SQUASHES 



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Store in a well-aired, dry house or cellar, away 

 from frost, the temperature preferably at about 50 

 degrees, 45 to 65 degrees being the safe range. In 

 transportation, take care not to bruise the Squashes. 



Diseases. Are the same as of cucumber, which see. 



Pests. The striped cucumber beetle is, until the 

 plants grow too large for it, the worst foe of the 

 Squash, and four- 

 fifths of the vines 

 are likely to go ii 

 the bugs are 

 numerous. Treat 

 as under cucumber, 

 except that Squash 

 follows Squash. 

 Hand covers may 

 be used. The squash 

 bug is another bad 

 enemy; treat in the 



same way, pick by Fig- 126- Common Pumpkin. O. Pepo. 



hand, and trap at night under chips or shingles left 

 near the plants, under which the insects will hide. 

 Burn all vines after harvest, or plow them under. In 

 small plantations, hunt for the eggs, which are very 

 visible in large patches on the under sides of the 

 leaves; tear off the part of the leaf and destroy. 



For melon-louse use methods as under Cucumber 

 and Musk melon. 



