GARDEN CALENDAR 



IN the preface to 

 this work the 

 value of vegetables 

 as an article of 

 diet has been 

 pointed out. It 

 is, therefore, of 

 the first im- 

 portance that 

 every homestead 

 should have a 

 piece of ground 

 devoted to this pur- 

 pose, which should 

 be free from trees of 

 any kind. Vegetables 

 should not be grown 

 between the rows of fruit 

 trees, after the latter has 

 attained to three years' growth, 

 for the following reasons: Vege- 

 tables to be of the best quality require 

 a free circulation of sun and air, they 

 also require that the soil should be 

 manured and deeply dug for each 

 crop. This treatment, while abso- 

 lutely necessary for the successful 

 growth of vegetables, is detri- 

 mental to the well-being of 

 fruit trees, which require 

 that an active growth of 

 surface roots should be en- 

 couraged. This is impossible 

 when the spade has to be 



