The Home Garden 



likely to freeze and stay frozen — dig the roots, 

 and let them lie exposed to sunshine for two 

 or three days before you store them away 

 Then pack in boxes of dry sand, and put in a 

 cool place. 



The best variety is the Hollow Crown. 



PEAS 



If the writer of the book could have but one 

 vegetable, the pea would be his choice. It is 

 so rich in flavor, so easily grown, so prolific, 

 and so adapted to all gardens, that it deserves 

 a place at the head of the list of desirable 

 plants for garden culture. 



Sow as early in the season as the grotmd can 

 be worked. It is a plant that likes to make a 

 good growth of roots before hot weather comes. 

 Sow in rows, and sow deeply. It is a good 

 plan to make trenches six inches deep, and sow 

 the seed in them, covering, at first, with about 

 an inch of soil. As the plants reach up, draw 

 in more soil about them, and continue to do 

 this until all the soil thrown out from the trench 

 has been returned to it. In this way, the 

 plants get their roots down deep in the soil 

 where it will be moist in hot weather. 



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