OF ONE ACRE. 
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tables raised will hardly coyer tlie original cost of the 
seed. The gardener who sells his products, unless 
his crops are of the best, will soon find his trade fall¬ 
ing off*, and will be compelled to seek new customers 
each market day. Personally, I have found it more 
satisfactory and productive of better results to buy 
KEY TO DIAGRAM. 
Row No. 1. 25 grape vines, planted about 7 % feet apart. The first three years 
these are trained to plain stakes or bean poles, the space in the rows 
between the vines being planted with strawberries, peas, beans or some 
other low-growing crop, to occupy the ground and insure good cultiva¬ 
tion. When the vines have made strong canes and have reached the tops 
of the poles, a post is set at each vine and a trellis made, as described 
in the chapter on grapes. This row is six feet distant from the north 
boundary line of the garden. 
Rows No. 2. These rows are twelve feet distant from each other and from 
the row of grapes, and are planted with blackberry vines, at a distance 
of three feet in the rows. Though this may seem like a good deal of 
“ elbow room,” it is as close as they can be planted to keep them in good 
order; if planted closer they will form an impenetrable jungle by the 
end of the second season. 
Rows No. 3. These two rows are planted with red and black raspberries, the 
rows also twelve feet apart, but the plants set 2£ feet apart in the rows. 
Row No. 4. This is planted with rhubarb, sage and thyme, currants and 
gooseberries, and is twelve feet distant from the rows on either side. 
Row No. 5. Is twelve feet from row No. 4, and is planted with asparagus, 
as described in the special chapter on that vegetable. 
Rows No. 6. These two rows are to be planted with spring-set strawberries for 
the next year’s crop, and are four feet distant from the asparagus 
and from each other. The strawberries are intended to be grown on 
the matted row plan, and to be cultivated with the horse cultivator; if 
they are to be grown in stools, another row can be planted between 
them, and the whole worked with the wheel or hand hoes. 
Row No. 7 . This row is for watermelons or cantaloupes, and the line of hills 
is six feet distant from the row on either side. The space in the row 
between the hills can be planted with egg plants, cabbage, lettuce or 
such other plants as may be desired. 
Row No. 8. This row is a space four feet wide, with room for the cultivator on 
either side; this is raked fine and planted in four rows one foot apart, 
the first row containing beets and carrots; the second, onions; the 
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