386 VEGETABLE FORCING 



6. Carnations (C), Tomatoes (T). 



CT 10 in. C CT 



10 in. 



CT C CT C 



This plan is used largely at Kennett Square, Pennsyl- 

 vania. Tomatoes are planted in place of the carnations 

 whenever the carnations indicate rapid decline very early 

 in the spring. The remaining plants of carnations are 

 permitted to remain in the beds until the tomatoes need 

 all of the space or the carnations fail to yield any con- 

 siderable return. Sometimes large tomato plants are set 

 between carnations without the immediate removal of 

 the latter. 



7. Fig. 48 shows potted cucumber plants being grown 

 between gladioli on a raised bench. Both classes of 

 plants were thriving when the photograph was taken. 



8. Florists sometimes plant tomatoes or cucumbers 

 with various kinds of flowers, whenever the latter be- 

 come exhausted as the weather becomes warmer in the 

 spring or early summer. For example, tomato or cu- 

 cumber plants may be set between rows of sweet peas 

 when the producing period of the latter is approaching 

 an end. 



