ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



England is the only kind to raise. How- 

 ever, the Little Gem and American Wonder, 

 both dwarf, are sweet and juicy and pro- 

 duce large crops, so I plant them every year 

 with most satisfactory results. 



Four quarts of pea seed will raise an 

 ample quantity for a medium sized family. 



There is such a difference between the 

 French and American ways of cooking peas 

 that if they have been once eaten as the 

 French cook them, the American boiled peas 

 will never again be seen on the table. 



One Summer we spent several weeks at a 

 delightful inn on the Normandy coast, kept 

 by the nicest Frenchman and his wife, who 

 could not do enough to please us. When 

 they noticed that I did not care for 

 "haricot vert" (and who ever returns from a 

 Summer on the Continent without register- 

 ing a vow never to look another string bean 

 in the face?) there were generally some 

 peas prepared for me; upon request the 

 Frenchman told me how to cook them, and 

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