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yet they will yield very near as many Peafe for the Quantity 
of Ground, as any of the largeft Kinds. 
The other Kind of Peafe are in general of a much ftronger 
Growth, and will, when ftick’d, climb up five or fix Feet high, 
producing great Quantities of Cods as they afcend, 
3. Their Temperature and Virtues. 
Astotheir Temperature of Heat or Cold, neither the ancient 
or modern LZerbarifts have difcovered in publick ; and ‘tis my 
humble Opinion that they are neither hot or cold, but ofa Tem- 
perature between both. 
Galen, in his Book of the Faculties of Nourifhments, fays, 
that their whole Subftance are very near like unto that of 
Lisbon and Garden Beans, but are not fo windy, and withal, 
have not that cleanfing Quality as the Bean hath. 
4. The Parts for Ufe. 
The young Peafe or Seed, when near full grown, whilft 
green and tender, before they begin to turn, of a. very pale 
white Colour, and mealy when boiled. 
The tender Leaves, when about three Inches high,’ are an ex- 
cellent boil’d Sallet. 
s. The Quantity of either is at Pleafure. 
6. Their Cultivation. 
All the feveral Kinds of Peafe delight in good frefh Land; 
rather than that which is very rich with Dung, which caufes them 
to grow very rank, | 
The Seafon for fowing the fir Crop is about the mid- 
dle of O€¢fober, or beginning of November, and fometimes 
not till December, which I think is rather too late to have 
them carly, and efpecially when the Winter proves very mild: 
But however, for fear it fhould not, ‘tis beft to fow at both 
Seafons, and then, if the firft ftands the Winter's Froft, that 
Crop will come very early in April, and be fucceeded by 
the other in May. The Horfpur Peafe are the Kinds we 
fow for our firft and fecond Crops, the Readings for the third, 
the marrow Peafe, fugar'd Peafe, ec. for the fourth, and the 
dwarf 
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