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seeds, which are used as substitutes for peas in feeding 

 pigeons, for which it is generally cultivated. It is an 

 early and prolific variety ; and on the Continent, where it 

 is grown far more extensively than in this country, it is 

 selected for cultivation on the lighter description of soils. 



Long-podded. Under this general title there are many 

 varieties, known by different epithets, due either to some 

 distinctive character in themselves, or merely to the name 

 of the person who first introduced them into cultivation ; 

 asAuld's Long -pod (fig. 7), Child's Long- pod, Green 

 Long-pod (fig. 8), Hangdown Long-pod (fig. 9), John- 

 ston's Long-pod (fig. 10), Large Long-pod, White Blossom 

 Long-pod (fig. 11), &c. These varieties, although quite 

 suitable for field cultivation, are usually only grown 

 within reach of good markets, to which they are sent as 

 vegetable produce. They are generally of vigorous growth, 

 with stout tall stems, carrying longer pods than the ordi- 

 nary field varieties, and producing flatter and much larger 

 seeds. The colour of the seeds is of a greenish- white, or 

 of a cream colour, becoming gradually darker as they 

 ripen. The husk is thinner, and the proportion of meal 

 they contain is always higher than the common kinds, 

 averaging 87 to 88 per cent, of meal to 12 to 13 per cent, 

 of husk. 



Windsor. This variety is, like the foregoing, known 

 by several different names, arising from the difference in 

 colour of the flowers, and also from the persons who first 

 introduced them. There are Green, Ked, and White 

 Windsors (figs. 12 and 13), all delicate plants, and suited 

 rather for market-gardening purposes than for the farm. 

 The last is the sort more commonly grown, as it possesses 

 the peculiar habit of ripening very unequally, thus con- 

 tinuing the vegetable supply from day to day for some 

 little time. They are all very prolific, owing probably to 

 the high quality of soils in which they are usually grown. 



