100 Gardening 
Purdue University Agric. Expt. Sta. 
Fic. 58. Lettuce and cabbage grown as companion crop. The lettuce will 
soon be cut, making room for the cabbages. 
early potatoes, and even early corn, early beans, and 
onions from sets. Some of the vegetables that may be 
planted as follow crops are: beets, carrots, late cabbages, 
spinach, celery, pe-tsai, chicory, and endive. 
Often the follow crop may be started somewhat before 
the earlier crop is removed, by planting between the rows. 
Sweet corn may be planted between rows of peas; 
pe-tsai, late cabbages, kale, or endive may be set out 
between rows of early sweet corn about the time the 
latter is maturing; and celery may be planted between 
rows of beans, as shown in Figure 54. 
As the gardener gains in experience in growing the 
various garden vegetables, he learns their habits of 
growth, the length of time required for each to mature, 
and the space which each needs under the conditions 
which his garden affords. In the small vegetable garden 
