The Home Garden 



and a few plants will be sufficient to supply 

 the wants of a large family. Cut them when 

 they are in bud. Hang them in a shady place 

 until dry. Then crumble the leaves from the 

 stalk, pulverize them finely, and put the pow- 

 der into bottles and cork tightly. Prepared 

 in this way, they will retain their strength 

 much better than when kept in paper bags, as 

 is the usual custom. 



If pepper plants are cut off close to the 

 ground, when their fruit is partially ripened, 

 and hung in a dry place where the sun can get 

 at them, they will ripen nearly all their pods. 

 In this way they can be kept fresh throughout 

 the greater part of winter. Of course the 

 fruit will shrivel somewhat, but by putting it 

 into warm water for a few minutes it will 

 freshen up wonderfully, and become almost as 

 plump as when gathered from the garden. 

 This puts the pod in good shape for use in 

 soups, salads, and the various kinds of ''pic- 

 calillies'' which women can prepare during 

 the winter season from odds and ends of vege- 

 tables at their disposal. 



Endive is widely grown for salad use. To 

 make it edible, the leaves of half-matured 



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