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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 18:06:47 EST
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- Subject: English peas
- In-Reply-To: Message of Fri,
- 1 Jan 1993 16:38:38 CST from <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
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- > English peas are relatively small and green.
- >The best ones are the smallest ones. Even the smallest ones are a bit
- >larger than lady peas. But they're smaller than crowder peas or black-eyed
- >peas.
-
- Where do purple-hulls fit into your taxonomy?
-
- Here is something from the Britannica that may throw some light on
- the name:
-
- The garden or English pea and field pea (Pisum sativum) are cool
- season plants that cannot tolerate hot weather. Garden peas have
- been developed to their highest perfection in England, where they
- can be grown all summer. The best English varieties are not adapted
- to the warmer climate of the US, and the principal varieties grown
- in the US are inferior in quality to the best English varieties.
- Peas can be grown in the lower latitudes (such as the southern US)
- only as late fall, winter, or early spring crops....
-
- Are southern varieties cowpeas? The Britannica suggests that these
- are more properly called beans.
-
- I bet the DARE would have something to say about the naming
- convention, if there were any libraries open today.
-
- brad
-