a foot and a half in height and bears a very heavy crop of pods, which latter and the peas that they contain are of unusual size and substance.[1]
LAXTON’S EVOLUTION PEA.
Laxton’s Evolution.—This variety is a novelty in the way of peas; in the other varieties the object having been of late years to have the pods all mature as nearly as possible at the same time; this object has been sought for the benefit of the market gardeners, while in this new variety we have a kind which will, from its everbearing habits, be a great boon to the family gardener. The vines grow about three feet high, and bear continuously, for a space of nearly three months, an abundance of handsome, large pods, each of which contains eight to ten wrinkled peas, the pods being borne in clus-
- ↑ The Stratagem is also a remarkably fine pea, of the same type as Pride of the Market, except that the large, handsome peas are wrinkled.—Ed.
