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No. 49. Aupua. (Thor. 1882.) | 
Synonyms. Laaton’s Alpha, Early. Alpha, Ezxira arly 
Alpha (Fr.) Pois a@ grain ride vert. (Vil.) 
Plant two and a half to three feet high; foliage light green, 
rather scanty ; stipules much, and leaflets slightly washed with white ; 
stem slender, sometimes branched at the base; nodes rarely more 
than four inches apart ; peduncles one to three inches long; pods 
paler than the foliage, usually single, two to three inches long, one- 
half to five-eighths of an inch wide, blunt at the apex when fully 
developed; peas four to six in a pod, whitish green, compressed 
when full grown, about three-eighths of an inch in longest diameter ; 
seeds whitish green or cream colored, much shrivelled, nearly three- 
eighths of an inch in longest diameter; radical obscure. An ounce 
contained 124 seeds. 
Not very prolific, very early, maturing its crop very promptly. 
Introduced in 1867. Obtained from a claimed cross between 
Laxton’s Long Pod and Advancer. (Gar. Chron.) 
No. 50. Briss’ Everpeartne. (Hen.) 
Plant about two feet high ; foliage deep green ; stipules slightly 
glaucous, much, and leaflets slightly washed or spotted with white ; 
stem stocky, often branched at the base and above; nodes rarely 
more than two inches apart, peduncles one-half inch to two 
inches long, strong; pods decidedly paler than the foliage, 
as often single as in pairs, sometimes slightly recurved, two 
to three inches long, one-half to five-eighths of an inch wide, often 
not well filled, usually slightly depressed between the peas, apex’ not 
very blunt; peas three to six in a pod, very large, whitish green, 
ovate, somewhat compressed, one-half inch in longest diameter ; 
seeds slightly oblong, very much flattened and shrivelled, nearly 
one-half inch in longest diameter, radical rather distinct. An ounce 
contained sixty-nine seeds. 
Not very prolific, medium in season, maturing its crop very_ 
promptly. 
Introduced in 1884 by Messrs. B. K. Bliss & Sons. 
No. 51. Crrrerion. (Vil.) 
Synonyms. Standish’s Criterion (Fr.), Criterium (Vil.) 
Plant about three feet high ; foliage medium ; stipules much and 
leaflets slightly washed with white; stem rather large, sometimes 
branched at the base and above’; nodes rarely more than four inches 
apart ; peduncles one-half inch to two and a half inches long; pods 
scarcely paler than the foliage, often in pairs, two to three inches 
long, one-half inch wide, plump, rounding to the apex when fully 
developed ; peas four to eight in a pod, pale green, oval, compressed 
when full grown, one-half inch in longest diameter; seeds mostly 
cream colored, much shrivelled, three-eighths of an inch in longest 
diameter, radical obscure. An ounce contained eighty seeds. 
Not very prolific, medium in season, maturing its crop rather 
promptly. 
