VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



extraordinary weight and solidity of flesh, fineness 

 and dryness of grain and sweetness of flavour. 

 It has also an extremely hard shell always a 

 sign of superior keeping qualities. The colour 

 of the shell is green, but the flesh is of a bright 

 golden yellow. It is equally productive with the 

 Hybrid. 



In form and general appearance, it bears some 

 resemblance to the Essex Hybrid, but has a more 

 deeply corrugated surface. 



As these later varieties make more vine than 

 the Marrows, they should be planted as much as 

 eleven feet apart each way. They are often put in 

 with a crop of beans or peas, two rows of peas or 

 beans being cultivated in each interval between 

 the squash rows; and these can be harvested and 

 out of the way before the vines crowd upon them. 

 These two varieties reach maturity about the last 

 of August, and continue bearing through September 

 and October, or until frost. The Turban must 

 be marketed soon after picking; but the Hybrid 

 and Bay State may be kept well into the winter. 



Among the varieties maturing latest are the 

 Hubbard and Victor Marblehead ; of which the first 

 is almost universally preferred. 



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