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stems, distinctly paler than the foliage, usually in pairs, straight, 
very plump, 1} to 3 inches long, 2 inch wide, not always well 
filled, a little depressed between the peas, apex not on a line with 
the back of the pod; peas 3 to 6 in a pod, very large, much com- 
pressed; when ripe, much flattened and wrinkled, mostly white. 
A productive variety, but the pods are rather small for market. 
Dwarf Maincrop. Height 20 inches; foliage deep green, a 
little waved, especially toward the top of the plant, stipules 
large, much washed with white; stem very strong with very short 
internodes ; peduncles rarely more than an inch long, strong, 
often recurving; pods numerous, often in pairs, a little paler than 
the foliage, straight or slightly recurved, 3 to 4 inches long, $ inch 
wide, ribbed a little as they approach maturity; peas 5 to 7 ina 
pod, oblong, flattened, large; when ripe smooth, breen and, white. 
Edinburgh Beauty. Height 14 feet; foliage deep green, leaflets 
usually small, stipules small, glaucous, washed with white ; stem 
strong, nodes rarely more than 2 inches apart; peduncles rather 
slender, straight, sometimes 3 inches long; pods numerous, usually 
in pairs, paler than the foliage, straight, depressed between the peas, 
1} to 3 inches long, } to £ inch wide, apex blunt; peas 3 to 6 in 
‘pod, much compressed ; aie ripe of medium size, much flattened 
and wrinkled, mostly white. 
Hampden Earliest. Apparently a strain of . Philadelphia. For 
description of the latter see Report New York Agricultural 
Experiment Station, 1884, page 248. 
Hlenderson’s Midsummer. Height 3 feet; foliage deep green, 
stipules somewhat washed with white; stem strong, angular, 
nodes rarely more than 2 inches apart; peduncles usually a 
little recurved, rarely more than 2} inches long; pods borne in the 
greatest abundance and rather high on the stems, almost always 
in pairs, decidedly paler than the foliage, usually slightly recurved, 
2 to 3 inches long, $ of an inch wide, blunt when fully developed; 
peas 4 to 6 in a pod, slightly flattened, compressed, large; when 
ripe of medium size, much flattened and wrinkled, white. 
An excellent late variety. 
“Late” (from English Specialty and Novelty Seed Company). 
Height 3 to 34 feet; foliage very deep green, slightly glaucous, a 
little waved; stipules little washed with white; stem straight, with 
