Lord Leicester

This 19th century dwarf variety produces stout stemmed plants, white flowers and plump, well-filled pods. Listed in Harrisons of Leicester Garden Seeds and Sundries catalogue 1919 as: "A cross between Gradus and Strategem, grown and selected for many years on our farm; it has a slender, free habit of Gradus and the pods are immense and are filled with large peas of the richest flavour, sweet and buttery." Hedrick in Vegetables of New York (1928) confirms the breeding line, and adds that it was created by Thomas Laxton.