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the apex ; peas five to eight in a pod, pale green, flattened at the 
sides, though scarcely touching the pod, hardly in contact, one-half 
inch in longest diameter; seeds mostly cream colored, roundish, 
scarcely indented, about three-eighths of an inch in diameter; radi- 
cal distinct. An ounce contained eighty seeds. 2 
Not prolific, rather late, maturing its crop promptly. 
Introduced about 1872. <A claimed cross between Veitch’s Per- 
fection and Little Gem. (Gar. Chron.) 
No. 8. Laxron’s Supreme. (Greg. 1883.) 
Synonyms. Awvergne Green, (Fr.) Pots serpette vert, (Ger.) 
Griine Auvergne (Vil.) : 
Plant three to five feet high; foliage pale green; tipules and leaf- 
lets rather large, stipules slightly glaucous, washed with white ; stem 
strong, often branched at the base and above; nodes rarely more 
than three inches apart ; peduncles one to three inches long; pods 
same color as the foliage, usually single, two to three inches long, 
about five-eighths of an inch wide, thicker than broad, tapering 
gradually to apex; peas six to eight in a pod, roundish, compressed 
when full grown, nearly one-half inch in diameter ; seeds dull green, 
shading in some specimens to cream color, or bluish white, roundish, 
slightly indented, about five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter; 
radical distinct. An ounce contained ninety-one seeds. 
Rather prolific, quite late, maturing its crop very gradually.. 
Introduced in 1867. 
“One of the first acquisitions of Mr. Laxton, and it has proved 
to be one of the best. It is hardy, and is remarkable for the beauty 
of its pods.” (Les Plantes Potageres.) 
No. 9. Lance Green Normanpy. (Vil.) 
Synonyms. (I'r.) Pots Vert Normand, P. carré vert (Ger.) 
Grosse griine Normand-erbse), Vil. 
Plant five feet or more in height; foliage rather deep green ; 
stipules and leaflets large ; stem strong, angular; nodes rarely more 
than four inches apart ; peduncles one-fourth to one inch long; pods 
little paler than the foliage, very often in pairs, loment-like, slightly | 
re-curved, two to three inches long, five-eighths of an inch wide, 
plump, rounding rather gradually to the apex; peas four to six in a 
pod, whitish green, much flattened by compression against the sides 
of the pod, one-half inch in longest diameter; seeds remarkably 
large, very pale dull green, shading to bluish white or creamy white, 
slightly oblong, somewhat indented, nearly one-half inch in longest 
diameter; radical distinct. An ounce contained sixty-nine seeds. 
Moderately productive and extremely late. 
t+ Seeds decidedly shrivelled. 
§ Pods straight or nearly so. 
No. 10. Tart Green Mammoreu (Vil.) 
Synonyms. Monarch, Strathmore Hero, King of the Marrows, 
Green Tall Square Mammoth (Fr.) Pois ridé grande vert Mam- 
moth (Vil.) 
