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such as broccoli or brussels sprouts. Cabbages will 



thrive well in an old onion bed. 

 Potatoes should succeed crops of a leguminous order, such 



as peas and beans ; cauliflowers, or brussels sprouts. 

 Peas and broad beans may follow parsnips, savoys, etc., 



carrots, beet and potatoes. Early peas can be sown 



in a cleared celery trench, which will be rich enough to 



produce a good crop without any further manuring, 

 Onions will do well on the site of a discarded asparagus bed, 



or celery trenches. 

 Runner beans and dwarf beans can be sown where potatoes 



have been grown previously. 

 Turnips, beet, carrots and parsnips will thrive in soil which 



has borne winter greens, 



These are only a few suggestions which illustrate the method of 

 cropping recommended for adoption. The changes can be rung 

 indefinitely, and always with good results if it be borne in mind 

 that the object to be aimed at is to secure for the crops the fullest 

 benefit that the fertilising properties of the soil can be induced to 

 yield. As a general rule a top crop should be followed by a root 

 crop. 



Let us suppose that the owner of a new and uncropped garden 

 intends to cultivate vegetables in a portion of it for the first time. 

 What should be his method of procedure ? In drawing up his 

 plan of operations he will need to determine the kind of vegetables 

 he desires to cultivate and to place them in the most convenient 

 positions and hi the most suitable soil. The importance of deep 

 digging and trenching has already been so emphatically insisted 

 upon that it is only necessary here to refer the reader to Chapter 

 IV. for directions as to the proper methods of preparing the soil. 



The choice of suitable first crops will present no difficulties, if 

 at the outset attention be confined to those that are of robust 

 growth such as potatoes, the various kinds of brassica, beans, 

 peas and celery. These will all assist in pulverising the soil 

 and in bringing it into good condition. 



