This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V25", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
Col. Wilder is of opinion that for garden culture planting in rows three feet apart and one foot apart in the rows, allowing each to make from two to four shoulder runners, and no more for the first season, is best. These by autumn will make a row of thrifty, strong bearing plants, and will produce more than the common matted row. For field culture the rows should be four feet apart and the plants one foot in the row, and all superfluous runners should be pinched off so as to leave only strong plants. It may be added that it is found by experience that a renovation by replanting young ones about every second year, is good practice. For garden culture we should plant a young bed every second year to succeed the older one.
 
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