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The climate best suited for the cultivation of earth nuts is one 

 free from frost for about five months. The soil should be free and 

 light, to permit the easy penetration of the flowering organs, which 

 curve downwards into the ground, where they enlarge and ripen. 

 A gravelly loam with a retentive clay subsoil suits it well. Lime 

 or marl, if not naturally present, must be added either with the 

 fertilisers used or independently ; without lime the nuts will not 

 develop properly a large proportion being empty shells, called " pops." 



Pea Nu t or Earth Nut 



