272 Shas { ASSEMBLY 
the apex when fully developed; peas six to eight in a pod, oblong, 
whitish-green, compressed when full grown, nearly one-half of an 
inch in longest diameter; seeds pale yellowish green, shading in 
specimens to creamy white, somewhat shrivelled, about one-fourth of 
an inch in diameter, radical obscure. An ounce contained 103 seeds. 
Extremely prolific, late, maturing its crop very gradually. 
No. 83. Tatu Eprste Popprep. (Thor. 1882.) 
Synonym. Zall Sugar. 7 
Plant five feet or more in height; foliage very ample; stipules 
slightly glaucous, washed with white; stem strong, often branched 
at the base and above; nodes rarely more than five inches apart; 
peduncles two to three inches long ; pods usnally single, two to three 
inches long, about one-half inch wide, blunt at the apex when fully 
developed ; peas six to eight in a pod, pale green, slightly oblong, 
much compressed when full grown, nearly one-half inch in longest di- 
ameter; seeds yellowish-green or cream-colored, slightly indented, 
about five-sixteenths of an incl in diameter, radical very distinct. 
An ounce contained ninety-eight seeds. 
Extremely prolific, late, maturing its crop very promptly. 
** Seeds dark colored or mottled, flowers colored. 
No. 84. Grant Eprptr Poppep. (Vil.) 
Synonyms. Giant Very Large Podded Sugar; (Fr.) Pots 
géant sans parchemin, P. Bisalto @ Espagne, P. d’ Alger ; (Ger.) 
Kapuziner Hrbse, Riesen Kapueiner Lt. (Vil.) 
Plant four to six feet high; foliage pale green ; stipules and peti- 
oles of leaflets circled with deep red at their union with the stem — 
or petiole; stem more or less washed with longitudinal streaks of 
deep red; leaflets and stipules large, the latter washed with white; 
stem large but slender in proportion to its length, often branched 
above, rarely at the base; nodes sometimes five inches apart; pe- 
duncles one to two inches long; pods single, remarkably distinct, 
often exceeding five inches in length, one and a half inches wide, 
much bent and contorted, often concave on one side and convex on 
the other, not at all filled by the peas, the two sides usually ad- 
hering closely, and much depressed between the peas, very pale 
green, wax-like in appearance, rounding more or less abruptly to the 
apex, entirely without parchment, crisp and sweet when at edible 
stage; peas five to eight in a pod, flattened by the side of the pod, 
pale green, scarcely in contact, rather more than half of an inch in 
diameter, nearly half of an inch thick; pods often poorly filled; 
seeds pale salmon color, shading to greenish, finely mottled with 
black, decidedly flattened, indented, fully three-eighths of an inch-in 
diameter, radical obscure. An ounce contained sixty-five seeds. 
Not prolific, rather late, maturing its crop promptly. 
Mentioned in Gar. Chron. prior to 1850. 
No. 85. Tart Gray Eprpte Poppep. (Thor. 1882.) 
Synonym. Yall Gray Sugar. 
Plant five feet or more in height; foliage ample, light green ; 
