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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



the haulm is frequently shifted from 

 one side of the row to the other in 

 order to prevent the pods from rot- 

 ting, or from being destroyed by 

 snails, and to expose them to the air 



and sun, and thus cause them all to 

 ripen alike. When ripe, the haulm 

 is pulled up and dried, and taken 

 indoors to be cleared of its seed 

 during wet weather. 



Uses. — The seeds are eaten boiled, either in the green or the 

 dried state, and the young pods of the edible-podded kinds are 

 used in the same way. 



SHELLING PEAS 



French, Pois a ecosser. German, Schal-Erbsen. Fle7nish and Dutch, Dop erwten. 

 Danish, Skaloerte. Italian, Piselli da sgranare. Spanish^ Guisantes para 

 desgranar. Portuguese, Ervilhas de grao. 



L Round or Smooth Peas 



A. Tall Climbing Varieties 

 Tall Round or Smooth White-seeded Peas 



First and Best, or Prince Albert, Pea. — Stem slender, 2 to 

 over 2\ ft. high, commencing to flower at the fifth or sixth joint, 

 and producing from six to eight tiers of pods ; flowers usually 



Prince Albert Pea, 



Pods (natural size). 



