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tralian and American benefactors who have 

 evolved a new race of sweet peas which come 

 into bloom five or six weeks sooner than the 

 older sorts, without being inferior in beauty. 

 Why shouldn't the same methods and pains 

 applied to the edible peas do the same thing for 

 them? Why allow them to vegetate and lounge 

 and dilly-dally till the July or August sun 

 broils their tender roots to tinder? It is easy 

 to breed a faster race by selecting, year after 

 year, those of the pods which ripen first, and 

 planting those exclusively. 



In quality (tenderness and flavor) our garden 

 peas leave little to be desired. The only thing 

 to regret is that the very best of them all bears 

 the name "Senator," for sarcasm is out of 

 place in the garden. Much as I relish the 

 Senators (the peas, I mean), I hope to see them 

 dethroned by the marvelous variety known as 

 Quite Content. These are ahead of any French 

 pet its pois I have ever eaten, and they are the 

 opposite of pet its. Taller than any other peas 

 grown (you need chicken wire to support them), 

 the pods and the peas in them are much larger 

 than any others, yet they are tender and 

 luscious. 



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While American peas seem to me superior in 

 flavor to the European (I once asked a London 

 waiter why the peas had been flavored with 

 mint, and he answered, 'Teas 'ave no flavor. 



