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Plant vegetables that ripen at the same time 

 as near together as their size, habits and tillage 

 requirements will permit. 



Practice rotation; for instance, lima beans 

 should not immediately follow string beans or 

 peas. As far as possible, keep the plants sub- 

 ject to the same insects and diseases together. 

 It is easier to treat them, and besides, it leaves 

 the other portions of the plot uninfested, if 

 they get so bad that you have to change the 

 position of the plants. 



If you are growing fruits, you could plant a 

 row of apple trees about fifteen feet apart on 

 the northern border, plums and pears on the 

 west, and cherries and peaches on the east side. 

 Then if you could put a grape-trellis next the 

 apples, and a row of gooseberry, currant, rasp- 

 berry and blackberry bushes in front of the 

 grapevines, you will have a windbreak as a 

 protection against the north winds, which will 

 prove profitable in itself as well as in its service 

 to the vegetables. 



Transplant freely; nearly all vegetables are 

 the better for it, especially lettuce and other 

 salad plants. Sow seed thickly in the first 

 place. You can easily thin out or transplant, 

 but you cannot increase the number of plants 

 if you have sown thinly. Even a small proper- 



