viners

"It's small, but not as small as a petit pois a blanket term for smaller pea varieties, with a dark green colour," explained Keyes as we trudged across the low tangle of pea plants - no bamboo canes or trellis work here - to the viners.

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Moving is the farming term for ripening, it transpires, although there were indeed three massive pea harvesters or "viners", making stately progress along the field, and one of them had my name on it.

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This was a particular concern when using contractors; pea viners were also a contamination source, she said.

FWi - All News 2010

No longer will our field be by-passed by the viners in an unexpected hot period when all the peas have ripened together (another fate that seemed to befall our crop quite regularly).

FWi - All News 2010

This was a particular concern when using contractors; pea viners were also a contamination source, she said.

FWi - All News 2010

This was a particular concern when using contractors; pea viners were also a contamination source, she said.

FWi - All News 2010

No longer will our field be by-passed by the viners in an unexpected hot period when all the peas have ripened together (another fate that seemed to befall our crop quite regularly).

FWi - All News 2010

On our neighbour's farm, the viners have been in the workshop all winter receiving their annual service.

FWi - All News 2010

This was a particular concern when using contractors; pea viners were also a contamination source, she said.

FWi - All News 2010

On our neighbour's farm, the viners have been in the workshop all winter receiving their annual service.

FWi - All News 2010