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Peas (X means grown by Brooks.

Right-hand. or N. Row

1. Fairbeards surprise (blue early) X Extremely tall, great leaves V. Bark

2 Warners Emperor (white early) X moderately tall (Pods July 7th)

3 Knights tall white marrow (white late) rather tall

4 Blue Prussian rather short

5 White Prussian short

6 Incomparable marrow (blue) X dwarf

7 Redmans Imperial dwarf

8. Dan o Rourke dwarf Moderate, then stemmed,

9 Early Green Marrow tall, large leaf

10 Hairs Dwarf Mammoth. Dwarf large leaves. Flower & leaves large, but not so large as the great Kinds — Pods nearly as large & sometimes quite as large as next

11 Mammoth marrows tall — very large Pods

12 Milford marrows. tall

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May 22d Young plant 1 to 2 inches high.— Many quite alike; but several have already a very distinct aspect in tint, shape & size of leaves &c — Quite as much & more difference than in young cabbage at present — not quite so much as in Lettuce

June 6' great difference in height

June 18 Same remarks difference in size of Leaves — Pois nain Hatif very distinct Danecroft & Emperor & Pois-nain Hatif in flower. Warners Emperor & Danecroft very alike, but calyx of latter Danecroft same peculiar green, & 3 narrower segments sharper than in Emperor

June 25th compared flowers of almost all Peas in Flower, taking Early May as standard, there is really no difference in Shillings Grotto, Early Frame, Danecroft, Dan O Rourke; Warner's Emperor rather larger calyx.— Victoria Marrow much larger calyx.— & on other hand Bishops Long Pod & perhaps Charlton rather narrower calyx. The flower of Warner's Emperor nearly double size of Pois nain, hatif which is smallest & does not quite open.— Shades of difference in outline of petals.) In leaves Shillings Grotto & Warners Emperor much larger; Danecroft rather smaller & little more pointed, & pale green.— Pois nain Hatif extraordinary Dwarf — Stems very different thickness. Tinges of green different —

July 7th Danecroft. French Dwarf. Warners Emperor & Early May only Peas with pretty well swollen, green Pods.— These 4 Pods all closely alike. Though Plants very dissimilar. Tall Peas generally much later in their pods. Danecroft Pod, more glossy.

July 7th I observe that the flower of Fairbeards surprise, one of the most gigantic Peas is very slightly, & some not at all, larger than flower of Hairs Dwarf Mammoth, which is a dwarf Pea (perhaps descended from a tall Mammoth, so whole plant, on this theory has decreased in size, with flower decreasing

Thurstons Reliance 5 ft high.— Pois nain Hatif 9-10 inches high.—

July 20th. In general Habitus, thick zig-zag stems & thick banded leave-stalk & general tint, "Knight Dwarf Blue" quite as distinct as Danecroft

July 20th I can perceive as yet very little difference in Pods.

July 21. Some leaves of Pois nain 2/3 of size of largest leaves on gigantic Kind; but the leaves of Pois nain not smaller than those of rather tallish Blue Prussian & other dwarfish Kinds.

Peas in no case intermediate in Pod

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13 Hunters Marrows tall

14 Knights tall blue marrow tall

15 King of M. tallish

16 Imperial M. dwarf

17 Early Frame Peas tall (small leaves)

18 Matchless M. tall large leaves

19 Charlton Peas tall

20 Ne Plus Ultra tall — very rugged & larger Pods.

21 Shillings Grotto tall

22 Burbridges Eclipse X Dwarf, dark green

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July 9th. All flower at same time (on account of crossing) Fairbeard; Knight tall white marrow; Blue Prussian; white do; In next Row. Fairbeards non pareil; Thurstons Reliance; Pois Parchemin; Scimitar?

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Peas

Second Row

K 1. Knight Dwarf Blue X Dwarfish large dark leaves. This Pea is planted in 2 garden by (13) "Dwf. white Knight" & contrast great. The Blue dwarf has only 2 large leaves, whereas the White has 2, 3, or 4 leaves (not counting stipulæ). But very Dwf Blue Knight from being planted earlier (I suppose) has 4 leaves on many of stalks. Peas differ only in colour, perhaps blue rather larger; both crumpled.—

2 Fairbeards non pareil (white) tall

3 Thurston's Reliance (white late) Came up first.— Immense leaves, very tall, very like the Pois sans Parchemin — Pod considerably produced at dorsal end, large.

4. Pois geant sans Parchemin (true) — leaves edged with red — stand separate: no edging of red when full grown — very tall — White & one plant purple flowers. In all cases plant with purple flower has purple mark at base of bracteæ? Stipule — Pod Shows Peas inside considerably, & is pointed like last

These peas in orchard in shady Place came all true.—

5 Blue Scimitar marrow X Moderate, large leaves

6 Bishops Long-podded dwarf, dark green

7 Queen of the Dwarfs Aug 22d greyish green rather rounded leaf — very dwarf dark green, rather larger leaves — Pod broad, thick oval, singular —

8. Early May tall, but variable (Pods not formed July 7th)

9. American Dwf. rather dwarf — Pods much truncated.—

10. Flack's Victory rather dwarf

11 November Prolific dwarf not a pod.

12 Queen of England X Aug 22' very broad larger leaves pale green, gigantic.— One plant with purple flower; like Pois sans Parchemin — allied to Thurstons Reliance, identical with

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July 27th In general Habit & leaf I cd perceive no difference between Thurston's Reliance, Queen of England. // Knight tall white Marrow, Monmouth marrow, Hunters marrow // & Fairbeard Surprise yet on looking at Peas I find the last is typ large a moderate-sized green Pea: the first division of 2 is large, white smooth the third division is crumpled white — So very different types of Peas have similar plants —

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Peas

Second Row

13. Dwf White Knight X Dwarfish dark green, rather narrow leaves.

14. X Champion of England — gigantic, identical with Thurstons reliance & co

15. Great Britain — Not so tall immense leaves (Pods very green)

16. Woodford Green marrow, moderate, dwarfish dark green Pods very green.

17. Ringwood M. moderate, thin straggling

[in margin:] (Wonderful difference in terms of ripening of young Peas.)

18. X Victoria M. gigantic like Thurston & co. one plant with purple flower

19. Danecroft Aug 22d These have peculiar appearance 1 1/2 high. Green & smooth, moderate, dwarfish very thin stem, small leaved. (Pods July 7th.)

20 Sugar Pea — very late like Thurston & co — Pods curved & distorted, very much more attached than other Peas.

1 Pois geant sans Parchemin. (1854 deep tint) very forward leaves edged with red, large, stand separate. Gigantic Flowers; standard purplish rose.— wings dark purple — Some white plants. Did not come true.—

2. Pois sans sans Parchemin blanc a grand cosses. Not quite so tall. all white Pod curved & shows the Peas very plain chiefly on concave side

3. Pois nain Hatif. Excessively dwarf (good fat pods July 7th) July 7th Pods a shade shorter Danecroft but like them