. Buist's garden guide and almanac. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Long Standing Spinach. SQUASH. COT7RGE (Fr.). KURBISS (Ger.). CALABAZA TOXTAXERA (Sp.). About the last of Spring, or as soon as the ground becomes warm, plant in hills about three feet apart, six seeds to a hill; when up thin them out. leaving three of the strongest plants. When they are making their appearance, they are liable to be destroyed by a striped bug; to prevent this, they
. Buist's garden guide and almanac. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Long Standing Spinach. SQUASH. COT7RGE (Fr.). KURBISS (Ger.). CALABAZA TOXTAXERA (Sp.). About the last of Spring, or as soon as the ground becomes warm, plant in hills about three feet apart, six seeds to a hill; when up thin them out. leaving three of the strongest plants. When they are making their appearance, they are liable to be destroyed by a striped bug; to prevent this, they should be dusted two or three times with a mixture of one-third guano and two-thirds plaster: apply it early in the morning, while the dew is on them. They should be grown as far apart as possible from all other cucurbitaceous plants, so as to prevent their hybridizing. for shipping purposes. Summer Squashes should always be used when young and ten- der, which can be determined by an impres- sion of the nail. Per oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 25 cts.: lb., 75 Mammoth White Bush Squash. Mammoth White Bush.—This variety is of recent introduction, and is a selection made from the Early White Bush; the im- provement consists in the size of the Squashes it produces, which measure from 12 to 15 inches across, in every other respect it is identical with the old varietv. Peroz., 15 cts.; X lb., 35 lb., $ Early White Bush, or Patty-Pan, is earlier than any other variety, of dwarf | habit and very productive; grows in a bush form, and occupies less room on the ground I than any other sort, it is the variety that is grown the most extensively for market and i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robert Buist Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Philadelphia : Rober
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