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When wanted for use, they should 

 be freshened out and cooked in the 

 ordinary way. They are very good, 

 and are nearly as desirable as the best 

 canned beans. 



Diseases and Insects. Beans are 

 quite free from the attacks of any 

 injurious insects or diseases. An- 

 thracnose of the bean (Gloeosporium 

 lindemuihianum} shows itself by 

 black spots on the stems or pods 

 or both. It is sometimes very inju- 

 rious in moist weather, but only in 

 the occasional years have we any- 

 thing to fear from it. It is not gen- 

 erally considered profitable to use 

 Fig. 93. Anthracnose of any of the fungicides such as Bor- 

 deaux mixture,which would readily 



prevent it. Beans grown in locations where there is a 

 good circulation of air are less liable to injury than those 

 not so situated. 



PEAS (Pisum sativum) 



Description. The pea is an annual plant of uncertain 

 origin, but probably a native of central Europe. The 

 flowers are either white or violet colored, but the most 

 desirable garden kinds, almost without exception, bear 

 white flowers. 



Varieties of peas are divided into three classes, those 

 having wrinkled seed, those having round, small seed, 

 and those having edible pods. Wrinkled-seed varieties 

 do not germinate as well as the smooth-skinned or round 

 sorts, nor do their germinating powers last as long, nor 



