The Busy Woman's Garden Book 



apart and the ground kept loose and clean 

 throughout the growing season. 



The usual practice is to let the parsnips re- 

 main in the ground over winter, taking up and 

 storing in boxes of slightly moist earth or sand, 

 in the cellar, a supply for winter use. The pars- 

 nip is improved in quality by a touch of frost 

 but must be dug before growth starts in the 

 spring. 



Parsnips are eaten quite readily by Belgian 

 hares and imperfect or small roots may be sorted 

 out and fed to them, avoiding any loss in grading. 



PEAS 



Of the very earliest kinds, and that is distinctly 

 the smooth peas, should be gotten into the ground 

 very early in spring. Most of the early sorts 

 will stand considerable cold, but the wrinkled 

 sorts are tender and should not be planted until 

 the weather and soil are warm and reasonably dry. 

 More failures in growing peas come from plant- 

 ing in cold, wet soil, in a mistaken hurry to get 

 early peas than from any other cause. 



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