The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1916-05-25
ORCHARD AND GARDEN CROPS
No q. Orchard and Garden CROPS.
By J. S. Knox. Extension HORTICULTURE
list, University of Arkansas.


list, University of Arkansas
Plan OF Garden.-Few of us realize
tae importance Of some definite plan
TO follow in our garden work We
plant the garden in a haphazard fash
ion. without any reference to the
Kind of plants. time they are to oC-
Cupy the soil. and the space they re
Quire in growing. Gardens that are
planted in the above way can never
give as good results or as much
pleasure as the ones that are carefully
planned before the planting season
comes on, and then carrying out the
plans made There is generally a
time during the winter when the ay-
this Is the proper time 10 make d plan
for the garden that 10 to be planted
during the spring and summer
Arrangement OF Plants .-The plants
should be arranged IN the garden &C
cording 10 the length OF time they are
TO occupy the soil, as well as accord
ing 10 the kind of culture they re-
Quire. Plants like asparagus. rhubarb
and the various kinds OF berries gen
erally occupy the soil for q number
of years. and for this reason they
should be placed TO one side (prefer-
ably the north) OF the garden They
are then out OF the way In Cultivating
the annual plants which are not such
high growers generally. AMER the
perennial or long season crops have
been cared for. We may begin the
planting of the short season crops as
soon as the season opens Plants
like beets. radishes lettuce. peas, cab
bage. etc. can be planted very ea'ly
in the season. and as soon as danger
of frost is past We can plant the ten
der vegetables. such as tomatoes. egg
plant. peppers. sweet corn, sQuashcs,
CuCumbers. etc.
Companion Cropping - Sometimes.
especially where the space is limited
it is desired 10 ret as many different
kinds of vegetables as possible from
that small area In this case We may
make use Of What the gardeners see
Ct TO call companion cropping II
consists in eroSi ne two or more crops
In the same row al the same time or
OF planting other vegetables in be
tween the other rows For example,
II We have cabbage planted in rows
three feet apart and eighteen inches
apart in the row, We may put hin of
l., 49, Ill ,F l.
and then SOW row of radlshes or tur-
nips between the row These crops
could he removed before a great deal
OF damage had been done 10 thr can.
hage. and in this way We hay, three
kinds of vegetables where only one is
commonly grown This. however. is
very hard or exhaustive on the soil.
and SO heavy fertllizlne is essential
Succession Cropping Here is
where so many of our gardeners fall
down on the gardening business ev-
e<y year. II we expect TO have fresh
vegetables all through the summer we
must make different paintings of the
same vegetable. For example we
plant a crop of beans in latter Apri,
and these begin TO bear in June. and
probably last for three weeks or \
month and then all is over. but If we
make one planting in latter Apr,l and
another about three weeks later and
40 on through the GROWING season We
can have beans for several months
that have been nick I'D from tn. yines
in our own garden. With some Of the
early maturing vegetables We can
srow one crop and harvest Il and then
srow a second crop on the same soil