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but their immediate neighbors have' done so for the last 

 dozen years, and have never discovered that $50 expended 

 more per acre in manure, would annually put $200 more 

 per acre in their pockets, by growing Spinach, instead of 

 Potatoes. 



The varieties are very few. 



Round. — This is the variety generally cultivated for 

 winter use, being remarkably hardy, and standing our se- 

 verest winters with but little injury. It is the main mar- 

 ket sort. 



Prickly. — Although this variety is usually sown in 

 spring and summer, it also stands well in winter, but gives 

 less bulk per acre than the first named. 



New Zealand Spinach. — (Tetragonia expansa.) — A 

 plant of the same character and uses, but of a different 

 genus, and used only in private gardens. It is a remark- 

 able plant, of low branching habit, growing with wonder- 

 ful luxuriance during hot weather. Single plants often 

 measuring G feet in diameter. The leaves are used ex- 

 actly as common Spinach ; it is best grown by sowing the 

 seeds in April and May, and transplanting to 3 feet apart. 



SQUASH.— (Ciccurbita Pejjo, and C. maxima.) 



A class of vegetables embracing more marked distinc- 

 tions in sorts, fitted for more varied uses, and to be found, 

 during the extremes of the season, in a better state of per- 

 fection, than, perhaps, any other product of our gardens. 

 Being of tropical origin, their growth is all consummated 



