-eighths or an inch in longest diameter; radical rather obscure 
An ounce contained seventy-five seeds. 
Moderately prolific, rather late, maturing its crop rather gradually. 
No. 6. Tetecraru. (Thor. 1882.) 
Synonym. Culverwell’s Telegraph. 
Plant four to five feet high; foliage ample, rather light green ; 
stipules slightly glaucous, washed with white; stem strong, often 
one-fourth of an inch in diameter, often branched at the base and 
above; nodes rarely more than four inches apart; peduncles one 
and a half to four inches long; pods scarcely paler than the foliage, 
usually single, three to three anda half inches long, about three- 
fourths of an inch wide, sometimes slightly recurved, assuming a 
ribbed appearance as they approach maturity, tapering gradually to 
the apex; peas five to eight in a pod, pale green, slightly oblong, 
somewhat compressed when fully grown, one-half inch in longest 
diameter ; seeds pale dull green, shading to creamy white, scarcely 
indented, nearly three-eighths of an inch in longest diameter, radical 
rather obscure. An ounce contained seventy-five seeds. 
Moderately prolific, rather late, maturing its crop rather gradu- 
ally. 
Originated about 1868, with Mr. William Culverwell, of England, 
from a claimed cross between Veitch’s Perfection and Laxton’s Pro- 
lific. (Gar. Chron.) 
S§ Pods more or less re-curved. 
No. 7. Laxron’s SupERLATIVE. (Greg.) 
Plant three to five feet high; stipules scarcely glaucous, washed 
with white; stem medium to large, rarely branched; nodes usually 
not more than four inches apart; peduncles one to two and a_half 
inches long, rather slender; pods scarcely paler than the foliage, 
curved most toward the apex, remarkably inflated, often four inches 
long, five-eighths of an inch wide, and three-fourths of an inch thick, 
developing far in advance of the peas, rounding very gradually to 
