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ing between. I always fill up my tomato ground 

 this way the last of March or first of April. 

 One of the simplest methods is to open a double 

 row three and a half feet apart. This double 

 row consists of two shallow trenches three or 

 four inches deep and five inches apart. In these 

 the peas are sown so as to stand about an inch 

 from each other, and slightly covered. If then 

 black, well-rotted manure is scattered over them, 

 it will draw the sun and greatly stimulate their 

 growth. By the loth of May, tomato plants 

 can be set out between these double rows, and 

 one crop will not interfere with the other, for 

 long before the tomatoes cover the ground, the 

 peas will be gathered and sold. Of course this 

 will only pay in small gardens where cultivation 

 with a plough is not practised. I also aimed by 

 planting McLean's Little Gems, and some later 

 kinds, to have a succession of cnDps ; and as 

 they were mostly sold in small quantities to 



