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and are often left in the soil over winter. On the other hand, 

 lettuce, radishes, and the like take but a few weeks to mature, 

 and if such crops are planted together in one part of the gar- 

 den, two and three separate crops may be grown on the same 

 soil in one season. Among the plants most useful for second 

 crops are beans, cress, celery, cabbages, kohl-rabi, lettuce, 

 mustard, radishes, spinach, 

 and turnips. Celery and 

 cabbages used as late crops 

 are started elsewhere and 

 transplanted ; the others are 

 grown from seeds planted 

 where they are to remain. 

 Another method of get- 

 ting two crops from the 

 same soil, often practiced 

 with long-season crops, is 

 to plant together two crops, 

 each of which has different 

 requirements as to light, 

 shade, etc. Pumpkins, tur- 

 nips, and squashes are often 

 planted with corn, and clover 

 with grain crops. Radishes 

 may be planted with salsify, 

 beets, and other slow-grow- 

 ing crops, and help to mark 



the rows until the other plants have developed. Radishes 

 and lettuce may also be planted between the hills in melon 

 patches, where they will mature before the space is needed 

 by the chief crop. 



Transplanting. Almost any plant can be transplanted, but 

 some endure such treatment better than others. Plants with 

 strong taproots are more difficult to transplant. In general, 



FIG. 100. A garden plan which may be 



used for a school garden or for the 



home lot 



