
—what vegetables yield most in small 
space and in time required to grow 
them? 
‘Tomatoes 
Pole beans 
Broccoli 
Onions 
(from sets) 
Beans, dwarf 
Beets 
Carrots 
Chard 
Spinach, 
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Mustard 
Lettuce 
Turnips 
Rutabagas 
Cabbage 
Chinese cabbage 
Radishes 
Spinach 
Cress 
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—what vegetables require least space 
to grow? 
Tomatoes 
Pole beans 
Beets 
Carrots 
Turnips 
Rutabagas 
Onions 
Leeks 
Lettuce, leaf 
Chard 
Chinese cabbage 
Beans, dwarf 
Mustard 
Radishes 
Cress 
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—what vegetables need considerable 
space for successful growth. (Those 
marked should be provided with 
3 ft. or more of space between rows.) 
Broccoli Parsnips 
Cabbage *Potatoes 
Cauliflower *Sweet potatoes 
Spinach, Deon 
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*Corn Cucumbers 
Eggplants *Melons 
Peppers *Squash 
* * * 
—which short season vegetables can be 
followed by other crops? 
Beans, bush Kohlrabi 
Beets Lettuce 
Early cabbage Mustard 
C 2 Onions 
aneOLS (from sets) 
Peas Spinach 
Radishes Turnips 
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— is it possible to grow vegetables in 
flower beds when space planting is 
limited? Yes, very effectively. You can 
scatter half-a-dozen tomato plants 
along the back of your flower beds, But 
tie them to stakes so they won’t sprawl. 
Radishes and lettuce may be planted 
in the border toward the front. Aspara- 
gus planted so that the summer growth 
serves as a background is both attrac- 
tive and practical. Rows of carrots and 
beets take little space and may be 
planted between rows of flowering 
plants. Between your rows of later 
flowering plants, grow pole or snap 
beans. Onions, too, can be grown from 
sets in available spots in your flower 
garden, 
* * * 
—which vegetable seeds can be 
started indoors in the spring? You can 
give your vegetable garden a head 
start by sowing tomatoes, pepper, early 
lettuce, eggplants, celery, celeriac, 
early varieties of cabbage, early cauli- 
flower, early broccoli in a hotbed or 
cold frame. If you want some extra- 
early beets, they transplant readily, 
and can also be sown indoors. 
* * * 
—when is the best time to seed vege- 
tables in a flat before transplanting in 
the spring? Generally about 2 months 
before you would sow them in your 
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apart to prevent crowding. Give them 
3 to 4 inches apart each way. Second, 
transplant the seedlings into a small 
pot or plant band so they form a good 
root ball before setting out in the 
open garden. 
* * * 
—when should summer squash be 
picked for best eating quality? When 
the fruit is a lemon-yellow, and the 
skin is soft. If you wait until your 
squash becomes an orange-yellow 
color, they will be too old, and the flesh 
tasteless and coarse. 
