This section is from the book "Cooking Vegetables. Practical American Cookery", by Jules Arthur Harder. Also available from Amazon: The Physiology Of Taste.
No. 1064. - The seeds are small and round, but are not always of good quality.
No. 1065. - One of the best of the dwarf varieties, and a great producer. The seeds are large, blue, round and somewhat wrinkled.
No. 1066. - This variety furnishes Peas as early as any variety. The Peas are large and the pods continue bearing for ten days.
No. 1067. - A desirable dwarf, green, wrinkled variety, about fifteen inches high. In its green state, the Peas are large and sweet.
No. 1068. - This resembles the Little Gem, but has heavier and more prolific vines and larger pods. They fully equal the later sorts in quality.
No. 1069. - A green wrinkled variety, nearly three feet high, with long, broad pods, which are well filled. Their flavor is excellent and they are considered by many to be the best of their season.
No. 1070. - This is a sweet, wrinkled Pea about two feet in height, being very early and having a delicious flavor.
No. 1071. - A variety that is in demand in the vicinity of Philadelphia. It is prolific and of very good flavor.
No. 1072. - A prolific variety of good quality and flavor. The Peas are white, shriveled and indented.
No. 1073. - This is one of the best flavored Peas, being equal to any in quality and more in demand than other varieties. It is very productive, and from four to five feet in height. The seeds are shriveled and of a whitish green color.
No. 1074. - One of the best summer varieties, a good bearer, very strong, and about three feet high. The pods are large, long, pointed and somewhat flat, and contain about ten large, blue, flattened Peas.
No. 1075. - This is a prolific bearer, of strong growth, and is about five feet in height. It is cultivated more extensively for summer crop than any other variety. The pods are large, round, light colored, and well filled, with large, blue, slightly flattened Peas.
No. 1076. - This variety is earlier than the White Marrowfat, but is similar to it in character and appearance, except in its dwarf growth. It will not require bushing.
•Large Rlack-Eyed Marrowfat.
No. 1077. - A prolific and excellent mammoth variety, about five feet in height, with large, full pods.
No. 1078. - The vines are stout and about two feet high, bearing at the top a number of broad pods filled with large Peas, which keep in season a long time, and do not become hard. They are of fine quality and are preferred over all others by those who like a marrow-like Pea.
 
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