Mann's descriptive catalgoue : 1914 guide for the farm and garden . Squash Bush sorts; 1 ounce for 50 hills. Runningvarieties, 3 to 4 pounds, in hills, for an acre. Culture.—After the weather is settled andwarm, plant in hills five to eight feet apart. Richsoil is best, but if necessary the hills alone may beenriched. Early White Bush Scalloped, or Patty Pan. —The best for early market use. Preferred fortable. (See cut.) Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. \pound, 20c. Pound, 50c. Summer Grookneck.—Early, fine flavor; adesirable table sort. Packet, 5c. Ounce, pound, 20c. Pound, 50c. Early Prolific o
Mann's descriptive catalgoue : 1914 guide for the farm and garden . Squash Bush sorts; 1 ounce for 50 hills. Runningvarieties, 3 to 4 pounds, in hills, for an acre. Culture.—After the weather is settled andwarm, plant in hills five to eight feet apart. Richsoil is best, but if necessary the hills alone may beenriched. Early White Bush Scalloped, or Patty Pan. —The best for early market use. Preferred fortable. (See cut.) Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. \pound, 20c. Pound, 50c. Summer Grookneck.—Early, fine flavor; adesirable table sort. Packet, 5c. Ounce, pound, 20c. Pound, 50c. Early Prolific or Orange Marrow.—The earliest of the fall or early winter varieties. Thereis no variety for fall and winter that can competewith this. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. i pound, , 50c. Boston Marrow.—A splendid winter squashof good keeping qualities. Flesh bright orange;fine grain and flavor unsurpassed. Packet, , 10c. I pound, 20c. Pound, 50c. Hubbard.—A desirable sort, suitable for win-ter use. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. 1 pound, 25c,Pound, True Bloomsdale Curled Savoy Spinach 19 P. MANN & CO., WASHINGTON, D. C. TOMATO Liebesapfel, Qer. One ounce will produce about 1,200 plants; quarter pound to transplant for an acre. For very early fruit the seed should be sown in a hot-bedabout the first week in March in drills 5 inches apart and halfinch deep. Later sowings may be made until the last of plants for a small garden may be started by sowing afew seeds in a shallow box or flower pot and placing in a windowin the house. When the plants are 3 or 4 inches high they shouldbe set out 4 or 5 inches apart in another hot-bed or cold-frame,or removed into small pots, allowing a single plant to a pot. Ex-pose to the air as much as possible to harden. Water freely at timeof transplanting, and shelter from the sun a few days until theplants are established. Cultivate thoroughly as long as vineswill permit, but the last two or three workings should be
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