The Bulletin. 33 



A sufficient supply of readily available nitrogen is necessary to pro- 

 duce a good crop. From 800 to 1,000 pounds an acre of a fertilizer 



having 



Available Phosphoric Acid 8 per cent 



Nitrogen 4 per cent 



Actual Potash 8 per cent 



is often used to advantage, and in addition to this, small applications of 

 nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia are made from ten days to two 

 weeks apart. Some growers top-dress the crop with manure in the fall, 

 and the leachings from the manure will then start the plants quickly 



in the spring. 



Varieties.— LoNo Season, Noefolk Savoy, and Thick Leaf. 



SQUASH. 



Squash is a cucurbitous or vine crop belonging to the same botanical 

 family of plants as the cucumber, cantaloupe, watermelon, and pumpkin. 

 Cultural treatment is practically the same for all these crops. Light, 

 loamy fertile soils, and an unchecked growth of the vines give the most 

 profitable results. Seed is planted in hills from 4 to 6 feet apart each 

 way and cultivation continued until the growth of vines makes further 

 working impracticable: About 4 to 5 pounds of seed will plant an acre. 

 Stable manure can be used to advantage in growing this crop, but when 

 this is not available in sufficient quantity a chemical fertilizer made 



up of 



Available Phosphoric Acid 8 per cent 



Nitrogen 3 per cent 



Actual Potash 8 per cent 



and used at the rate of about 1,200 pounds an acre will give good results. 

 This is usually applied in the hill. 



Squashes are divided into three general groups : the field or winter 

 type, of which Hubbard and Boston Marrow are characteristic varieties, 

 the bush or summer squash, sometimes called cymblings, of which 

 Crookneck and Scallop or Pattypan are leading kinds, and a third 

 specific type to which belong the Cushaws or "Winter Crooknecks, Ten- 

 nessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin, and some others. 



SWEET CORN. 



Sweet or sugar corn is closely related to field corn and is character- 

 ized by the more or less wrinkled or shriveled appearance of the mature 

 kernels. It is grown preeminently for the immature ears from which 

 the grains are either eaten in the fresh state or else canned. The can- 

 ning industry has greatly increased the importance of this crop until 

 in some sections of the country it has become the leading horticultural 

 product. It has been thought that sweet corn naturally seems to reach 

 a higher state of development when grown in the short season and under 



