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Very prolific, considering the height of the plant, rather early, 
maturing its crop rather slowly. 
No. 76. Kyigar’s Dwarr Green Marrow. (Vil.) 
Synonyms. Hai’s Dwarf Green Marrow; Hairs Dwarf 
Mammoth ? (Burr); (Fr.). Pots ridé nai vert hatif, P. Napoleon, 
P. Climax. (Vil.) 3 
Plant one to two feet high ; foliage deep green ; glaucous, slightly 
washed with white ; stipules very glaucous; stem stocky, sometimes 
branched at the base, often above; nodes rarely more than two 
inches apart ; peduncles half an inch to one and a half inches long, 
strong ; pods paler than the foliage, usually in pairs, not very well 
filled, two to three inches long, five-eighths of an inch wide, very 
numerous, rounding gradually to the apex; peas rarely more than 
five in a pod, very large, whitish green, obloag, much compressed 
when full grown, rather more than half an inch in longest diameter ; 
seeds pale green, shading to almost white, much flattened and shriy- 
elled, nearly half an inch in longest diameter, radical obscure. An 
ounce contained sixty-four seeds. 
Very prolific, medium in season, maturing its crop promptly. 
Offered by Thorburn in 1828. One of the original Knight’s Mar- 
rows, originated with Mr. Thomas Andrew Knight, at Downton 
Castle, England. 
No. 77. Lrrrte Gem. (7 1882.) 
Synonym. McLean's Little Gem. 
Plant one and a half to two feet high; foliage dark green ; stipules 
slightly glaucous, washed with white; stem often branched at the 
base ; nodes rarely more than two inches apart ; peduncles one-half 
to one inch long; pods paler than the foliage, usually single, two to. 
three inches long, about five-eighths of an inch wide, blunt at the 
_.apex when fully developed; peas three to eight in a pod, whitish- 
green, compressed when full grown, slightly oblong, flattened, about 
one-half inch in longest diameter ; seeds mostly cream-colored, occa- 
sionally very pale bluish-green or creamy-white, much shrivelled, 
nearly three-eighths of an inch in diameter, radical not very distinct. 
An ounce contained 108 seeds. 
Very prolific for the size of the plant, medium in season, maturing 
its crop very promptly. 
Introduced about 1863. Originated with Dr. McLean, of Col- 
chester, England. (Gar. Chron.) — 
No. 78. Pripe or tHE Marker. (Greg. 1883. ) 
Synonym. Carter's Pride of the Market. 
Plant about one and a half feet high; foliage ample, glaucous; 
stem strong, often branched at the base and above; nodes rarely 
more than one inch apart; peduncles one inch to one and a half 
inches long ; pods same color as the foliage, usually single, three to 
four inches long, three-fourths of an inch wide, tapering gradually 
