| Show COWPEAS FIRST USED AS FOOD FOR HUMANS earliest published record in america was in 1798 plant att at present Is 1 best beat K known and extensively grown leguminous oua crop in southern athern states state can so be grown in north lerp d I 1 by Y the united states department of agriculture the I 1 0 o cowpea Is undoubtedly x 0 native of C jentrus Jen ell tri trul I 1 africa mafrica A wild plant differing I 1 mie little from tile the cultivated cow itell occurs iauch of 0 that continent hybrids of this wild plant and ami tin tile cultivated c 11 ifil cowpea are readily leni lily obtained the cultivated cowpen consists or oc three main groups grouls the e as hean the cut jang and the cowpea cow pen euch of which represents a group of varlet varieties lei having much in ili common hut but conic cin nied ted through ate r files the rho cowpea compea Is the most important of the lie three groups the large number nuni lier and greit great direr sl ty nf cultivated varieties throughout africa anti over oer tile the southern aalf of abood A good stand of co Cowpe peas aa ala ait mid UK the adjacent fiands it M well ell ns as tilt llie mediterranean region ol of eurof euroia indicate that the HIP cowpea cowlie lt Is 19 ot of ancient cultivation for human food it was early introduced in the spanish settlements in the west indies and wat was grown in north carolina Caroll nii in n 1714 probably coming coining from the west in its culture in virginia was reported about 1775 find and no douht was wn quite general in tile the united states early in tie the nineteenth cen century t ury wa without bout doubt the cowpea in hi mentioned by file lie old itoman writers in ili italy the blackeye ni ackey cowpen cow pea is still called by the ille name as the kidney bean rini licay which alc 1 ix tho the equi equiha vit ent of in F nt t aal africa a both tile the wild ald and cultivated c cawin 0 at 11 are called I ninde while mo in inja whore where tit alio is as inore extensively cultivate A d the nanie kanip Ilu luald bla biti ali diany others Is used in Ai file cocea vii was i flat known kii ns calli aco drinco nikl annl litter inter ns iddinn pen southern thorn pen sout douthert hert field iva IKU and cornfield pen pea tit tin I 1 art rt published ali dietl A of tile nanie emigen cv iti gnp in 1799 and applied apparently to a single variety the at prewit Is the hp idt known and most grown leguminous crop in ili tilt Sout southern bern a tates states hut but it can be grown profitably much farther artl I 1 er north Althou although gli it 11 surf cecils under a greater diversity livers 11 v it il climatic soil and cultural conditions than most other legumes the he hest results are obtained in forage wll JI improvement pro and seed production by a thorough understanding of the requirements quire ments and the best beet varl var letien etleo ut of the crop |
