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Mr. Sampson: I will say that I have experimented with the 

 genuine Lima bean, but they have been too late for a profitable 

 trade. The little bush Lima is not so profitable. I have not 

 tried the latest bush Lima. I was disgusted with them. 



Mr. Beardsley: I would say that out of two or three hun- 

 dred gardeners we have but two or three successfully raising 

 the Lima bean. I understand they have some kind of a ma- 

 chine that they hull their beans with. 



HUBBARD SQUASH. 



A DISCUSSION. 



A voice: Let us hear from Mr. Chandler on the Hubbard squash. 



Mr. E. M. Chandler: While I am a grower of Hubbard sq uash I do not 

 know that I can give you anj^ pointers. I told the society two years 

 ag"o how to g-row them; but if I can answer any questions j^ou luay 

 wish to ask me, I shall be glad to do so. 



Mr. Brackett: What age of seed do you get the best results from? 



Mr. Chandler: We save our seeds every j^ear, although I think, 

 the older they are, the better they are. 



Mr. Frisselle: How do you store the squashes? 



Mr. Chandler: They are laid on shelves. We have a house on 

 purpose to store them, in which we have shelves two feet apart. 

 We keep the thermometer about 50 to 54 degrees. 



Mr. Taylor: What is the product per acre? 



Mr. Chandler: We have raised ten tons per acre, but the average 

 is six tons. The first year we went into the business we got about 

 that many. We have been raising squash on the same ground for 

 six years. It would be a good idea to manure broadcast, but it is a 

 good deal of trouble and expense, so we manure in the hills. We 

 gather our sqvxash as early as they get ripe. 



Mr. Jewett (Wisconsin): After cutting do you let them lie in the 

 field any length of time? 



Mr. Chandler: We cut them and let them lie in the field three or 

 four daj^s or a week, and pile them up and let them stay out there 

 until they get partly dry, and, if necessary, we build a fire in the 

 house to get out the moisture. 



Mr. Wedge: Do you gather them before a frost or after? 



Mr. Chandler: Before we get anj^ frost at all. 



Col. Stevens: The white frost, if it touches the squash, will cause 

 decay. 



Mr. Wedge: You consider first class seed essential? 



Mr. Chandler: We vSelect our seeds each j^ear. We aim to pick out 

 the good points in the squash and keep doing so ever}^ year, and in 

 that way we get a good squash. 



Mr. Wedge: I only asked that question because when I was at Ot- 

 tawa, Illinois, I struck one carload of squash that came from Minne- 

 apolis. I did not think Mr. Chandler would send them as seconds. 

 They got caught in cold weather and froze. The owner hired help 

 to save the seeds, and said he could sell the seeds for more than 

 the squash cost him. 



