98 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 
Fic. 56. Successive plantings of corn. : : 
By repeated plantings it is often possible be kept growing in 
to have a supply of a vegetable through a 
long season. 
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. 
