Planning the Garden * 97 
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Fic. 55. Plan of a small home vegetable garden arranged for planting in beds. 
The paths between the beds slope down to a ditch at one side, thus insuring 
perfect drainage. 
very earliest varieties of such crops as peas, beans, 
carrots, radishes, corn, and tomatoes, even though these 
are not the best in yield or in flavor. They will furnish 
food in advance of the main crop, at a time when any 
“new” vegetable is especially relished and when the 
market prices are high. 
In the northern planting zones, as a rule, long-season 
crops (like corn and tomatoes) are not suited to successive 
plantings. For such vegetables, the planting of several 
varieties is the best way to provide variety and avoid 
overplanting. In the southern sections, successive 
plantings may be made of the long-season crops. The 
