Vegetable Gardening 129 



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FIG. 106. Cabbage butterflies. The female has two spots on each wing; 

 the male, one. 



a warm-season crop. Peas, on the other hand, are 

 supposed to have originated in the cooler parts of the 

 Old World. They are a cool-season crop. They can 

 be planted much earlier in the spring than beans, for 

 they will stand considerable frost and will grow rapidly 

 in weather so cool that beans would be at a standstill. 



There are many varieties of both peas and beans, Why there 

 for the flowers readily cross-pollinate and new hybrids ^-^ y 

 result. The dwarf types of both peas and beans should of both 

 be planted, unless supports can be provided for the high- 

 climbing varieties. The latter bear the more abun- Smooth and 

 dantly, however. The smooth varieties of peas are more V 



hardy than the wrinkly varieties, and they will also 

 endure more frost. 



Beans should be planted shallow not more than an Planting 

 inch deep ; but peas can be planted as deep as four inches, ^as* C 

 The bean plant comes up double, bringing the seed with 



