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that is not adapted to the soil in one's garden 

 often ruins a season's crops. 



The ideal support for pea-vines is brush, 

 but not everj^ gardener is able to obtain 

 it. Some persons substitute binder-twine 

 stretched from stake to stake. This answers 

 very w^ell as long as the weather remains 

 dry, but as soon as a rain-storm comes along 

 the twine absorbs so much moisture that it 

 relaxes its tension and sags in such a man- 

 ner as to endanger the vines which have 

 taken hold of it. Coarse-meshed wire netting 

 will be found much more satisfactory, as it 

 will not sag and cannot be blown down by 

 winds. Care must be taken to see that it is 

 coarse-meshed, as the fine-meshed sorts will 

 not admit of the vine's working its way out 

 and in among the meshes. If a supply of 

 brush can be obtained, use it by all means, 

 and at the end of the pea-season pull it up 

 and store it away in a dry place. If this is 

 done, it can be made to do duty for several 

 seasons. If netting is used, do not allow it 

 to remain out of doors in winter. By un- 

 tacking it from the stakes which are set for 

 its support, and rolling it up carefully, and 

 storing it away from the storms of winter, 



it can be made to last a lifetime. 



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