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ContentsFOOD15 GREEN PEAS You know they’re good for you, but you might be surprised just how good.

22 NEw wAyS with ASPARAGuS Four recipes for the first spears of the seasons.

42 GROw A SAlSA GARDEN Enjoy delicious fresh-from-the-garden salsa this summer that you can make yourself with these planting and recipe ideas.

DESiGN53 MAy FlOwERS Gorgeous and sturdy, peonies are the star of the spring garden.

59 thiS yEARS’S bESt FANtAStic FOliAGE! 5 striking plants for your summer garden–unbelievable colors!

66 16 AlliuMS FOR yOuR GARDEN Alliums are some of the most versatile bulbs for the spring and summer garden. Add interest to your landscape with these top varieties.

74 thE bESt PERENNiAlS FOR ShADE Brighten up sheltered spots in your landscape with these easy-to-grow shade plants that come back year after year.

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TIPS“Try di� erent blends until you � nd the ones that most delight your palate”

1Raised Beds.To maximize lettuce production, plant seeds in raised beds. The raised beds warm up faster than the surrounding ground. You should be able to get an earlier start in the spring and a later crop in the fall.

2 Living Mulch.To make the most of limited garden space, plant lettuce around taller plants like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, peppers, and eggplants. The lettuce helps its neighbor by keeping the surrounding soil moist and cool and keeping weeds shaded out. As the taller plants grow, they provide needed shade for the let-tuce as the days get warmer.

3‘Tucking.’ You can also start lettuce seedlings indoors for fi lling vacancies in the garden in late spring and again in early fall as other crops are harvested. Simply ‘tuck’ a seedling in the vacant spot to keep every inch of garden space in constant production.

4 Ornamental Use. Many varieties of lettuce are welcome additions to ornamental beds. For example, ‘Mighty Red Oak,’ ‘Sweet Red,’and ‘Sierra Blush’ can easily fi ll gaps in fl ower beds, adding splashes of red where needed.

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The key to lettuce production is sup-plying moderate but almost constant water, especially during hot weather. Unless there is regular rainfall, lettuce must be watered deeply at least once a week- more frequently during peri-ods of drought. Mulch with a layer of compost or clean straw to help the soil retain moisture.

Lettuce is generally disease and pest free, but you should still be diligent to watch for problems.

Cutworms and slugs are the most bothersome pests. Use a paper collar

around young lettuce seedlings to keep the ravenous caterpillars at bay.

A major threat is lettuce rot which � rst attacks the lower leaves in contact with the soil and then spreads through-out the plant. The best way to prevent fungal and bacterial diseases is to rotate crops.

Lettuce can be harvested any time after true leaves form. For the best qual-ity, pick early as lettuce allowed to grow too long may be bitter and tough. Try to harvest in the morning when the leaves are crisp, sweet, and full of moisture.

When the crown of a lettuce plant elongates, it’s about to bolt to produce seed and the plant has passed its prime. Yank the lettuce plant out, toss it on the compost pile, and replant the space with another crop like bush beans, or with another type of lettuce.

Combine crisp, crunchy lettuce vari-eties with soft, buttery-smooth types. For example, a blend of ‘Little Caesar,’ ‘Burpee Bibb’, ‘Mighty Red Oak Leaf,’ and ‘ ‘Crispy Frills’ makes a � ne tossed salad

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Ohio State’s Quarterback Plan Still Unclear Months After National TitleBy PATRICK MAKS p. 24Up IN THE

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24up in the AirOhio state’s quarterback plan still unclear months after national title

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672015 Fantasy FootballRunning Back and Preview Rankings —there is no clear consensus on which player is the safest choice

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89reinvigorating the Big10Big ten has seen its champion become the fi rst league team to play for the national title since the 2007 season

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92Jerseys’ Days are NumberedOhio State’s retail jerseys will feature either No. 1 or the last two digits of the year.

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63A Son Calls His MotherA mother sat at the edge of her bed. Angel fi gurines gazed down from a shelf, and a wooden sign on the wall off ered inspirational words about life and love. They provided no comfort. She was on the edge, cellphone pressed to her ear.

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Last year, any Ohio State fan could buy an o� cially licensed Buckeyes foot-ball jersey bearing No. 97.

