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Shrewsbury July 1 1842

Saw some a rows of Early Frame and of Woodfords Green Marrow Peas, whose respective fathers & grandfathers had grown close together & these peas compared with two rows of the true kinds raised from bought seed, showed no difference in their present state, (fit for eating) nor did they when first springing above the ground. But the difference between them are so slight as not to be easily discoverable until pod is ripe where one pea is white & other green. ─ Last year Abberley fancied that a few of the white kind was streaked a very little with green.─

Also saw rows of Beans (?) Early Long Pod & Easy Magazine whose fathers & grandfathers had grown close to each other & close to Fan Bean & all appeared to come up true.─ These two, however, are very little different, but the Earl Fan Bean is widely different.─

[See Torn Apart notebook, p. 151.]

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These Peas & Beans were in flower together ─

Abberley will look at seeds.─

Most hostlile facts to me = are Humbles driven away by tame Bees???!─

The two Peas differ in the earliness of maturity but an intermediate form might escape.─

I must experimentise myself. =

= And mem: on scrap says "March 1842 year before last Beans & Peas were planted in rows adjoining & seeds gathered & these seeds were planted last year pell-mell, without sticks & seeds gathered and are now planted this year" ─ now the result has been described.─

[See Questions & experiments notebook. CUL-DAR206.1.10a]