170 Market Gardening. 



marketed soon after picking ; but the Hybrid may be 

 kept well into the winter. 



The three latest varieties are the Hubbard, Buttman, 

 and Marblehead ; of which the first is almost univers- 

 ally preferred. When picking for storing great care 

 should be taken not to bruise them or break off the 

 stems. They are brought from the field in w^agons and 

 put in piles, to remain until quite dry, and then stored 

 in an even temperature as near 50° as possible. 



Squashes are sold by weight, with exception of the 

 summer varieties. These are sold by the dozen. The 

 price obl:ain2d is very variable. None of the varieties 

 are accounted a paying crop unless they bring at 

 least fifteen dollars per ton. 



The Tomato {^So!aniim lycoperskuni) is now very 

 extensiv^ely grown, and of late there has been a great 

 improvement in varieties, not so much in respect of 

 earliness, perhaps, as in size and quality. And cer- 

 tainly there can be nothing much more perfect and 

 handsome than the well-ripened fruit of some of our 

 leading varieties. In order to induce a stocky growth, 

 the young plants are twice transplanted. The second 

 transplanting should be made before the plants com- 

 mence to crowd and grow spindling, and this time they 

 should be put eight inches apart. This last transplant- 

 ing is always made in hot-beds, but the first is usually 

 made in the house; the plants being put four inches 

 apart. 



About the 25th of May the plants sown the middle 

 of February may generally be set in the open ground ; 

 and should be planted in rows six feet apart, with plants 



