. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. MAMMOTH PRIZE SQUASH. — Weight 180. SQUASH (CucuKBiTA Melo Pepo). German, Kurhiss. — French, Courge. — Spanish, Calabasa tontanera. The several varieties of the Squash are very useful in this and other warm climates, as they can be grown to perfection in the summer. It is in general use from June to August, and the late varieties the whole winter until May. It is exte
. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. MAMMOTH PRIZE SQUASH. — Weight 180. SQUASH (CucuKBiTA Melo Pepo). German, Kurhiss. — French, Courge. — Spanish, Calabasa tontanera. The several varieties of the Squash are very useful in this and other warm climates, as they can be grown to perfection in the summer. It is in general use from June to August, and the late varieties the whole winter until May. It is extensively cultivated in this vicinity for the market. Culture. Any good enriched soil is adapted to the growth of the Squash. They only thrive well in a warm temperature, as all the varieties are tender annuals; and the seed should not be sown in spring until all danger from frost is past, and the ground is warm and thoroughly settled. The hills should be made from eight to ten inches in depth, manured well, and the seeds covered about tliree-fourths of an inch deep. Keep the earth about the plants loose and clean, removing the surplus vines from time to time, allowing not more than three plants to a hill. The custom of cutting or nipping off the leading shoots of the run- ning varieties is now practised to some extent, Avith the impression that it both facilitates the formation of fruitful laterals and the early maturing of the frait. per oz. Early YelloAV Bush Scalloped. An early,flat, scallop-shaped sort; color yellow; flesh pale yellow, fine-grained, and well-flavored; productive. Per pkt., 5 .10 Early WMte Bush ScaUoped. A sub-variety of the Yellow Bush. Per pkt., 5 . .10 Early Summer Bush Crookneck^ Generally esteemed as one of the finest of the summer varieties; color bright yellow; skin very warty, thin, and easily broken; flesh dry and well-flavored. Per pkt., 5 10 Boston Marrow. Form ovate; skin thin; when ripe, bright orange; flesh rich sal- mon-yellow, very dry,
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