52 GARDEN PROFITS 



" In addition to the one row of onions, sets were 

 put in wherever room could be found, and these 

 were pulled as soon as large enough for use. 



"The early pea vines were pulled up about July 

 I, and this space was set to Golden Self-blanching 

 celery in a double row, which yielded about sixty 

 good bunches for late fall and winter use. 



"Meanwhile a row of late tomatoes had been 

 growing on the east side of the early peas, and 

 another of early ones by the side of the dwarf peas. 

 These were trimmed to one stalk, and fastened to 

 stakes six feet high. All foliage was removed for 

 about two feet above the ground. 



"A row of string beans took the place of the 

 dwarf peas, and yielded a fair crop in spite of being 

 less than a foot from the tomato plants. 



"In the corn rows a few pole beans of the wax 

 variety were planted, which made good use of the 

 old stalks for poles. Also two or three hills of 

 winter squash were planted which in the late summer 

 completely covered the space where the corn had 

 been. 



"There had been applied plenty of fertilizer 

 from a neighboring barnyard in the early spring, 

 while during the growing season nitrate of soda had 

 been used as frequently as the plants could assim- 

 ilate it. The entire growth was luxuriant, though 

 the crowded condition prevented the best develop- 

 ment of everything, yet there was not a single 

 failure. 



"The results are for the second summer. The 

 beginning was made on the sand and gravel left 



