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GARDENING FOE FROFfi 



SUMMER VARIETIES. 



Yellow and White Busk Scalloped. — These are the 

 two varieties that are esteemed the most early, and are 



such as are almost exclu- 



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GS. — WHITE-BUSH SCALLOPED 

 SQUASH. 



sively grown for market, 

 for the first crop ; from the 

 hard texture of the rind, 

 they are well fitted for 

 shipping, and are the sorts 

 grown exclusively at the 

 South for that purpose. 

 The characters of these va- 

 rieties are very decided, never presenting any variation. 

 Plant 3 to 4 feet apart in hills. 



Summer Crook-neck. — A much esteemed variety in 

 private gardens, somewhat similar in growth to the Bush ; 

 rather more dwarf. The fruit is orange-yellow, covered 

 with warty excrescences ; usually from 7 to 9 inches long ; 

 considered the best flavored of the summer varieties. 



Boston Marrow. — This variety may be termed second 

 early, coming in about ten days after the Bush and Crook- 

 neck sorts. The skin, which is of a yellowish shade, is 

 very thin ; the flesh thick, dry and fine ground, and of 

 unsurpassed flavor. 



FALL, OR WINTER VARIETIES. 



Hubbard. — A general favorite, and more largely grown 

 as a late sort than any other ; it is of large size, often 

 weighing from 9 to 10 lbs. Color blueish-green, occasion- 

 ally marked with brownish-orange or yellow; flesh fine 



