THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



one wants their season extended as late as 

 possible. My orders to the gardener are to 

 plant a new crop as soon as the first is 

 two inches above the ground and to con- 

 tinue doing this until the middle of June. 

 The first two and the last crops are always 

 the largest planted; and, as the late ones 

 art apt to suffer from dry weather, a last 

 crop can be planted about August 1st. If 

 the weather at this time is dry it will be well 

 to soak the seeds for twenty-four hours 

 before sowing and when they are up, to 

 mulch them two or three inches. The first 

 crop should be planted as early in the Spring 

 as the ground can be worked. 



For years I grew only the tall varieties, 

 but they required so much labor and occu- 

 pied so much room that in recent years we 

 have grown only the dwarf peas. Old- 

 fashioned gardeners and men who have been 

 trained under them will still pin their faith 

 to the tall-growing peas, and I know some 

 people who think that the Champion of 

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