POPULAR VARIETIES OF GARDEN VEGETABLES. 



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the Hubbard. Fig. 3, Scollop, or Pie-formed, a good sort, and liked by market 

 gardeners, because the rind is somewhat hard, and it bears shipping well. Fig. 

 4 is the excellent summer Crook-Neck, one of the best, if not the best, of the 

 whole race of summer squashes. Squashes are good feeders, and like a rich, 

 soil : it is best to manure in the hill. Sow a dozen seeds in each hill, and when 

 danger from " bugs" is over, pull up all but three or four. A mellow, warm 

 soil is best. For bush sorts, make hills three or four feet apart, and for the 

 running kinds twice this distance. 



SPINACH. 



To grow Spinach in perfection, the soil must be rich. Sow^ in the autumn 



for spring use, in good drained soil, in drills a foot apart. 



As soon as the plants are well 



up, thin them to about 3 inches 



apart in the rows. Covering with 



a little straw or leaves before 



winter is useful, but not neces- 

 sary. For summer use, sow as early as possible in the spring. There are two 

 popular varieties, the principal distinction being that one has a round seed, 

 and the other with sharp points, and called prickly. These we have shown in 

 the engraving. 



TOMATOES. 



The Tomato is more generally used in Arherica than in any country in the 

 world. The amount consumed seems wonderful, especially when we consider 

 how brief the time since its first introduction as an article of diet. Almost 

 every one likes it, and most persons regard it as a great luxury; but the To- 





mato is so slow perfecting its fruit that it is quite after the middle of sumoier, 

 and at the end of most people's patience, before the ripened fruit can be en- 

 joyed. To obtain early varieties, therefore, is the great desire of all, and it is 

 no strange thing to have varieties advertised as two weeks earlier than any other 



