HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
PEAS 
A S ONE of the hardiest and most easily grown vege- 
't* tables, these deserve a place in every home garden, 
particularly in view of the fact that real quality in peas 
can never be bought on market. However, it does not 
pay to grow them in very small gardens, because consider- 
able space must be planted to them so as to enable one 
to gather pods sufficient for a meal at one picking. Be- 
sides, the crops from the space peas occupy are small 
when compared with crops other vegetables will yield from 
the same space. 
Peas thrive in most any soil and climate. The seeds 
sprout vigorously and the plants grow rapidly. For the 
average home garden, the dwarf kinds are possibly the 
better. But the tall varieties bear longer and later and 
without some of them a constant succession of well-filled 
pods can hardly be had. 
All peas thrive better if given brush or trellis of some 
sort to which to cling. Every phase of pea growing is 
thoroughly dealt with in pages 115-121. 
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