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Mj I Vou really don't know quality peas un-
t . JimS, I 'tus yu 'lilV(' ''"'l'11 them within three hours
o- tlic time llit'y were picked. 1 lie moral, 01
course, is, grow them yourself.
Pens nro cool went her vegetables. Dou't
expert them nfter the middle of July ex
cept, perhaps, again in late summer. The wrinkled kind
are by fnr the best, but the seed rots if planted in cold
ground, so that you must use the smooth sorts for an
extrn-carly crop, as they are more robust.
(Jive peas rich pound and a new location each season.
Work the ground thoroughly, and just as soon as it is dry
enough, plant Alaska. Plowing the ground in the fall is an
advantage.
Dig trenches four inches deep and put in the seed thinly
one quart to a hundred feet and cover with an inch of soil.
As the plants grow, till in until the trench is full. Later in
tho season, when the weather has become warm, the seed
should be covered deeper at the start. Make a second sow
ing, using the wrinkled varieties this time, one or two weeks
after the first, and plant weekly until the middle of June.
American Wonder and Xott Excelsior are excellent early
sorts, either of which mav be planted three times. Then
plant. Telephone, two or three times.
This is a succession for the easy-going gardener, for the
Telephone is the only variety in the lot that will need sup
port. It is always best to grow the taller kinds in very hot
weather, us they thrive when the dwarfs burn up, and Telephone
is not only very productive, but has the extra merit of continuing
in bearing n long time, (i nidus or Prosperity is an early and
exceptional good sort and, if the bush type is preferred, may be
used instead of Wonder or Hxcelsior.
Do you know the sugar or edible-podded peas. You eat pods
and all, you know, and French people love them. Cut into short
pieces and cook liko string beans, as soon as the peas begin to form
in the pods. Dwarf White Sugar is a good variety. You can't buy
these peas in the market, so why not try them in your own garden !
BEANS FOR THE HOME TABLE : This much is to be said
for the bean anybody can grow it. Nevertheless, beans
bear bountifully and give n crop of extra flavor only when grown
in fairly rich, although rather light, soil and kept well cultivated
throughout the growing season. And hear this in mind if the
beans nre not picked as fast as they develop, those left on the
vines will ripen nnd the vines will cease bearing.
Beans differ from peas. They crave warm earth. In the north,
don't try to plant them before the middle of May. And plant
only two inches deep. The amateur should grow both string and
she'll beans; the tnetnlters of most families have a chronic disa
greement as to which is the better. To have them at their best,
enrich the ground with well-rotted manure and plant in drills a
foot apart. Keep tho plants four inches apart and sow seed
every two weeks to keep up the supply.
There are given-podded string beans, yellow podded wax or
butter beans, shell beans and limas. The name string beans is a
misnomer, nowadays. Nobody really wants beans that have
strings or need have them, for the seed experts lmvo made the
stringless string bean
n palatable fact.
Pole beans need an
especially rich and
loamy soil. It must
bo warm soil, too.
Poles should stand
three feet apart and
bo set before the
beans are planted. If
not to bo obtained
near home, buy them
of the seedsman. Tho
latter is doing all he
can to make garden
ing easy for tho ama
teur. Dig away tho
earth and throw a
shovelful of manure
around the base of
each polo. T b o n
throw three or four
inches of soil over
the uiauuro and plant
eight or ten seeds
two inches deep. If
they all come up,
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thin the plants to four.
When rotted manure is not to be had, poultry
dressing or pulverized sheep manure stand-by
of the town garden-maker may be forked in tho
ground around the growing plants. If you really
seek quality beans, feed them well and grow them
fast. Half a dozen hills of polo beans will supply
a small family and one planting will be sufficient.
Don't depend on dwarf beans, thinking that you
will get a larger yield because the plants occupy
less room. The reasoning is faulty in one respect, namely:
pole beans bear much more abundantly and for a longer time.
If poles are objected to, poultry netting may be used; but
give it stout supports, as vines bung with beans are heavy.
There are many good stringless beans. Suppose you try
this plan. Plant Burpee's Stringl6ss Green Pod, Extra
Early Refugee and 1,000 to 1 at the same time, say when
the trees are well in leaf. Then, make two more plantings
at intervals of two weeks, using Burpeo's Stringless Green
Pod for the succession thus arranged for. Probably, this is
the finest green-podded bean for tho kitchen garden, although
1,000 to 1 is especially good for early August sowing.
Use Burpee's Stringless White Wax for a butter bean and
take special precautions not to disturb the vines when wet.
To work among wet beans is to invite rust.
For a dwarf shell bean, by all means grow the Dwarf
Horticultural and the Red Kidney. Plant short rows a week or
so apart, so that tho crop will not mature all at once.
White Creaseback is the variety of pole stringless to grow for
an early crop; it matures in ten weeks or less. Kentucky Won
der or Old Homestead is most satisfactory, perhaps, for a gen
eral crop. This is a wonderful bean, of tremendous size, exceed
ingly prolific and having a long season. Plant it whether you
plant any other kind or not. The Scarlet Runner is an excellent
shell bean, notwithstanding that it is commonly grown in the
llower garden. It is highly popular with English vegetable
growers, and it beas well.
In the north you must push lima beans to get a crop. For
tunately, they stand transplanting well, so may be started in
paper pots, dirt bands or on inverted sods in the hot bed or cold
frame, and put into the garden in June. If they grow too rank,
cut off tho tops of the vines, which will force the beans. As a
rule, it is best to rely on pole limas, choosing Sicva, Early Levia
than or Evergreen. The bush limas are a little earlier, to be
sure, but they are less prolific. Dreer's Wonder is an excellent
sort
GOOD LETTUCE ALL SUMMER: Ono must choose varie
ties carefully and plant seed every two weeks to have good
lettuce all summer. In the small garden, space economy suggests
that the lettuce bo grown around the edges or between cabbages,
beans and other slower-growing plants.
Sow the seeds in shallow drills in a seed bed, or a foot apart in
tho rows where the plants are to stand. Transplanting is often
a distinct advantage in getting good heads. Grand Rapids is a
tine lettuce to grow in cold frames early in the season. It is a
head variety and may also be planted outside early in the year.
Perhaps, Early Curled Simpson is the best for April planting.
It is a loose-leaf va
riety and best planted
rather thickly. I n
May plant Big Bos
ton, in June Sala
mander, in July Im
proved Hanson, in
August California
Cream Butter o r
Wonderful. Both the
latter stand up well
under extreme heat,
which is a strong rec
ommendation. Many people like
the Romaine or Cos
Lettuce, which is
quite distinct from
tho ordinary sort,
having a crisp qual
ity nnd delieato fla
vor. Most varieties
are good and endure
summer heat better
than ordinary lettuce.
It is well to tie the
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