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apart to use a horse cultivator, although some of the 

 smaller vegetables might be planted closer and cultivated 

 with a wheel hoe. Where the area is limited, close plant- 

 ing is necessary, but the rows should seldom be so close 

 as to prohibit the use of hand wheel hoes. This type of 

 tool is not as generally used in home gardens as it 

 should be. 



Rotation should be practiced as much as possible in 

 home gardening. It may be the means of avoiding 

 losses, especially from diseases. A change of location, 

 however, is often necessary for the successful cultiva- 

 tion of crops subject to the most serious forms of plant 

 diseases. 



There must be more or less succession cropping 

 (Chapter XXIII) in all well-managed gardens. Many 

 crops as pea, radish, beet, bunch onions and spinach are 

 planted very early in the spring and are harvested in am- 

 ple time to plant the same ground in late crops, such as 

 sweet corn, cabbage, cauliflower, beans, turnips and 

 many other vegetables. Some vegetables, as parsnip and 

 salsify, require a full season, and this must be taken into 

 account when making plans. Companion cropping 

 (Chapter XXIII) is very useful when the plat is small. 

 It makes possible the securing of a much greater variety 

 of vegetables than is ordinarily grown on small areas. 



Small fruits and the perennials, as rhubarb, horse- 

 radish and asparagus, should be at one side of the gar- 

 den, so that they will not interfere with plowing and har- 

 rowing. 



