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House & Garden's 



Peas should be picked as soon as the 

 pods are well filled out. Leaving them 

 on the vines longer than that means 

 that when they appear on the table they 

 will be more or less mealy 



The one positive test of the ripeness oj 

 corn is to strip the sheath leaves partly 

 a-iidv from the ear. In the eyes of an 

 expert the "feel" of the ear, the condi- 

 tion of the silk, etc., are significant 



Ripeness rather than ma- 

 turity marks the time to 

 gather vegetables. The 

 former connotes high 

 table quality, but the lat- 

 ter often spells toughness 

 and loss of fine flavor 



The keeping of notes, of 

 records of the garden's 

 growth, is at once a pleas- 

 ant task and a valuable 

 future guide. Planting 

 and harvesting dates 

 should be set down 



WHEN TO PICK 

 VEGETABLES 



'''T^HE greatest asset of the home vegetable 

 A garden is the opportunity it offers for sup- 

 plying the table with the best of things in their 

 most palatable stage of development. Un- 

 fortunately, many beginners to not realize that 

 a delay of a few days in picking often means 

 the difference between beans or peas or corn 

 that are tender and juicy, and the same vege- 

 taijles in a toughened and more or less passe 

 condition. Distinction should always be made 

 between ripeness and maturity. The former 

 connotes high table quality; the latter often 

 spells the opjxjsite. 



See to it, then, that }-our fresh vegetables 

 do not grow too old before )-ou gather them. 

 Thus will you benefit your bill-of-fare, and be 

 enabled sooner to prepare the ground for a 

 new sowins!. 



