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velopment between June and September, but their 

 maturity may be hastened by starting under glass, or 

 under protection 

 in the field. The 

 soil should have 

 plenty of available 

 plant - food, and 

 every effort should 

 be made to ad- 

 vance the growth F \g. m. Pineapple summer Squash, of the 

 Of the vineS,SO that pattypan type. 



they blossom before midsummer. Culture is not diffi- 

 cult: the soil moisture should be preserved, and the 

 running vines not allowed either to root at the joints 

 or to run to vine, while all very early solitary blossoms 

 should be picked off, for the sake of bringing on a later 

 uniform crop. Storage of the winter Squashes depends 



for success upon 

 not bruising them, 

 and upon not start- 

 ing the stem, as 

 well as upon pro- 

 tection from frost. 

 Pests and diseases 

 are troublesome. 



Soil should be 

 "quick," warm, and 



Fig. 122. Summer Bergen Squash. O. Pepo. well drained, but 



