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* Seeds cream colored or white. 
+ Seeds smooth or but slightly indented. 
§ Pods straight or nearly so. 
No. 61. Ferry’s Exrra Harry. (Fer. 1883.) 
Plant one and a half to two feet high; foliage light green, not 
glaucous, stipules washed with white; stem very slender, sometimes 
branched at the base, rarely above; nodes rarely more than three 
inches apart ; peduncles one-half inch to two inches long; pods paler 
than the foliage, usually single, two to two and a half inches long, five- 
eighths of an inch wide, very blunt at the apex when fully developed ; 
peas five to seven im a pod, pale green, nearly round, slightly com- 
pressed when full grown, three-eighths of an inch in diameter; seeds 
sometimes shading towards green, very smooth, about one-fourth 
inch in diameter, radical obscure. An ounce contained 119 seeds. 
Not very prolific, very early, maturing its crep promptly. 
No. 62. Tom Tuums. (? 1882). 
Synonyms. xtra Early Dwarf Tom Thumb; Bush Pea, 
Beck's Gem (Burr); Sutton’s Long Podded Tom Thumb, Beck's 
— Early Gem, (Fr.) Pois nain hatif extra. (Gar Chron.) 
Plant one anda half to two feet high; foliage abundant, very 
compact, rather deep green, neither glaucous or washed with white, - 
leaflets smaller toward the top of the plant; stem strong, much 
branched ; nodes rarely more than two inches apart; peduncles one 
to two inches long; pods paler than the foliage, often in pairs, two 
to two and a half inches long, one-half inch wide, blunt at the apex 
when fully developed; peas four to six in a pod, whitish green, com- 
pressed when full grown, three-eighths of an inch in longest diameter ; 
seeds roundish, very smooth, about one-fourth of an inch in diameter, 
radical distinct. An ounce contained 117 seeds. 
Prolific, rather early, maturing its crop remarkably slowly. 
Certain strains of this very distinct variety are more dwarf than 
the height noted above. 
Introduced into this country about the year 1850 by the Messrs. 
Landreth of Philadelphia. It succéeds best on heavy soil, and 
is largely used for fall planting in the south. 
No. 68. Very Earty Dwarr. (Vil.) 
Probably the Pots nain trés hatif ad chassis of Vil. 
Plant about one foot high; foliage medium, terminal leaflets very 
small; leaflets and stipules scarcely glaucous, more or less washed 
with white; stem rather stocky, seldom branched, nodes rarely more - 
than two inches apart; peduncles one-half of an inch to one anda 
half inches long, one-half of an inch wide, straight, rather blunt at 
the apex when fully developed; peas three to seven in a pod, pale 
green, roundish, compressed in fully developed pods, three-eighths of 
an inch in diameter; seeds roundish, very smooth, one-fourth of an 
inch in diameter, radical very distinct. An ounce contained 124 
seeds. . 
“Not very prolific, rather early, maturing its crop rather slowly. 
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