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No. 41. Wittiam THe First. (Thor. 1882). 
Synonyms. Lawton’s William the first; (Hr.) Pots a grain rond 
vert, Pois William (Vil.). | 
Plant three to four -feet high ; foliage light green or medium ; 
stipules much washed with white; stem slender, often branched at 
the base, rarely above ; nodes rarely exceeding four inches apart; 
peduncles one-half of an inch to three inches long, rather slender; 
pods same color as the foliage, usually single, very glaucous, some- 
times straight, two and a half to three and a half inches long, about 
one-half of an inch wide, tapering gradually to apex; peas four to 
seven in a pod, pale green, slightly compressed when full grown, 
about three-eighths of an inch in longest diameter ; seeds dull yellow- 
ish green or cream colored, roundish, somewhat indented, about five- 
sixteenths of an inch in diameter, radical rather distinct. An ounce 
contained 127 seeds. | 
Moderately prolific, rather early, maturing its crop very gradually. 
New in England in 1868. (Gar. Chron.). 
No. 42. Wuirr Sapre. (Vil.). 
Synonyms. Whete Cimeter ; (F'r.) Pots @ Auvergne, Pois serpette, 
P. cosaque, P. crochu. (Vil.). 
Plant about three feet high; foliage meditim, not’ glaucous; 
stipules scarcely washed with white; stem medium to large, rarely 
branched ; nodes rarely more than four inches apart; peduncles one- 
half of an inch to two inches long; pods paler than the foliage, very 
often in pairs, two tothree and half inches long, one-half of an inch 
wide, tapering very gradually to the apex, plump, very well filled ; 
peas five to eight in a pod, whitish green, roundish, scarcely com- 
pressed even when full grown, three-eighths of an inch in diameter; 
seeds mostly cream-colored, very smooth, about one-fourth of an 
inch in diameter, radical distinct. An ounce contained 106 seeds. 
' Not very prolific, medium in season, maturing its crop promptly. 
A very old variety. 
No. 48. Pots DeCiamarr. (Vil.). 
Synonym. Pots carré jin (Vil.). 
Plant three to three and a half feet high ; foliage medium ; leaf- 
lets and stipules small, stipule glaucous, scarcely washed with white ; 
stem medium to large, sometimes branched at the base and above; 
nodes rarely more than three inches apart; peduncles rarely more 
than half of an inch long; pods paler than the foliage, very often 
in pairs, plump, rounding gradually to the apex, two to two and a 
half inches long, one-half of an inch wide; peas four to six in a pod, 
whitish green, slightly oval, compressed when full grown, three- 
eighths of an inch in diameter ; seeds almost all cream-colored, some- 
what squared, one-fourth to three-eighths of an inch in diameter, 
radical rather distinct. An ounce contained seventy-nine seeds. 
Not prolific, medium in season, maturing its crop promptly. 
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