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\ SOUTHERN vegetable, as yet little appreciated 
in the North. It will grow wherever corn grows and 
it is distinctly useful in the making of stews, as a flavor- 
ing, and to give consistency to soups. 
The seeds should be sown about end of May. They 
are dropped four inches apart in the row, covered two to 
three inches deep, and two to three feet of space should be 
allowed between the rows. 
When the young plants are four to six inches tall, they 
should be thinned out to stand twelve to eighteen inches 
apart in the row. Hoe and cultivate just like corn. 
The pods, which form at the leaf joints, are the useful 
part of the plants. 
White Velvet, as shown above, forms handsome, slightly 
curved, smooth, white pods sixty days after sowing. Use 
while three to four inches long, since later they become 
woody. Kleckley’s Favorite and Perkin s Mammoth are 
two other popular kinds. 
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