Best Keeping 



Varieties. 



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borers, When planted with spring greens on ground 

 manured with twenty cords per acre, the dressi.^g in 

 the hill may be omitted. The dark, oblong-shaped 

 Marrow is a very salable sort, on account of the color ; 

 but its keeping qualities are very poor. The true Bos- 

 Ion Marrow is light-colored and quite round, and when 

 planted late will keep almost as well as the Hubbard. 



Xext in order comes the Turban, ^vhich is followed 

 by the Essex Hybrid. The two are nearly alike in ap- 

 pearance, the only difference being that the Hybrid 

 has a hard shell. The Hybrid is much the best keeper, 

 and is also of better quality. As these varieties make 

 more vine than the Marrows, they should be planted 

 as much as eleven feet apart each way. 



They are often put in with a crop of beans or peas, 

 two rows of peas or beans being cultivated in each in- 

 terval between the squash rows: and these can be har- 



Hubbard Squash. , 



vested and out of the way before the vines crowd upon 

 them. These two varieties reach maturity about the 

 last of August, and continue bearing through Septem- 

 ber and October, or until frost. The Turban must be 



