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from the same axil dividing into two branches, each terminating in a
flower: hence the names of 'Single-blossomed' and 'Double-blossomed'
have both been occasionally applied to this variety."

EARLY HOTSPUR.

Early Golden Hotspur. Golden Hotspur. Superfine Early. Reading Hotspur.

Similar to the Early Frame. Mr. Thompson represents it as identical. The
Messrs. Lawson describe it as follows: "Pods generally in pairs, three
inches long, half an inch broad, nearly straight, and well filled; pea
similar to the Double-blossomed Early Frame, but rather larger."

EARLY WARWICK.

Race-horse.

Once at the head of early pease: now considered by the most experienced
cultivators to be identical with the Early Frame.

EARLY WASHINGTON.

Cedo nulli.

A sub-variety of the Early Frame; differing slightly, if at all, either
in the size or form of the pod, color and size of the seed, or in
productiveness.

Once popular, and almost universally cultivated: now rarely found on
seedsmen's catalogues.

EUGENIE.

Plant about three feet in height, with pale-green foliage; pods single
or in pairs, three inches long, containing five or six peas. When ripe,
the peas are of medium size, cream-colored, and much shrivelled and
indented.

Plants from sowings made May 1 were in blossom June 14, green pease were
plucked July 10, and the pods ripened from the 18th to the 25th of the
same month. English catalogues describe the variety as being "the
earliest white, wrinkled marrow-pea in cultivation; podding from the
bottom of the stalk to the top, with fine large pods." In a
trial-growth, it proved hardy and very prolific; and the pease, while
young, were nearly as sweet as those of the Champion of England. The
pods were not remarkable for diameter; but, on the contrary, were
apparently slender. The peas, however, were large; and, the pods being
thin in texture, the pease, when shelled, seemed to be equal in diameter
to the pods themselves. As a new variety, it certainly promises well,
and appears to be worthy of general cultivation. It will come to the
table immediately after the earliest sorts, and yield a supply till the
Marrows are ready for plucking.

FAIRBEARD'S CHAMPION OF ENGLAND. _Cot. Gard._

Champion of England.

Plant of strong and luxuriant habit of growth, with a stem from five to
six feet in height, which is often undivided, but also frequently
branching. The laterals are produced within about eighteen