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later. The hills are put nine feet apart each way; 

 with a liberal amount of seed in each hill, as the 

 plants are just coming on in the height of the bug 

 season. Cover the seed about one inch deep. 

 Manure with about six cords of stable manure 

 per acre, mainly spread on broadcast, but put one 

 shovelful in each hill, and with the latter mix 

 one shovelful of coal ashes to protect them from 

 the borers. When planted with spring greens on 

 ground manured with twenty cords per acre, the 

 dressing in the hill may be omitted. The dark, 

 oblong-shaped Marrow is a very saleable sort, 

 on account of the colour; but its keeping qualities 

 are very poor. The true Boston Marrow is light- 

 coloured and quite round, and when planted late 

 will keep almost as well as the Hubbard. 



Next in order comes the Bay State; after it the 

 Turban, which is followed by the Essex Hybrid. 

 The two last-named are nearly alike in appearance, 

 the only difference being that the Hybrid has a 

 hard shell. The Hybrid is much the better keeper 

 of the two is more productive and is also of 

 better quality. 



The Bay State is superior to either, uniting in 

 itself a long list of desirable qualities such as 



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