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Market Gardening. 



apart, with hills four feet apart in the row. If the 

 weather at transplanting favors, a week's time may be 

 saved by starting under glass. They mature with us 

 about the 4th of July. In some localities the Bush 

 .Scallop is preferred, but in the Boston market the 

 Crookneck is more sou2;ht for. 



Sunr.mer Crookneck Squash. 



The Early Marrow is planted about the same time, 

 and matures about four weeks later. The hills are put 

 nine feet apart each way; with a liberal amount of 

 seed in each hill, as the plants are just coming on in 

 the height of the bug season. Cover the seed about 

 one inch deep. Manure with about six cords of stable 

 manure per acre, mainly spread on broadcast, but put 

 one shovelful in each hill, and with the latter mix one 

 shovelful of coal ashes, to protect them from the 



