 | Library, John Baxter - 1830 - 594 pagini
...was not coramoii, as Loudon remarks, in the time of Elizabeth, as Fuller informs us that peas were brought from Holland, and were "fit dainties for ladies, they came so far and cost so dear." The varieties of peas are very numerous, and as they are extensively cultivated, both in the field... | |
 | 1832 - 412 pagini
...until a much later period, since Fuller informs us that peas, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, were brought from Holland", and were " fit dainties for ladies, they came so far, and cost so dear." In the reign of Henry VIII., too, the pea would appear to be somewhat of a rarity, as in the Privy... | |
 | George Lindley - 1831 - 648 pagini
...been cultivated. It was not common, however, in Elizabeth's time, as Fuller informs us that Peas were brought from Holland, and were " fit dainties for ladies, they came so far, and cost so dear." The varieties of Peas are very numerous : the following are mentioned in the seedsmen's lists : —... | |
 | George Lindley - 1831 - 674 pagini
...been cultivated. It was not common, however, in Elizabeth's time, as Fuller informs us that Peas were brought from Holland, and were " fit dainties for ladies, they came so far, and cost so dear." The varieties of Peas are very numerous : the following are mentioned in the seedsmen's lists : —... | |
 | Edwin Lankester - 1832 - 412 pagini
...until a much later period, since Fuller informs us that peas, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, were brought from Holland, and were " fit dainties for ladies, they came so far, and cost so dear." In the reign of Henry VII f., too, the pea would appear to be somewhat of a rarity, as in the Privy... | |
 | Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 692 pagini
...varieties. The pods of the latter are so tender that they may be boiled entire, and eaten as French -beans. The pea has been long cultivated in this country ;...an ingredient in soup. A bushel of peas will yield from 18 to 20 !!>.-. more flour than a bushel of oats, and i> Ibs. more than a bushel of beans. Sir... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 434 pagini
...Fuller, however, mentions that peas were brought from Holland, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, which were " fit dainties for ladies, they came so far, and cost so dear ;" — this must allude to some more delicate kinds, which had not even at that comparatively late... | |
 | John Towers (C.M.H.S.) - 1839 - 746 pagini
...cultivated. " It was not common, however, in Elizabeth's time, as Fuller informs us that peas were brought from Holland, and were 'fit dainties for ladies, they came so far and cost so dear.'1 " (Loudon, 3">97.) The pea is a climber, has pinnated tendrilled leaves, and produces papilionaceous... | |
 | John Bell - 1840 - 482 pagini
...cannot at this moment produce our authority for this emendation ; and a similar story is told of peas. " Common as they now are, they were in Elizabeth's time...for ladies, they came so far and cost so dear."]" When speaking of 1G60, Hume says " Asparagus, artichokes, cauliflower, and a variety of salads, were... | |
 | 1840 - 474 pagini
...cannot at this moment produce our authority for this emendation ; and a similar story is told of peas. " Common as they now are, they were in Elizabeth's time...fit dainties for ladies, they came so far and cost sodr.u.""! When speaking of 1660, Hume says " Asparagus, artichokes, cauliflower, and a variety of... | |
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fit dainties for ladies, they came so far, and cost so dear. 
