. The beginner's garden book; a textbook for the upper grammar grades. Gardening. PICKING 15 for the table. It has been proved that corn loses its sweetness from the minute it is picked; it should be picked if possible, therefore, just before it is to be cooked. Other vegetables, except lettuce, do not so soon lose their fresh- ness; but there is no reason why a home vegetable gar-. Fig. 11. — Pick carefully. By careless dragging at pea vines the picker may either tear them from the trellis or loosen them in the earth. dener should ever pick his vegetables the day before they are used. General
. The beginner's garden book; a textbook for the upper grammar grades. Gardening. PICKING 15 for the table. It has been proved that corn loses its sweetness from the minute it is picked; it should be picked if possible, therefore, just before it is to be cooked. Other vegetables, except lettuce, do not so soon lose their fresh- ness; but there is no reason why a home vegetable gar-. Fig. 11. — Pick carefully. By careless dragging at pea vines the picker may either tear them from the trellis or loosen them in the earth. dener should ever pick his vegetables the day before they are used. Generally they should be picked early in the morning, before the sun has been on them. And this time, which is good for the vegetables, is good for the gar- dener, too. Unless his supply is very short, the gardener should bring to the house only perfect vegetables. To save his supply, he should learn how much to pick for each day's Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original French, Allen, 1870-1946. New York, The Macmillan Co.
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