DIYISIOX OF HORTICULTURE 



633 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SQUASH. 



The summer varieties are as popular in this district as the autumn ones, as they 

 are used mainly t^ preserve, and this can be done as soon as the crop is harvested. 

 As to form, the crooknecks are not liked because there is too much loss and not 

 enough flesh; between the "patty pan" and "'long" sorts, the latter are the most popu- 

 lar, peeling with less waste. The bush varieties are certainlj^ an improvement over 

 the trailint;- ones Vvhieh unnecessarily take too nnich room in the ordinaiy limited area 

 of a gai-den. The Long White Bush Marrow, though not one of the " sho^n-y " kinds, 

 is the one which should be recommended. 



Name. 



Seed from. 



Sown. 



Planted. 



Ready to 

 use. 



TvANK AS TO 



Yield. 



Earliness 



Custard Marrow White Bush! 



Scallop jV. seed 1912. 



Custard Marrow White Bush 



Scallop ' " 1913. 



Delicata iT 



Delicious O. seed 1912. 



Golden Hubbard 



Hubbard 



Improved Hubbard 



Long Vegetable Marrow. 



Long White Bush Marrow. 



Mammoth Whale 



Summer Crookne^k. 



Trailing White Vegetable Mar- 

 row 



White Bush Scalloped 



White Congo 



M. seed 191.3. 



M 



V 



D. &F 



V. seed 1912 



V. " 1913 



V. " 1912 



V. " 1913 



From one plant 



V. D. & F 



D. & F. seed 1912.. 

 R. seed 1913 



C 



D. &F. 

 V 



June 4....' 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 



Aug. .30. 



Sept. 2. 



" 6. 



" 4. 



" 2. 



" 28. 



" 28. 



" IS. 



" 1.5. 



" 14. 



" 14. 



" 18. 



" 28. 



" 28. 



" 28. 



" 16. 



" 28. 



14 

 9 

 8 

 9 



1.5 



10 

 7 

 2 

 1 

 5 

 6 



11 

 4 

 9 



13 



3 

 6 



10 

 9 

 8 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 4 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 6 

 6 

 6 



3 

 6 



Cap Rouge. 



