134 REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST OF THE 
As appears, the “ Station,” a wrinkled sort developed at this 
Station, proved earliest ; the medium main crop from the English 
Specialty and Novelty Seed Company yielded the largest number 
of pods per plant; the “ Late,” from the same source, the largest 
number of peas to the pod, and Payne’s Conqueror, from Hender- 
son, the largest yield of dry peas. 
DESCRIPTIVE NOTES. 
American Champion. Height 3 to 34 feet; foliage rather pale, 
stipules rather large, much washed with white; stem large, 
angular, little branched, nodes about 3 inches apart; peduncles 
rarely more than 2 inches long; pods not very numerous, often 
in pairs, colored like the foliage, usually more or less recurved, 
narrowing gradually to the apex, 3 to 4 inches long, ¢ to % 
inch wide, and becoming ribbed as they approach maturity ; 
peas 6 to 8 ina pod; when ripe very large, strongly wrinkled, 
green and white. 
Blue Beauty. Height 20 to 24 inches; foliage rather pale, 
leaflets closely set, the upper ones a little waved, stipules 
washed with white; stems strong, nodes rarely more than 2 
inches apart; peduncles slender, often 3 inches or more long; 
pods very numerous, usually in pairs, paler than the foliage, 
straight, plump, blunt at the apex, 24 to 3 inches long, 4 inch 
wide; peas 5 to 6 in apod, closely set, squared; when ripe 
small, smooth, green or spotted with white. 
Blue Wrinkled. Height 3 to 4 feet; foliage compact, deep 
green, glaucous, leaflets rarely more than 4, much waved, — 
stipules large, waved, washed with white; stem branched, nodes 
rarely more than 2 inches apart; peduncles generally short, 
rather large ; pods not very numerous, often in pairs, moderately 
well filled, colored like the foliage, straight, very plump and blunt 
at the apex, 3 to 34 inches long, 2 of an inch wide; peas 5 to 7 ina 
pod, much compressed, } inch in longest diameter; when ripe of 
medium size, much wrinkled, green and white. 
Dwarf Champion of England. Height 2 feet; foliage deep 
green, stipules much washed with white; stem strong, with very 
short internodes; peduncles remarkably short, rarely more than 
an inch long; pods very numerous, borne rather high on the 

