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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, especialiy 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 propor- 
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