SUCCESSION AND COMPANION CROPPING 
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691. Plans for companion cropping. — Numerous plans 
of intercropping are in use among vegetable gardeners. 
Those described on the following pages are in com- 
mon use or have been found highly satisfactory by suc- 
cessful gardeners. 
1. Early Cabbage (C), and Lettuce (L). 
j. C 9" L 9" C L C L C 
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C L C L C L C 
The plants are started under, glass and set as early as 
possible in the open. Lettuce should be large enough to 
cut in five weeks. 
2. Early Cabbage (C), Lettuce (L), and Radish. 
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C L C L C L C 
Three crops planted early in the spring. Cabbage and 
lettuce are started under glass. Button radishes will 
mature in 3 or 4 weeks, lettuce in 5 weeks and cabbage 
in about 10 weeks. This is a very popular plan, yielding 
large returns an acre under favorable conditions. A good 
market must be assured. 
