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Field Peas. The original Grey Pea is supposed to be wild in Greece and the Levant, 

 and is probably the original parent both of the few sorts of peas grown by the farmer and 

 the countless numbers of still increasing kinds of the garden. 



In 1905, 172,931 acres in the United Kingdom were under peas, the total yield being 

 4,446,050 bushels. Of the total acreage, England's share was 171,110 acres. 



The average yield in the United Kingdom for the past ten years was 26' 24 bushels per acre. 



Our total imports of peas for 1905 was 2,015,876 cwt. Of these 1,056,360 cwt. came from 



British possessions. 



F BEANS 



Broad of Horse Beans rank with peas as the most important pulse crop cultivated in 

 or imported into this country. The common bean is a hardy annual, generally believed to 

 be a native of the shores of the Caspian Sea, as well as of Egypt and other parts of the Orient. 

 The acreage under beans in the United Kingdom in 1905 was 255,566 acres. 



The total yield in 1905 in the United Kingdom was 8,261,697 bushels ; the average yield 

 per acre for the last ten years being 27' 68 bushels per acre. The principal counties are 

 Suffolk, Lincoln, Essex, and Cambridge. Beans are an important import into this country. 

 In 1905 it amounted to 1,225,050 cwt. Of these 200,440 cwt. came from British- possessions. 



TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL PULSES 

 Whilst peas and beans are practically the only important pulse crops grown in this country, 

 in tropical and sub-tropical countries their name is legion, and several demand more than mere 

 passing notice in these pages. 





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