. Dreer's garden book 1918. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 38 Speise-Kurbis, Ger. SQUASH Covrge, Fr. Calabaza, Sp. One ounce of seed for 25 hills, 3 to 4 pounds for an acre CULTURE.—All Squashes do best in warm and very rich soil. Plant in well-manured hills, same as melons or cucumbers, the bush varieties 4 feet apart each way, the winter sorts 10 to 12 feet each way. Use seed freely, 8 to 12 seeds to the hill, to provide for losses by insects. When danger of such losse
. Dreer's garden book 1918. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 38 Speise-Kurbis, Ger. SQUASH Covrge, Fr. Calabaza, Sp. One ounce of seed for 25 hills, 3 to 4 pounds for an acre CULTURE.—All Squashes do best in warm and very rich soil. Plant in well-manured hills, same as melons or cucumbers, the bush varieties 4 feet apart each way, the winter sorts 10 to 12 feet each way. Use seed freely, 8 to 12 seeds to the hill, to provide for losses by insects. When danger of such losses is past, thin to 2 or 4 plants to the hill. To repel the squash vine borer, throw a handful of tobacco dust close around the plants. The large, strong-smelling black squash bug can be kept in check by hand-picking, going over the vines at frequent intervals. For yellow-striped beetle and blight, spray early and repeatedly with Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead Mixture. Winter Squashes may also be grown in cornfields in same manner as it is customary in many places to grow pumpkins. Warted Hubbard Squash. A Hubbard Squash with warted skin. The vines grow strong and produce a large number of Squashes, which are of good size and keep well. Pkt,, 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; £ lb., 45 cts.; lb., $ Golden Hubbard. Shape same as old-fashioned Hubbard, but skin is rich orange color. The flesh is deep golden-yellow. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; £ lb., 45 cts.; lb., $ Boston Marrow. A good keeper, of excellent flavor; flesh orange-colored and fine-grained; oval form and a popular sort. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J lb., 40 cts.; lb., $ Mammoth Chili. Rich orange-yellow; flesh thick and of good quality for making pies; also a good sort for feeding stock. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; £ lb., 45 cts.; lb., $ VEGETABLE MARROWS Long Cream. (See Specialties, page 10.) Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; \ lb., $ English Marrow. (See Specialties, page 10.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; J
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