An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles encyclopdiaofa02loud Year: 1831 Book VI. THE PEA. 8fJ5 leaves upon the surface. The legumes c
An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles encyclopdiaofa02loud Year: 1831 Book VI. THE PEA. 8fJ5 leaves upon the surface. The legumes cultivated in British farming arc, the pea, bean, tare, and vetch, to which might be added the lentil, kidneybean, and chick pea. 5190. The nutrilifc products of these plants are thus given by Sir H. Davy, Einhoff, and Tliaer: — Sj-stematic Xame. English Xiime. In 100 Parts. UTlole quan- tity of soluble or nutritive matter. Alucilage or starch. Sacchai-ine matiei', or sugar. Glut™ or alLxtmen. Extract, or matter reiidcreti iiisoluhle during Pisum sativum r'lcia Fkba. sativa ^'rvum /.ens - /'hastolus vulgiiris - Dry peas Common bean Tares . Lentils - - Kidneybean - 57-1 570 6,7 71 89 501 42rt 3(5 39 67 2i 103 lo- ll Sect. I. The Pea. — Visum sativum L. ; Diadtlphia Decundria L., and Legumbwsce 3. Les Pols, Fr. ; Erbse, Ger. ; Piscello, Ital. ; and Pesoles, Span. (^^'. 741.) 5191. The pea is the most esteemed legume in field culti- vation, botli for its seed and haulm. It is supposed to be a native of the south of Europe, and was cultivated by the Greeks and Romans. In this country it has been grown from time immemorial: but its culture appears to have ^ diminished since the more general introduction of herbage, ^~'t^\ plants, and roots ; and the pea, except near large towns for gathering green, and in a few places for boiling, has given way to the bean, or to a mixture of peas and beans. There are various inducements, however, to the cultiva- tion of peas
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