Pois Rame. Die Spargelerbse.

No. 1743. - A hardy creeping annual plant. The pods are three inches long, with four longitudinal leafy membranes. The seeds are globular, slightly compressed, and yellowish-white in color. The ripened seeds are used as a substitute for coffee, and the pods, while young and tender, are prepared the same as string beans.

Sow it in double drills an inch and a half deep and two feet apart, the single rows being made twelve inches from each other.