VINE CROPS: SQUASHES, MELONS, AND CUCUMBERS 

 Squashes 

 Types 

 Samples of different varieties or mounted pictures 

 from seed catalogues of different types of squashes. 



Let each pupil name the types that he has seen in 

 garden, cellar, or market. 



Seed Germination 

 Ten seeds of squash, pumpkin, or cucumber for each 

 pupil. 



Leave in the germinating dish until the root is an inch 

 long. 



Study the sprouting seeds to find these parts: 

 Outer seed-coat 

 Inner seed-coat 

 Seed-leaves or cotyledons 

 Plumule 



Growing Seedlings 



Plant twenty or more seeds in a window box or indi- 

 vidual flower pots. 



When the seedlings come up, watch to see how the 

 plant gets out of the seed-coat. 



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