Peas^t1
[Sept 6    7^O. 30’    th ‹3^d› «‹2^d & 3^rd & 4^th›» «2^d & 3^d» Purple-p— peas planted, & marked with slips of Zinc. — . ‹Three 3› «Three» Champions planted, one of which germinated «this mrning,» & 2 of those «, all» in about sam stage ,‹&› which had germ. «or split» in pod.]
Sept. 6^th    2^O P.m.    a second^t2 Champion ‹ha› (of th lot of non split peas) has germ. & a fourth^t3 purple-poded pea
[Sept 7^th «7^O. 20’ A.m» a third Champion (of non-split lot)
[Sept 8^th 7^O 30 a fourth Champion germ (do) ) 10^O P.m. a 5^th «Purple»
[Sept 9^th. 8^O A.m a sixth purple: 8^O P.m. a seventh purple germ.]
[Sept 10’ 7’ A/m an eighth purple. The ninth (Sept 18^th) has now germinated. The 10^th thrown away before.

«Three» Peas germinated vy quickly viz in 36^O, so that a little difference in time is gret for them. Now th 4 crossed peas germinated on average 13^O before th 4 first of purple-podded out of 10 peas of those , & th hang a choice is important for other «purple-podded» did not germinate for some time «afterwads». The crssed peas germinated at a ‹much› «still» longer average interval before th self-fert. mother Champion peas . —^t4

^t1 Peas] in blue crayon ^t2 ] underlined; in blue crayon ^t3 ] underlined; in blue crayon ^t4 little difference…] margin score; in red crayon

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