XXVI 



PEAS 



THE only all-important matter in the culture of 

 garden peas is to grow an abundance of them; 

 grow a succession of these meltingly sweet de- 

 licious legumes. Make sure of plenty of green 

 peas with the new potatoes for Fourth of July 

 dinner; keep them coming so long as it can be 

 managed. Muggy midsummer weather is some- 

 times hard on peas. Mildew and lice may then 

 attack the leaves; and blight may injure leaf and 

 stalk and pod. In spite of all these hot-weather 

 difficulties, in an ordinary season in central New 

 York climate, with intelligent care, the gardener 

 may succeed in producing plenty of peas from 

 early July even until frost has come. The 

 sweetest, tenderest, most delicate-flavored peas 

 and the biggest crops are grown in the cool fresh 

 air of spring and early summer. Consequently 

 an abundant supply should be provided for that 

 most favorable time. Grow all that the family 

 can use. In each sowing this means an allowance 

 of at least 15 feet to each one at the home table ; 

 plan for some panfuls of the plump pods to pass 

 on to the gardenless neighbors; and in addition, 



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