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April, 1912 
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so as to avoid as much as possible trouble 
from plant diseases. This is particularly 
true of the cabbage tribe, for if grown sev¬ 
eral years in succession in the same 
ground the disease called club-root is lia¬ 
ble to destroy all chances of a crop. In 
the vegetable garden everything should be 
planted in straight rows; this will facili¬ 
tate cultivation. Where such things as 
lettuce, radishes and onions are grown in 
beds, it means a lot of tedious work on 
one's hands and knees to keep them free 
from weeds. Plan to get two crops of 
vegetables frorii the same piece of ground 
during the season. This can be done by 
having such late crops as late cabbage, 
cauliflower and winter celery follow the 
early potatoes and peas. Radish and let¬ 
tuce seed should be sown once a week in 
order to supply a constant succession. 
In planting the vegetable part of this 
garden. I would make a row across the 
yard about three feet from the strawber¬ 
ries. Half of this row I would put in as¬ 
paragus and the balance in rhubarb, set¬ 
ting the rhubarb plants about four feet 
apart; the asparagus three feet. As I am 
very fond of corn I would allow two rows 
across the garden—one hundred feet— for 
sweet corn. I would use an early variety, 
such as Golden Bantam, making .‘succes¬ 
sive sowings, planting about thirty feet 
at one sowing, and making the sowings 
about two weeks apart. The hills of a 
dwarf variety, like Golden Bantam, should 
be about two feet apart. Two rows of 
peas would be none too much for me. One 
row across the garden — fifty feet — would 
be devoted to dwarf beans. I would make 
two sowings of these, twenty-five feet at 
a time. I would have another row of pole 
beans, making them about half lima and 
the other half of some variety like Ken¬ 
tucky Wonder. These do not come into 
bearing quite so early as the dwarf beans, 
but if the beans are kept picked they will 
bear until frost comes. Another row 
would contain ten feet of Swiss chard 
which will furnish a constant supply of 
fresh beet “greens" all summer. The bal¬ 
ance of the row would be equally divided 
between beets and carrots. 
A dozen tomato plants trained to stakes 
will furnish all the fruit a small sized 
family will need. Set the plants three feet 
apart. The balance of the row I would 
put to peppers two feet apart. In the next 
row I would put another half dozen pep¬ 
pers and fill it out with cabbage and cauli¬ 
flower. The balance of the space I would 
devote to making successive sowings of 
radishes and lettuce. This amount of 
space, thirty by fifty feet, is capable of 
producing' outside of potatoes piactically 
all the vegetables that a family of three or 
four will need. 
The small fruits, raspberries, blackber¬ 
ries, gooseberries and currants, may be 
grown as bushes in rows, or may be used 
singly just as one would place a shrub. 
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