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twice again at intervals of ten days or two 
weeks, leaving out the arsenate of lead at the 
last spraying, when the grape bunches are 
thoroughly formed. 
Work in a little commercial fertilizer be- 
tween the rows of the strawberries and mulch 
with pine tags or fine straw close under the 
leaves to keep the berries clean. Trim the 
gooseberry bushes from the centre to let in 
sun and air, as these are subject to mildew. 
If this should appear sprinkle with flour of sul- 
phur in the early morning when the dew is on 
the plant. Watch out for the currant worm. 
A sprinkling of hellebore in the early morning 
is effectual for this. 
Trim up the hedges on the lawn and in the 
flower garden. Sow annuals. Transplant from 
coldframes the perennials sowed the August 
previous. Pansies now in bloom plant out 
among the bulbs. A pleasing effect is made 
with a pale yellow Pansy among the silvery 
blue of the Queen of Blues Hyacinth. The 
delicate pink of the English Daisy accords well 
with the white Hyacinth, if planted amon 
them. These bulb beds would then have a goo 
cover long after the Hyacinths have stopped 
blooming. Foxgloves and MHollyhocks grow 
tall; put them at the back of the border and 
aim to get ete heights, putting the lower 
plants, like Sweet William, near the front and 
the dwarf plants like Alyssum and Nasturtium, 
etc., on the edge. Do not put in same border 
colors that clash. Refer to your last year’s 
calendar, if you kept one as advised in THE 
GARDEN MaGAZINE, and you will know which 
flowers bloom at the same time; and so if they 
are varied in color and unfriendly, put them in 
separate borders far removed. A good combi- 
nation last year, I remember, was pale canary- 
yellow Snapdragon with pale blue Scabiosa and 
peer blue Stock, and the blooming period ex- 
tended over several months and late into the 
fall. ‘These bravely resist heat and drought, 
whereas the hardy Zinnias wilted in short 
order. Petunias give a wealth of color from 
the deepest shades of maroon to the clearest 
white, and Verbenas also have a wide range of 
colors and are persistent bloomers. Both stand 
drought and much bad treatment. 
Virginia. J. M. PATTERSON. 
Edible Podded Peas 
INGz many people are familiar with the good 
qualities of edible podded peas, or sugar 
peas, as they are also called. They are seldom 
seen in the market, due, perhaps, because they 
do not stand well the long and rough commercial 
journey between the garden and the table. If you 
never have tried them, make a planting this 
spring. They are as good as shelled peas, similar 
to them and yet distinctly different, and yield a 
much greater return for the space they occupy 
—first, because you can get two or three pick- 
ings a week for about three weeks from a plant- 
ing, and, second, because pods and all are eaten. 
They are not allowed to fill, but are picked 
when the shape of the peas begins to show 
plainly through the flattish pods. Then the 
are broken up like string beans—they are al- 
most stringless—and cooked in about the same 
way as peas and about the same length of time. 
Thirty-five minutes is generally enough when 
they are fresh from the garden. 
They can be planted as soon as the round- 
seeded earlies—which is as soon as the ground 
can be worked—and are cultivated in the same 
way as other peas. As they require support, 
double rows six or eight inches apart save 
space. With me the early spring planting 
yields peas for the table generally between June 
12 and 15. 
The Vilmorin-Andrieux garden book describes 
twenty-one varieties, but I have seen only four 
offered by American seedsmen. The dwarfs, 
Dwarf Gray Sugar and Dwarf White Sugar, 
grow three feet high. The former, with violet 
colored blossoms, is perhaps a little finer qual- 
ity, but the difference is slight, and the latter, 
with white blossoms, is much more prolific, ac- 
cording to my experience. Of the two tall- 
growing kinds, Luscious Sugar grows four feet 
and Mammoth Sugar five feet tall. d 
A second planting of the dwarfs, made in 
mid-July, will, with good luck, yield a crop 
smaller than that from the spring planting. 
Indiana. W. L. WILSON. 
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