ROTATIONS FOR TRUCK FARMING 



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i}he land may be utilized all the time. As soon, as one vegetable 

 matures or is used another one should be planted in the same space. 

 For example: early peas may be followed by celery; early cabbage 



Fig 182 — Where beans are grown 



Fig 183 — Tomato acreage 



or potatoes by late beans or corn; early beans may be followed by 

 cabbage or lettuce, etc. Whenever it is not practicable to plant 

 another vegetable, the land should be planted to some green- 

 manuring crop. 



Fig 184 — Cabbages are grow n 

 generally 



Fig 185 — Where onions are 

 produced 



Rotation of crops is as important in growing vegetables as 

 in growing field crops, and the same principles concerning rotation 

 should be applied. In general, legumes such as beans and peas 

 should be followed by root crops like beets, carrots, etc. Crops 

















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Fig 187 — Celery acreage 



of the mustard family (cabbage, turnips, radish, etc.) should not 

 follow one another. It is usually advisable to grow foliage crops 

 like cabbage, kale and spinach after root crops (potatoes, beets, 

 parsnips, carrots, etc.) or after those grown for fruit (tomatoes, 

 peppers, melons, etc.). (Figs. 182, 183, 184, 185, 186 and 187). 



