270 THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Plan of the Garden. — As intimated above, the personahty of 

 the gardener is likely to have fuller scope in the village or suburban 

 garden than on the farm. This means that each garden is likely 

 to be radically different from any other, both in the kind of vege- 

 tables grown and in their arrangement in the garden. The gardens 

 also will vary greatly in size and shape, depending upon the land 

 available for gardening purposes. It is therefore difficult to suggest 

 an arrangement of vegetables for such a garden. However, the 

 accompanying plan (Fig. 165) is inserted, showing one possible 

 arrangement of vegetables in a garden thirty by sixty feet. Doubt- 

 less an entirely different selection of vegetables would be made 

 by some gardeners, and rightly so, for the personal element should 



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2 LETTUCE 1) R/ID 



3 SPINACH. FOLLOWED BY CUCUMBERS flIVO BUSH SquflSM 



4 Of^fON SETS 



5 EARLY TURNIPS 1' MUSTARD 1' 



PARSLEY 



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8 



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10 EfiRLy °e:/}S. followed by strino beans 



n CABBAGE ■-' CAULIFLOWER 



12 LETTUCE. FOLLOWED BY CELERY 1) RADISHES, FOLLOWED BY CELERY 



13 LATE PEAS 



14 STRING BEANS 



15 EffRLY SWEET CORN FOLLOWED BV TURNIPS 



16 LATE SWEET CORN 



17 DWARF LIMA BEflNb (i 



■ EGip PLANT 



Fig. 165. — Diagram of suburban garden 30 by 60 feet. 



pervade the garden if the greatest amount of pleasure is to be 

 realized. 



The planting of the garden here illustrated would be about 

 as follows : 



Distance from 

 preceding row 



Early planting, begimiing about April 1 Feet 



Row 1. Permanent row of asparagus. (1.5 feet from edge). 



Row 2. 30 feet lettuce; 30 feet radishes 



Row 3. Spinach (followed by cucumbers and bush squash, 



planted May 20) 



Row 4. Onion sets 



Row 5. 20 feet early turnips; 20 feet mustard; 20 feet cress.. . 



Row 6. Early beets (followed by late cabbage set July 1) . . . . 



Row 7. Onions from seed 



Row 8. 20 feet parsley; 40 feet carrots 



