230 THE PRACTICAL GARDEN -BOOK 



the land. One row caii be devoted to one vegetable; or two 

 or more vegetables of like requirements (as parsnips and 

 salsify) may comprise a row. Have the permanent vegeta- 

 bles, as rhubarb and asparagus, at one side, where they will 

 not interfere with the plowing or tilling. The annual vege- 

 tables should be grown on different parts of the area in suc- 

 ceeding years, thus practicing something like a rotation of 

 crops. If radish or cabbage maggots or club-root become 

 thoroughly established in the plantation, omit for a year or 

 more the vegetables on which they live. 



Make the soil deep, mellow and rich before the seeds are 

 sown. Time and labor will be saved. Rake the surface fre- 

 quently to [keep down weeds and to prevent the soil from 

 baking (see Tillage). Eadish seeds sown with celery or 

 other slow -germinating seeds will 

 come up quickly, breaking the 

 crust and marking the rows. About 



the borders Of the Vegetable Gar- 



Layout of a farm Vegetable Garden den is a good place for flowers 



to be grown for the decoration 



of the house and to give to friends. Along one side of 

 the area rows of bush fruits may be planted. 



A home Vegetable Garden for a family of six would re- 

 quire, exclusive of potatoes, a space not over 100 by 150 

 feet. Beginning at one side of the garden and running the 

 rows the short way (having each row 100 feet long) sowings 

 may be made, as soon as the ground is in condition to work, 

 of the following: 



Fifty feet each of parsnips and salsify. 



One hundred feet of onions, 25 feet of which may be 

 potato or set onions, the balance black- seed for summer and 

 fall use. 



Fifty feet of early beets, 50 feet of lettuce, with which 

 radish may be sown to break the soil and be harvested be- 

 fore the lettuce needs the room. 



One hundred feet of early cabbage, the plants for which 



