Archive image from page 40 of Currie's farm & garden annual. Currie's farm & garden annual : spring 1922 47th year curriesfarmgarde19curr_5 Year: 1922 ( LIST OF TESTED GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1922. 85 SQUASH Culture—When the ground Is warm and the weather settled, sow in hills in well-prepared ground, mixing 2 or 3 shovels of well-rotted manure in each hill. Liglit soils are best suited to their growth. Plant six to sight seeds in each hill and thin out to three or four, after they have made partial growth. Plant bush varieties from 3 to 4 feet apart each way, and the trailing sorts 6 to 8 feet. Bus
Archive image from page 40 of Currie's farm & garden annual. Currie's farm & garden annual : spring 1922 47th year curriesfarmgarde19curr_5 Year: 1922 ( LIST OF TESTED GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1922. 85 SQUASH Culture—When the ground Is warm and the weather settled, sow in hills in well-prepared ground, mixing 2 or 3 shovels of well-rotted manure in each hill. Liglit soils are best suited to their growth. Plant six to sight seeds in each hill and thin out to three or four, after they have made partial growth. Plant bush varieties from 3 to 4 feet apart each way, and the trailing sorts 6 to 8 feet. Bush Squash, 1 oz to 60 hills, 5 to 6 lbs. to the acre. Marrow Squash, 1 oz. to 20 hills, 3 to 4 lbs. to the acre. SUMMER SQUASH Giant Bush Summer Crook Neck—Early and productive and of fine quality; fruit orange-yellow, covered with warty ex- crescences. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; , lb. 55c; 1 lb. $ Mammoth 'WTjite Bush Scalloped—A large early variety, ex- cellent for shipping. Flesh clear, waxy white, tender and delicate. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 55c; 1 lb. $ GOLiDElN CUSTARD BUSH—A very productive early scalloped sort. Color rich golden yellow; quality excellent. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; V4 lb. 55c; 1 lb. $ Delicata—-The earliest and most prolific of the vine Squashes, and although of small size, the fiesh is wonderfully solid, with a small seed cavity. It cooks dry and is rich flavored. Pkt. 6c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 55c; 1 lb. $ Vegetable Marrow—A variety used extensively in England. The fruit is oblong, of a greenish-yellow color; fiesh white, soft and of excellent fiavor. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 60c; 1 lb. $ ..............I. v iiiie IIUBU dcttilupeu dquuftii. AUTUMN OR WINTER SQUASH OUimrE'S HUBBARD—A favorite late sort, and more largely grown than any other; of large size. Flesh fine grained, dry and of excellent fiavor. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 55c; 1 lb. $ Chicago Warted Hubbard—A choice dark green and very warty selection from the well-known
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