Though N.C.A.A. rules prohibit colleges from selling jerseys with players’ names on them, Ohio State fans understood what a scarlet jersey with a white 97 meant: a tribute to the star defensive end Joey Bosa, who wears the number when the Buckeyes play.

But as a federal court deliberates on whether it is fair for universities to make money o� the commercial use of athletes’ names, images and likenesses, a growing number of colleges have quietly decided to stop selling team jerseys with popular players’ numbers.

Instead, they are using ostensibly anodyne digits. This season, for in-stance, o� cial Ohio State jerseys avail-able for sale will bear only No. 1 or No. 15 — a reference to 2015. (Jerseys with other numbers are currently available, but they are pre-existing inventory; Cardale Jones fans must scoop up his No. 12 before it sells out for good.)

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National Collegiate Athletic Association—Chronology Of CoverageAUG. 6, 2015 Many colleges have decided to stop selling football jerseys with team's popular players' numbers on them in light of NCAA antitrust lawsuit concerning pro�ts o� commercial use of athletes' names

MAY. 31, 2015William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column recalls life and legacy of Walter Byers, �rst executive director of the NCA; notes Byers served as director for three decades, helping to create modern world of intercollegiate athletics.

JUL. 30, 2015Universities can begin to share revenue with athletes through trust funds due to lawsuit against NCAA commonly known as O'Bannon ruling.

JUL. 10, 2015 NCAA announces that colleges in South Carolina can once again bid to host NCAA championships after Gov Nikki Haley signs law removing Confederate �ag from grounds of the State House.

JUL. 25, 2015 NCAA �nds multiple violations by Southern Mississippi University Men's basketball program under former coach Donnie Tyndall.

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In the future, university o� cials said, Ohio State’s retail jerseys will follow that new pattern of featuring either No. 1 or the last two digits of the year. Other numbers will be available, but only on personalized jerseys that feature a buyer-selected name, which cannot be that of a current or former player.

The change is partly a result of the Ed O’Bannon case, which explicitly chal-lenged colleges’ right to make money o� players’ images without compensation. On Friday, a federal appeals court tem-porarily stayed a ruling that declared that N.C.A.A. rules banning such compensa-tion were a violation of antitrust laws.

While the college sports establish-ment has appealed that ruling, and could still prevail in court, the lawsuit and the discussion surrounding it appear to have prompted introspection about whether some forms of commercializa-tion in college sports are too personal. Last year, before the O’Bannon decision, the N.C.A.A. told members that athletes need not be required to sign releases for the use of their names and likenesses for promotional purposes.

“It’s philosophical — where we should be,” Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith said of his department’s de-cision to limit the jerseys it sells. He cited

the O’Bannon case and “other issues,” adding, “We felt it was the right time.”

Ohio State is not alone. Miami and Nebraska told news outlets in recent weeks that they were adopting similar policies. Mississippi State con� rmed that it would o� er jerseys with Nos. 1, 15 and 78. (The university was founded in 1878.) A spokesman said Michigan would sell Nos. 1 and 16 (this year’s seniors are the

class of 2016) and also No. 4 — the num-ber Coach Jim Harbaugh wore when he was the Wolverines’ quarterback in the 1980s — while a spokesman for Con-necticut said it would sell only No. 15.

The policy is a “bit of a departure,” said Rick Van Brimmer, Ohio State’s director

of trademarks and licensing. But he said many Big Ten members were of the same mind, and programs in other conferences have made similar changes. An Arizona spokesman said that the university exclusively sold No. 14 last season and would sell only No. 15 this season. Duke, according to Athletic Director Kevin White, is in discussions about moving in that direction as well, although it has not made a � nal decision.

Scott Wetherbee, the senior associate athletic director for external a� airs at Mis-sissippi State, said his department’s deci-sion to move away from jerseys closely linked to popular players — a policy that began with last season’s basketball jerseys — was not just a preemptive reaction to the potential fallout from the O’Bannon case.

“We started to talk about whether you’re taking advantage of a student-athlete, their likeness, their number,” he said. “I think most people understand the landscape has changed a little bit, and we need to be smart.”

In the future, Wetherbee said, players will not be assigned the numbers of for-sale jerseys. (Mississippi State quarter-back Dak Prescott, a Heisman

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“This season offi cial Ohio State jerseys available for sale will bear only #1 or #15, as in, 2015.”

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