VEGETABLE GARDENS 41 



of sunlight. This is quite important in growing tall crops 

 together with low growing crops. 



The planting distance will largely be determined by the 

 crops grown. Such crops as carrots, beets, radishes, onions 

 and lettuce may be grown in rows sixteen inches apart. 

 When carrots, beets, lettuce or other small growing crop 

 are grown, the radishes or onion sets may be used as fillers, 

 being set in the center of the sixteen inch rows. This leaves 

 the rows but eight inches apart. Such crops as beans, peas, 

 peppers, egg plants and similar size crops should be planted 

 in rows from eighteen to twenty-four inches apart. Radishes 

 lettuce and onion sets are fine fillers, or companion crops 

 to be used with such crops. 



The vegetables grown should be of the common kinds 

 with which most students are more or less familiar. If 

 desired, flowers may also be grown, one end of each plot 

 being devoted to them. 



Plan. The following plan is suggested for a plot six feet 

 wide and thirty feet long: 



Beginning at one end of the plot lay off twelve rows 

 sixteen inches apart, and seven rows twenty-four inches 

 apart. In the sixteen inch rows, plant four rows each of 

 lettuce, beets and carrots and interplant six rows with 

 radishes and six rows with onions or onion sets. In the 

 twenty-four inch rows plant one row each of peas, beans, 

 cabbage, cauliflower, peppers, egg plant and tomatoes. It 

 is expected that these larger growing crops will be grown from 

 transplanted plants rather than from seed. Between the 

 twenty-four inch rows there may be planted transplanted 

 beet or lettuce plants. The space should again be divided 

 by planting radish seed in the center of the twelve inch rows. 

 Such a plan as outlined will give the student a good working 

 knowledge in the handling of seeds, and plants for trans- 



