Squashes — Spinach. 



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The crop will bear a liberal amount of manure and 

 for the fall-sown crop a dressing of about seven hun- 

 dred pounds Sulphate of Ammonia is usually given 

 in the spring. 



For the first spring sowing the round, thick-leaved is 

 used, and for later use the Lon:^ Standing. In sowing 



Long Standing £pinacn. 



for spring cutting the Arlington is the favorite as it is 

 choice and hardy. The Savoy-Leaved is a curled sort 

 of good quality, and ver\- ornamental in appearance. 



Squash {Cucurbit a melo-pcpo) is ver}- largely culti- 

 vated for all markets. As it is a 

 tropical plant, in Xorthern latitudes 

 the season is too short for maturing 

 the later varieties. 



There are two quire distinct 

 iinds — Early Bush and Running; 

 the last-named being later. The 

 Summer Crookneck and the Bush 

 Scallop belong to the former. The cultivation of both 

 these varieties is the same. Plant in rows six feet 



Bush Scallop. 



