Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-04-09

be placed at one side. so they will not be
in the way when the garden is plowed. 1t
is not possible to give a specific scheme Of
arrangement for garden that will suit all
requirements, but herewith is a suggestive
plan Of half-acre garden which the south
ern grower may find helpful. The order in
which the plants should appear. with sug
gestions given as to what plants are best
suited as "follow-up" crops, is given here
with. The garden as planned is 200 feet
long and ITO feet wide. The vegetables
are planted in rows running the length OF
the garden.
Asparagus and other perennial crops,
Carrots. parsnips. beets. satisfy.
Lettuce, radishes, onion sets for bunch
onions followed by celery as fall crop
Onion seed for dry bulbs followed by celery
as fall crop.
Early peas, followed by fall cabbage
second planting followed by fall cabbage
Late peas large varieties, first planting
followed by fall cabbage second planting
followed by fall cabbage.
Early cabbage followed by fall beans.
Cauliflower followed by fall beans. Col
lards, kohl-rabi followed by fall peas.
Early potatoes followed by fall peas. sec
ond planting followed by fall peas, third
planting followed by turnips.
Beans followed by turnips and spinach.
Okra followed by spinach.
Tomatoes followed by Kale.
Tomatoes, eggplant. peppers, followed by
kale, mustard, etc.
Bush lima beans followed by kale, mus
tard, etc.
Cucumbers, Muskmelons. summer squash,
watermelons, winter squash.
Early sweet patotoes followed by cow
peas.
Early sweet corn followed by fall pota.
toes.
Late sweet corn followed by fall potatoes
Pole lima beans.
To the left Of Asparagus and Other
perennial crops" may be located the hot
bed, cold-frame and seed bed. being 8, IL
and 10 feet long, respectively. and 8 feet
wide. The asparagus and other peren.
NAL crops" are also located 6 feet from the
outer edge Of the garden. The next foul
rows, which are IS inches apart, are to BIZ
devoted one each to carrots, pdrsnips
beets and satisfy. These are long
crops and are not used in succession
The next two rows are devoted to lettuce
radishes and onion sets, and after thes,
are harvested the area is to be occupied
by an autumn crop Of celery. The mex
two rows are to be sown with onion seet
for mature bulbs and this also to be fol
lowed by autumn celery.
The next two rows, which are 3 fee
apart, are to be planted with early peas
one row to be planted ten days ahead o
the other, and both rows to be followed b,
an autumn planting of cabbage. The mex
two rows, which are also feet apart, are I,
be planted to late variety Of peas, on,
sown week or ten days in advance Of tn,
other, and as soon as these are harveste.
the ground is to be prepared for an autumn
crop of cabbage. This will give four row
of autumn cabbage.
The next row is to be devoted to earl,
cabbage. followed by an autumn planting
Of beans. and one-half OF the next row h
to be planted to early cabbage, followed
by autumn beans. The other half OF tina
row is to be planted to caulihower. fol
lowed by autumn beans. The next row
which is 1-2 feet from the row Of cab
bage, Is to be devoted to collards or kohl
rabi, followed by autumn peas. The mex
three rows are to be devoted to early pota
toes and after the potatoes are removed
autumn peas are to be planted in success
sion, about week apart.
Next to the early potatoes come three
rows Of beans. planted In succession, and
followed in the autumn by two rows Of
turnips and one row Of spinach. The next
row. which is 4 feet from the BEANS is
planted In okra. which Is to be followed
by spinach. The next row, which is feet
from the row Of okra. is to be planted to
tomatoes, followed by kale. mustard, ETC..
for winter use. One-half Of the next row
is to be planted to tomatoes and one-half
to elephants and peppers, followed by
mustard. kale. ETC., for winter use.
The next row to the tomatoes Is to be
occupied by bush lima beans. followed In
the autumn by kale. mustard and what
ever has been planted in the preceding
row. The next row Is 9 feet from the row
Of bush lima beans and is to be devoted
partly to cucumbers. partly to muskmeIons
and partly to summer squashes. The next
row is 8 feet from the last and Is to be
devoted partly to watermelons and partly
to winter squashes. The next row is 8
feet from the watermelons and Is to be
devoted to sweet potatoes. followed by
cowpeas. The next row Is feet from the
last and is also to be devoted TO sweet
potatoes.
Next two rows are 8 feet apart and 8 feet
from the sweet potatoes and are to be de-
voted to early sweet corn, followed by fall
potatoes. The next two rows are feet
from the former and are to be devoted to
late sweet corn. followed by autumn pota-