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the land may be utilized all the time. As soon as one vegetable 

 matures or is used another one should be planted in the same space. 

 For example: early peas may be folio wed by celery; early cabbage 



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Fia. 182. Where beans are grown. Fio. 183. Tomato acreage. 



or potatoes by late beans or corn; early beans may be followed by 

 cabbage or lettuce, etc. Whenever it is not practicable to plant 

 another vegetable, the land should be planted to some green- 

 manuring crop. 



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FIG. 184. Cabbages are grown" 

 generally. 



Fio. 185. Where onions are 

 produced. 



Rotation of crops is as important in growing vegetables as 

 in growing field crops, and the same principles concerning rotation 

 should be applied. In general, legumes such as beans and peas 

 should be followed by root crops like beets, carrots, etc. Crops 



FIG. 186. Where watermelons grow. 



FIG. 187. Celery acreage. 



of the mustard family (cabbage, turnips, radish, etc.) should not 

 follow one another. It is usually advisable to grow foliage crops 

 like cabbage, kale and spinach after root crops (potatoes, beets, 

 parsnips, carrots, etc.) or after those grown for fruit (tomatoes, 

 peppers, melons, etc.). (Figs. 182, 183, 184, 185, 186 and 187). 



