198 THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



Spray with whale-oil soap, one pound in six gallons of 

 water. 



Moth. Pick the pods while young, and let none 

 ripen ; rotation. Destroy vines ; plow in fall. 



For blister-beetles and other pests which injure 

 beans, see under Bean. For plant-lice, plant-bugs, and 

 leaf-hoppers, underspray with kerosene emulsion. 



For caterpillars, hand picking, arsenites (wash 

 before shelling). For cutworms, bait as under cabbage. 



PEA, EDIBLE-PODDED or SUGAR, is a type of 

 pea with tender pods, which are eaten exactly like 

 string beans, and are much esteemed in Europe. They 

 should be better known in America. Their culture is 

 like other peas, according to the sizes of the vines, 

 dwarf, half-dwarf, and tall. The peas should be picked 

 before they ripen. 



PEA, WINGED, is a prostrate annual plant of the 

 pea family of little apparent value, the pods eaten like 

 Sugar Peas, or the seed, when ripe and roasted, ground 

 as a substitute for coffee. 



Sow when the ground is fit, in rows eighteen inches 

 apart. 



Depth. Two to four inches, according to soil and 

 season. 



Thin to four inches apart in the rows. 



Soil as for other peas. 



