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apart to use a horse cultivator, although some of the 
smaller vegetables might be planted closer and cultivated 
with a wheel hoe. Where the area is limited, close plant- 
ing is necessary, but the rows should seldom be so close 
as to prohibit the use of hand wheel hoes. This type of 
tool is not as generally used in home gardens as it 
should be. 
Rotation should be practiced as much as possible in 
home gardening. It may be the means of avoiding 
losses, especially from diseases. A change of location, 
however, is often necessary for the successful cultiva- 
tion of crops subject to the most serious forms of plant 
diseases. 
There must be more or less succession cropping 
(Chapter XXIII) in all well-managed gardens. Many 
crops as pea, radish, beet, bunch onions and spinach are 
planted very early in the spring and are harvested in am- 
ple time to plant the same ground in late crops, such as 
sweet corn, cabbage, cauliflower, beans, turnips and 
many other vegetables. Some vegetables, as parsnip and 
salsify, require a full season, and this must be taken into 
account when making plans. Companion cropping 
(Chapter XXITI) is very useful when the plat is small. 
It makes possible the securing of a much greater variety 
of vegetables than is ordinarily grown on small areas. 
Small fruits and the perennials, as rhubarb, horse- 
radish and asparagus, should be at one side of the gar- 
den, so that they will not interfere with plowing and har- 
rowing. 
