The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-11-18

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PEAS.
APplrl.y. neu csmlaiIse. MI,
OciabcF ~, 1851.
To The Editor u the American Farmer.
SIR:-l send on. as fair specimens.
tie tap ro0ts "f three kinds Of " Peas"
called "cornlirld peas" in the South.
where they two al Ihem) have been ma
ny years in use. The seeds were Kindly
senI me. last year, b. Richard Adams,
esq. Of Nansemond county, Va. a. great
improiers ~ the soil. have attached
labels TO their respective roois-ihe one
called the " Black or Tory Pea" anolher,
L" the Kelly" a yellow pea, and the third
is called the " Rocky mountain pea, -
whirh Nj. 4. SAYS, was sent there ~
Capt. Fremont. while travelling in that
counlry,-of this last. lately received, Mr..
A. has no experience, but from the im-
mensiiy Of The loot tlor peal which 1
dug up this morning, am induced To send
il 10 you. II must be invaluable rs an
improver; il measured. when recently OBJ
tanned, two inches in circumference, and
not coniral a. usual in tap roots, hut re-
tanning lliis size Tor six inches in the
gr0und-and near the lower emil il sends
out many lateral branch roots. ten 10 tween
" inches lung. thus pervading space III
twenty To forty inches, diameter; the
main stem above ground, runs up To about
three feet. with numerous alternate branch.
es. beaded with large ovaIe leaves, six
inches long by five broad; The pcricarps.
or seed vessels, grow in clusters, al the
extremity Of each stem, aud contain We
~ small grey colnrcd seed.
The Black Pea has, also, large tap
root, and many iibrous branches. andIls TO-
hage is heavy. The root Of the Kelly
Pea" is much smaller, but its foliage ls
nearly equal To that Of the Black; Mr.. A.
highly recommends this pea for table use
green or dried; and my experience this
season, lully veriics this character Of II.
have taken the liberty to introduce,
withou, his knowledge, Mr.. As name,
aud few Of the many interesting subjects
of his several letters TO me on agricultural
matters aud ihing'--relying upon his IL
heralily, 10 pardon the liberty. ] had
previously received communication from
| him. stating his irnprassinns. 10 ...i-----.y
To that maintained in my address al VIII.
mington, an the necessity Of rotation of
crops; and iIIa. he would collect reliable
testimony, that corn lad been grown very
1 many consecutive ycars--and the land
and crops improring--wi,houl manure.
lie uames field of his uwn, oftwenty
| acres, in the constant cultivation Of corn
with the exception Of one year in cotton
One wear in Palma ChTisti--and one
crop Of water melun.) "beyond the the.
mory Of the oldest people"-an, without
any manuIe-save some applied to the
water melon crop; yet now, yielding
crop Of corn which promises to yield for
| ~ bushels tn the acre. Also Gen. Cres-
sup, neighbour field thirty-seven years
in corn-yield thirty 10 forty bushels per
) acre-.uo manure applied to i,--now yields
/ forty To fifty per acre. Another neIghboE
! has cultivated the same field lur more than
twenty years successfully, in corn and
: cornlield peas, and from an original yield
. of five 10 eight bushels Of corn per acre
: i, now yields thirty to forty. But the
|, mus, striking example is tina, Of Mr.. Hop
i kins, Of Charles city county. who cult
waited the same field, for more than thirty
: wears, consecu,ively, in corn; he als'
| nIanled the rornfell pea with his corn
as | infer the others all did, he improve,
his land so as to make i, yield more thar
4 five fold.
a, Mr.. A. writes tina, the usual course i
h 10 SOW the pea broadcast when the corr
+ receives the last working--say about
!. half bushel per ARE: and when the corr
, is gathered they may be Pastured, o
i ploHghed in, for the bene6, Of the lam
y and the corn crop Of the ensuing year
b but, if intended for the grain, tbey shout
! he plauted in drill, from the LIST OF Jun
to the 10Th Of July. These peas are, h
says, considered in the South--in lowe
Va. the two Carolnas, and IN GeorgI;
where they have been long time used
st as valuable in light land. as clover IN III
It. sliil-as food, or, as an improver. vi
X | have hastily sketched of a notice
=. these surprising facts, from their rel'abI
- and undoubted aulhoriiy-in direct col
j. currence. TOO, with Mr.. Garnetts view
&C on tile same subject, which | have rele
red 10 OH former occasion. Respectful
lv. .! JOSEPH L. MUSE.
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nat. rtooy Al,xauder Mel els