. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Companion cropping.—Lettuce be- tween young cabbage plants. car-load lots, and it is used every year. The reason for this is the necessity of Improving the physical texture of the land so that it will be loose, open and mellow, be early or "quicli," and hold an abundant supply of mois- ture. In intens
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Companion cropping.—Lettuce be- tween young cabbage plants. car-load lots, and it is used every year. The reason for this is the necessity of Improving the physical texture of the land so that it will be loose, open and mellow, be early or "quicli," and hold an abundant supply of mois- ture. In intensive vegetable-gardening there is no "resting " of the land and no green crops to be plowed under. The vegetable matter, therefore, has to be sup- plied almost entirely by barn manures. In the larger and less intensive vegetable-growing farther removed from large cities, general agricultural practices can be employed to better advantage, such as rotation and green-manuring. Vegetable - gardeners generally use largely, also, of concentrated fertilizers. These mate- rials may be employed for either or both of two pur- poses: to start off the plants quickly in the spring, or to add plant-food for the sustenance of the plants during the entire growing season. Ordinarily the former use is the more important in vegetable-gardening, since it is nec- essary that the plants start quickly in order that early crops may be secured. Many times fertilizer is used in amouuts far in excess of the needs of the plant in mere plant- food, in order to give the plants a strong and vigorous start and thereby enable them to make the most of themselves. If the plants are not well established when hot and dry weather comes there is likely to be lit- tle profit in them. In intensive vegetable - gar- dening it is important to start many of the crops under glass and to transplant the young plants to the oi^en as soon as settled weather comes. This is particularly true of tomatoes, very early le
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