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not dry. Hills may be specially prepared by mixing 

 compost with the earth in a space eighteen inches or 

 more across, or by filling the entire space with compost, 



but much manure 

 or nitrogen is not 

 advisable, as the 

 plants will be likely 

 to run to vine. See 

 also under Soil for 



Fig. 123. Summer Crookneck Squash. C.Pepo. JVIuskmelon. 



Distances are according to variety, hills of bush 

 varieties three to five feet apart each way, of running 

 kinds six to nine feet. Give as much room as can be 

 spared, especially in good soil. 



Depth. About one inch. 



#020 under glass three to four weeks before the time 

 of setting out, which should be when frosts are past. 

 Or sow in the open, where the plants are to stand, 

 under hand-glasses, the first week in May. Sow with- 

 out protection about 

 June 1. There should 

 be ten to twelve seeds 

 to the hill. Under 

 glass sow in pots or 

 on inverted sods, as 

 Squashes transplant 



poorly, five to six 



j , Fig. 124. Winter Crookneck Squash. 



seeds to each recep- c.moschata. 



