CHAPTER VIII. 



MISCELLANEOUS COOL PLANTS. 



PEAS are very little known as a winter crop, although 

 there is no particular difficulty in growing them. The 

 yield is so small and the price so little that they are not 

 often profitable, yet a few persons have found them to 

 pay. They may be grown in narrow boxes (about 6 

 inches wide and as many inches deep), and these boxes 

 are then placed in odd or vacant places about the house. 

 If the boxes are 3 feet or more in length, the soil can 

 be kept in a uniform condition of moisture without great 

 trouble. The boxes should be kept very cool for a 

 time not much above freezing, but when the plants 

 appear they may be given the temperature of lettuce or 

 carnations. The greater yields are obtained from the 

 pole varieties, but the earlier results from the dwarf va- 

 rieties like American Wonder. 



Experiments at Cornell.* During the past few years, 

 peas have at various times been grown in the forcing- 

 houses at Cornell with the intention of determining their 

 value as a commercial crop, and also to study their be- 

 havior under glass. The forcing of peas has been car- 

 ried on in northern Europe for many years, although on 

 a somewhat different plan from that undertaken at this 

 Station. Foreign gardeners generally grow the winter 



*E. G. Lodeman, Bulletin 96, Cornell Exp. Sta. 

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