PLANTING LIST 371 



Soil for spinach should be light and quick. Fertilize with nitrate, 

 manure water, and top-dressing. 



Spinach, New Zealand : New Zealand spinach is a summer sub- 

 stitute for spinach, a slow-growing hardy annual that is best planted 

 outdoors in May, or else started under glass in April. Set out in 

 hills, best two feet or' more apart; the plant spreads very widely, 

 often covering more than six feet. Keep it in bounds by picking 

 the leaves and young tips when once the plants are growing vigor- 



FIG. 208. SQUASHES ARE OF SEVERAL KINDS. 

 These winter squash keep well. 



ously; they are cooked like spinach. The plant has no enemies. 

 It likes a heavier loam than spinach, and may be fed with top- 

 dressing, and occasional small quantities, especially when small, of 

 nitrate or manure water. It will seed itself. 



Sprouts, see Brussels Sprouts. 



Squash : A vegetable of several kinds, some, the bush squashes, 

 yielding early, others, the running varieties, requiring all the season. 

 It is very tender, and should when possible be started under glass, 

 in such fashion (using strawberry boxes, etc.) that its roots will not 



