CHAPTER II 







VEGETABLE GROWING 



*T TEGETABLE growing offers greater di- 

 ^ versity in types of intensive farming than 

 any other branch of agriculture. The 

 simplest type of intensive farming is that of the 

 special crop, such as potatoes, onions, celery, 

 or cabbage, grown in connection with other 

 farm crops. This type of farming closely re- 

 sembles fruit culture, except that in the one 

 case perennial plants are dealt with while in 

 the other the crops are all annuals. 



A more complex plan of vegetable growing 

 is that usually employed by the truck farmer, 

 in which the potato and cabbage crops are fol- 

 lowed by corn in the same year, spinach by 

 string beans or cucumbers, and where straw- 

 berries are grown the first season between rows 

 of potatoes. A still more complicated arrange- 

 ment is practiced by the market gardener in 

 which closely planted rows of onions, radishes, 

 or lettuce may be placed between rows of po- 

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