YOUR VEGETABLE 
onions, young beets. Tomatoes are valuable 
because when well cared for they give large 
yields from the ground occupied. Beans pro- 
duce heavily, and those not used for snaps can 
be left for shelled beans. Pole beans produce 
even more in the same space than bush beans. 
A ten-foot row of peas should give about eight 
quarts which will shell down to about three 
quarts. Sweet corn takes up considerable room, 
and there are only about two ears to a stalk. 
Melons, squash, pumpkins, and potatoes are 
seldom practical for small gardens. On very 
limited plots it is best to select one or two 
favorite vegetables and specialize in those. 
Keep the Soil Working All Summer 
To get the most from a small garden plot, it 
is necessary to keep it continually in action. 
This can be done by means of companion and 
succession crops. A companion crop is one that 
grows along with another crop for at least part 
of the season. A succession crop is one that 
follows after the ground has been cleared of 
an earlier crop. The common early crops in- 
clude radishes, lettuce, spinach, young carrots, 
young beets, young onions, and sometimes 
early peas. Usually by the first of July other 
crops can take their places. Some of the most 
important later crops are tomatoes, egg plant, 
| peppers, sweet corn, beans, parsnips, cabbage, 
cucumbers, turnips. Several of these must be 
started indoors and set out later. 




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