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place, as he will be sure to lay the blame on you for the squashes spoiling, 

 as they surely will if kept long. 



GOOD VARIETIES. 



The best varieties for fall are Boston Marrow, Turban, and Essex Hyb- 

 rid, though the winter squashes are equally good for late and many prefer 

 them. The best for winter are Hubbard, Marblehead, Putnam, and Pike's 

 Peak. The Hubbard is in most demand for market. The Pike's Peak is 

 the best of all, both early and late, and the best keeper. Squashes grown 

 on low ground, rich in vegetable mould, will not have the quality nor will 

 they keep like those grown on high table-land. 



Fall and winter squashes are amomg the best vegetables raised, and 

 every family can have a full supply from early fall till late spring if the 

 farmer and market gardener will in timely season plant plenty of good 

 seed in well-prepared, well-enriched, warm land. Cultivate the same often 

 and thoroughly; be vigilant in destroying bugs; pick before frosted, and 

 handle with care. Keep dry and free from frost. Supply customers as 

 carefully and honestly as you would supply them with eggs. 



I have tried to give you the price you must pay for success, if you are 

 willing to pay the price you may reasonably expect to receive a rich pecu- 

 niary reward that will fully compensate you; and in addition many thanks- 

 givings, not only from your own family and friends, but from many a 

 family whose good fortune it has been to be among your customers, and 

 double thanksgivings from such of the poor as you have gratuitously 

 supplied from the bountiful harvest. 



QUESTIONS IN GREAT VARIETY. 



Following this paper was the opening of the question box, the secretary 

 reading the queries and members responding in the following order: 



Shall we cultivate our strawberries in the spring? 



Mr. Handy: No; mulch in the fall, remove in the spring, and cultivate 

 after picking. Mr. Munson's advice was the same. Mr. Beown would 

 cultivate a young bed somewhat. Mr. Morrill would do the same, but 

 would burn the mulch and cultivate till October, 



How shall we fight the curculiof 



Mr. Pixley: I have sprayed with carbolic acid (a teaspoonful in a pail 

 of three gallons of water) and have thought that the smell of the acid was 

 what kept them off; noticed no ill effect; sometimes put in the same amount 

 of ammonia as of acid. 



In Oceana county we jar only, thinking spraying not reliable. 



Mr. W. A. Smith has used spray several years and has not failed, in that 

 time, to have a good crop of plums; uses one pound of London purple to 

 200 gallons of water, with three or four pounds of lime milk; and though 

 he has been so free from them, curculio were plentiful in the neighborhood; 

 has used the chip traps (corncobs instead of chips) and this is an excellent 

 way before the leaves come, but he depends upon spraying after he begins 

 it; he kills thousands so; he will jar also, for the peaches, and use corn- 

 cobs, but believes spraying upon the peaches may be successful. 



Mr. Morrill: Mr. Smith succeeds with spraying for curculio, because 



