Gardening 



early and late varieties 

 of certain crops, cab- 

 bage for example, are 

 best planted at different 

 dates. 



The seed catalogues 

 list " novelties " for 

 early and late planting ; 

 but care should be taken 

 in selecting such vege- 

 tables, especially the 

 early kinds. It is al- 

 ways best to buy seed 

 of standard varieties 

 from reliable firms, for 

 the main crop. 



Keeping the soil oc- 

 cupied. In small gar- 

 dens, vegetables should 

 be kept growing in 

 every bit of the space 

 throughout the garden 



season. As soon as the yearly crops are removed, 

 others should take their places. This may be accom- 

 plished either by companion cropping or by succession 

 cropping. 



Early vegetables may be placed together with slower- 

 growing and later-maturing plants, either in the same 

 row or in alternate rows. This is called companion 

 cropping. The early crop is removed before the late crop 

 has reached such a size that it needs all the ground. 



FIG. 56. Successive plantings of corn. 

 By repeated plantings it is often possible 

 to have a supply of a vegetable through a 

 long season. 



