268 ’ [Ass#uBEy 
Ver y prolific for the size of the plant, and very early, me 
its crop very promptly. 
This is one of the earliest wrinkled peas known at the present 
time and is of superior quality. It originated with Mr. Charles 
Arnold of Canada, about the year 1878, from a claimed cross be- 
tween Champion of England and Mc Lean’s Little Gem. 
No. 73. Premium Gem. (# 1882.) 
Synonyms. Carter’s Premium Gem, Futra Early Premium 
Gem. 
washed with white; stem sometimes branched at the base; nodes 
rarely more than one inch apart; peduncles one-fourth of an inch 
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 three to seven in a pod, ob- 
Jong, much compressed, one-half inch in diameter; seeds pale green, 
shading in some specimens to creamy white,much shrivelled, flattened, 
nearly ‘three- eighths of an inch in longest diameter, radical rather 
obscure. An ounce contained 108 seeds. 
Very prolific for the size of the plant, rather early, maturing its 
crop very promptly. 
No. 74. Very Dwarr Wrrnxtep. (Vil.) 
Synonym. Pots ridé trés nain a bordures. (Vil.) 
Plant’ about one foot high; foliage medium, scarcely glaucous, 
leaflets and stipules more or less washed with white : stem some- 
times branched at the base, often above; nodes rarely more than 
three inches apart ; peduncles one-fourth to three-fourths of 
an inch long, rarely. longer; pods paler than the foliage, rarely 
in pairs, one and a half to two and a half inches long, one- 
half inch wide, extremely plump, rather blunt at the apex when 
fully developed ; peas three to seven ina pod, whitish-green, oblong, 
much compressed in fully developed pods, about one- -half inch in 
longest diameter; seeds mostly cream-colored, much -flattened and 
shrivelled, nearly three-eighths of an inch in longest diameter, radi- 
cal very obscure. An ounce contained ninety- four seed. 
Rather prolific, considering the size of the plant, rather early, 
maturing its crop rather slowly. 
No. 75. Witu1am Horst. (Greg.) 
Plant about eight inches high ; foliage medium, terminal leaflets 
small; stipules glaucous, washed with white; stem medium, rarely 
branched ; ; nodes rarely more than two inches apart ; peduncles one- 
half inch to one and a half inches long; pods paler than the foliage, 
single, one and a half to two and a half inches long, one-half inch 
wide, often slightly recurved, tapering gradually to a point, plump ; 
peas four to seven in a pod, pale- green, oval, thickest towards the 
hilum, much compressed, one-half inch in longest diameter; seeds 
much flattened and shrivelled, three-eighths of an inch in longest 
diameter, radical rather obscure. An ounce contained 106 seeds. 
Plant one to two feet high; foliage deep-green, scarcely glaucous, 
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