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and fibrous crops (Peas, Beans, Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Celery, and 

 the rest). The second year he could plant his Potatoes on the two 

 quarters, and transfer his tap and fibrous rooted plants to the half, 

 thus securing a change. 



I should like to add that in some of its aspects succession crop- 

 ping is well worth studying. If ground is in first-rate mechanical 

 condition it can be cropped up very closely and made to yield an 

 enormous amount of produce. I herewith indicate a few examples. 



1. A piece of ground, planted with early Potatoes and cleared of 

 them in June, may be sown with an early variety of Pea for a late 

 crop, and this in turn followed by a sowing of Turnips. When cleared 

 of the Turnips it will have a short fallow, and be ready for Carrots 

 and Parsnips, without manuring, the following spring. 



2. A piece of ground under Onions, and cleared of them in August or 

 September, may be planted with summer sown Cabbages in October. 

 These, giving hearts in spring, may be cut and cleared oft', to be 

 succeeded by late sown Carrots, which, sown even as late as July, give 

 delicious little roots. Or the Cabbages may be left to yield greens 

 until November. 



3. Ground under early Peas may be cleared of them in June, and 

 planted with late Celery and Leeks. 



4. Ground sown with autumn Onions, or planted with Shallots in 

 late winter, may be cleared of them in June and sown with Ptosette 

 Colewort. 



5. Ground sown with Turnips in February or March may be 

 cleared of them by June, and Celery planted, to be followed by Peas. 



Intercropping is frequently practised. The intercropping of 

 Potatoes and winter Greens is a very common proceeding, but it often 

 throws out elaborate schemes of rotations, as the Greens remain on 

 the ground longer in spring than it is calculated that they will do. I 

 am of opinion that the intercropping of Potatoes and Greens is best 

 confined to dwarf varieties of the one and hardy kinds of the other. 

 I do not approve of putting Broccoli betw^een late Potatoes. The 

 shade and coolness of the Potato rows, no doubt, help to give the 

 Broccoli a good start, but it is very apt to become drawn, in which 

 state it will not be in good condition for enduring the rigours of a 

 hard winter. 



Sowing Turnips and Spinach between Peas, and planting Lettuces 

 on Celery ridges, are thoroughly legitimate examples of inter- 

 cropping. 



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