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pulled out. For late squash, the hills are prepaied as has been described, 

 but are 8 by 8 feet instead of closer. Cultivation is necessary at first; 

 or some other crop, such as spinach, radishes, or lettuce, may be grown 

 on the space left at the beginning. Later the squash will cover the entire 

 ground. When the squash plants, whether late or early, are 8 to 12 inches 

 high, thin the hills to three plants. Only one late squash to a vine means 

 larger and better squash than would otherwise be obtained. 



The following varieties of squash are recommended: bush varieties, 

 Crook Neck, White Scallop, Yellow Scallop, Golden Custard, Vegetable 

 Marrow; running varieties, Delicious, Orange Marrow, Hubbard Warted, 

 Warren, Faxon. 



Tomatoes 



Start the plants in the hotbed; transplant to the field when all danger 

 from frost is past, in rows i| to 5 feet apart with the plants i| to 3 feet 

 apart in the row. Train the vines to stakes, using one stout stake and 

 two cross-arms or employing some other method. Cut back the vines 

 if they grow too much to leaves and stalks. Sandy loam in good condition, 

 with an application of manure plowed under, will produce good tomatoes. 

 A little rotten manure on the soil near the plant, if sprinkled with about 

 a pailful of water now and then after the fruit is set, will have a tendency 

 to cause the fruit to be smooth and of good color. 



Varieties of tomatoes recommended are Belmont, Chalk's Early Jewel, 

 Stone, Earliana, Bonnie Best. For preserves, grow the following: Peach, 

 Pear, Cherry, Strawberry, Plum. 



Turnips 



The turnip requires a rich soil, sandy or gravelly, and may be grown 

 as either an early or a late crop. For the former, sow the seed in rows 

 12 to 36 inches apart early in the spring. Later, thin the plants to about 

 six or seven to the foot. For late turnips the seed is sown in rows 1 2 to 

 36 inches apart, on land from which some earlier crop has been removed 

 in June. Thin so that there are only two or three plants to each foot of 

 space. Clean culture and a good soil mulch are required. Turnips are 

 fairly hardy, easily withstanding the first light frosts in the fall. 



Varieties of turnip recommended for early planting are Snowball, White 

 Milan, Purple Top Milan; for late planting, White Egg, Budlong Rutabaga, 

 American Rutabaga. 



Watermelons 



Soil that has a large percentage of sand is required for watermelons. 

 Besides the manure already provided for the garden, an application of 

 a shovelful of well-rotted manure to each hill, similar to that used for 



