No. 33. . 263 
No. 58. Tue Racker. (Hors. 1883.) 
Plaut two and a half to three feet higa ; foliage scanty, not glau- 
cous; stipules and some leaflets washed with white, stipules usually 
waved ; stem sometimes branched at the base, rarely above; nodes 
rarely exceeding four inches apart; peduncles one to three inches 
long, slender ; pods paler than the foliage, usually single, sometimes 
straight, two and a half to three inches long, one-half of an inch 
wide, very blunt at the apex when fully developed; peas three to 
seven in a pod, pale green, much compressed, nearly one-half of an 
inch in longest diameter; seeds pale green or creamy white, much 
shrivelled and hollowed at the sides, about five-sixteenths of an inch 
in diameter, radical obseure. An ounce contained 107 seeds. 
Productive, medium in season, maturing its crop very gradually, 
Originated, in 1879, with Mr. I. H. Horsford, of Charlotte, Vt., 
from a claimed cross between Early Alpha and American Wonder. 
This variety and the Market Garden were produced in the same pod. 
No. 59. Joun Butz. (Greg. 1883.) 
Plant two to three feet high; foliage ample, deep green; stipules 
glaucous, scarcely washed with white; stem strong, often branched 
at the base and above; nodes rarely more than two and a haif 
inches apart; peduncles two to three inches long; pods paler than 
the foliage, often in pairs, three to four and a half inches long, 
about three-fourths of an inch wide, rounding gradually to the apex ; 
peas four to eight in a pod, whitish green, ovate, flattened, not com- 
pressed, one-half of an inch in longest diameter; seeds shading 
from pale, yellowish green to creamy white, flattened, very much 
shrivelled, three-eighths of an inch in longest diameter, radical ob- 
scure. An ounce contained seventy-nine seeds. 
Moderately prolific, very late, maturing its crop gradually. 
No. 60. McLean’s Best or Att. (Vil.) 
Plant two to three feet high; foliage deep green; stipules glan- 
cous, scarcely washed with white; stem stocky, often branched at 
the base and above; nodes rarely more than two inches apart; pe- 
duncles three-fourths of an inch to one and a half inches long, 
strong; pods slightly paler than the foliage, often in pairs, slightly 
recurved, two to three inches long, five-eighths of an inch wide, 
rounding gradually to the apex, rather plump; peas four to six in 
a pod, whitish green, oblong, compressed when fully grown, one- 
half of an inch in longest diameter; seeds cream color, shading, in 
some specimens, to very pale green, much shrivelled, fully three- 
eighths of an inch in longest diameter, radical obscure. An ounce 
contained seventy-two sceds. 
Prolific, very late, maturing its crop rather slowly. 
Introduced in 1871. Originated with Dr. McLean of Cholches- 
ter, Eng. (Gar. Chron.) ; 
Crass O. Dwarf. Plant not exceeding two feet in height under 
average conditions, 7 
