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elements from the soil, and are likely to have the same in- 

 sects and diseases. 



Do not plant cucumbers, squash, or pumpkins too near 

 each other, as they will often inter-impregnate and produce 

 uneatable hybrids. 



Decide what you are going to do with your crop before 

 you plant it, whether to sell it, at wholesale or at retail, to 

 eat it, or to feed it to stock. 



C. E. Hunn, in the Garden Magazine, gives the following 

 arrangement: "For the beginner who wants to get fresh 

 vegetables and fruits from May until midwinter, a space 

 100 X 200 feet is enough. 



" 1. Plant in rows, not beds, and avoid the backache. 



"2. Plant vegetables that mature at the same tune near 

 one another. 



"3. Plant vegetables of the same height near together 

 tall ones back. 



"4. Run the rows the short way, for convenience in cul- 

 tivation and because one hundred feet of anything is 

 enough. 



"5. Put the permanent vegetables (asparagus, rhubarb, 

 sweet herbs) at one side, so that the rest will be easy to 

 plow. 



" 6. Practice rotation. Do not put vines where they were 

 last. Put corn in a different place. The other important 

 groups for rotation are root crops (including potatoes and 

 onions) ; cabbage tribe, peas and beans, tomatoes, eggplant 

 and pepper, salad plants. 



" 7. Don't grow potatoes in a small garden. They aren't 

 worth the bother. 



"The following small fruit garden requires 100 X 100 feet. 

 Small fruits planted this year will yield next year. 



