. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. i MAMMOTH PRIZE SQUASH.—Weight 180. SQUASH (CccuKBiTA JIelo Pepo). German, Kurhiss. — French, Courge. — Spanish, Calabasa Umtanera. The several varieties of the Squash are verj' useful in this and other warm climates, as they can be grown to perfection in tlie summer. It is in general use from June to August, and the late varieties the whole winter until Hay. It is extensively cultivated iu this vicinity fo
. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. i MAMMOTH PRIZE SQUASH.—Weight 180. SQUASH (CccuKBiTA JIelo Pepo). German, Kurhiss. — French, Courge. — Spanish, Calabasa Umtanera. The several varieties of the Squash are verj' useful in this and other warm climates, as they can be grown to perfection in tlie summer. It is in general use from June to August, and the late varieties the whole winter until Hay. It is extensively cultivated iu this vicinity for the market. Culture. Any good enriched soil is adapted to the growth of the Squash. They onlv thrive well in a warm temperature, as all the varieties are tender annuals; and the see"l 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 three-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, with tne impression that it both facilitates the formation of fruitful laterals and the early maturing of the fruit. per oz. Early Yellow Bush Scalloped. An early, flat, scallop-shaped sort; color yellow; flesh pale yellow, fine-gi-ained, and well-flavored; productive. Perpkt., 5 .10 Early White Bush Scalloped. 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 rine, bright orange; flesh rich sal- mon-yellow, very dry, fine-grained, anil for sw
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