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finer crops that are cultivated with wheel hoes should 
also be placed together. The tall growing and the low 
growing crops should be grouped with their kind, so 
far as circumstances will permit. The vine crops 
should be planted together, as should crops that are 
planted at the same time and which require about the 
same length of season to mature. This will allow for 
the best use of the land for a second crop. The matter 
of succession should not be overlooked. Usually the 
succession crops can be planted where other vegetables 
have been grown earlier in the season. The garden 
properly planned will not only be easy to tend, but 
will facilitate the production of crops throughout the 
growing season. 
Selecting varieties and getting good seed. The selec- 
tion of the proper varieties is one of the most important 
features in vegetable gardening, for no matter how 
well other factors in successful growing are attended 
to, they may come to naught if the wrong varieties are 
selected. It is always best to place the main de- 
pendence upon the standard and proved. varieties. 
“‘Novelties’’ should be used for trial only until they 
have proved themselves, no matter how enticing they 
may appear in the seed catalogs.’ One should pay par- 
ticular attention to selecting varieties that are adapted 
to the season in which grown; for instance, one would 
not want to use the same variety of sweet corn for the 
early crop that he would use for the main season crop. 
Seeds should be purchased from a reliable seedsman, 
one who expects:to stay in the business and who has a 
reputation to maintain. 
Early season and late season plants. There is 
perhaps no feature in vegetable gardening regarding 
which more mistakes are made than the time of plant- 
