Dottble - Cropping 



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peas can be marketed the last of June, and the ground given to 

 the corn. The combination can be varied by phxnting cabbages 

 or celery for the late crop. A few years ago I grew a large field 

 of peas and CDrn in this way, and did nearly all the work with 

 the horse planter and cultivator. 



"Early bunch onions and celery make another profitable 

 combination of crops to grow on the same ground in one year. 

 The onion sets should be planted very early in the spring, and 

 when the onions are large enough for bunching^, they should be 

 marketed and the ground planted to celery. With this intensive 

 system of culture the ground should be made very rich."— PF. E. 

 JenTcins, Amer. Gard. XX, 350. 



Following are remarks on double -cropping by Professor 

 Thomas Shaw, in "The Market Garden," July 1895: 



A. Three-crop system. — "1. Onion sets may be planted early 

 in the season and onion seeds may then be sown. In the former, 

 between the rows and suitably spaced, cauliflowers may be 

 planted, and later, between the cauliflowers, in the center of the 

 squares, two or three cucumber seeds may be dropped. The 

 onion sets may be used by taking those out first which grow 

 around the cauliflowers, and these in turn may be removed in 

 time to let the cucumbers develop. Midway between the rows of 

 onions grown from seeds, plant radishes, lettuce, peppergrass, 

 spinach or some other early relish, which will have ample time 

 to grow and to be consumed before harm can come to the onions 

 from tb*^ shade of any one of these crops. Then when the onions 

 are well grown, turnips can be sown midway between the rows. 



"2. When sweet corn is to be grown, the spaces for the rows 

 can be marked out and left vacant until the time of 'he planting 

 of the corn. Between these spaces and early in the season at 

 least two rows of dwarf peas may be sown. These will be 

 matured before the corn will harm them or before they will harm 

 the corn. Then such seeds as squashes, pumpkins or citrons may 

 be put in between the hills of corn. These will cover the ground 

 occupied previously by the peas, and a bean or two may be 

 dropped near each corn hill. The corn stalks make supports for 

 the beans as they climb. 



