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The seed are usually planted so as to produce a succes- 

 sion of crops in May, June, and July. They are deposited 

 in hills about four feet apart, and made like those for 

 cucumbers and cantaloupes, the management being very 

 similar. They are fit for use when not larger than the 

 fist, and cease to be eaten when the skin becomes too hard 

 to be penetrated by the finger-nail. 



The Winter Squash, Valparaiso Squash, with some 

 other varieties of a similar kind, differ very materially 

 from the Summer Squash, and bear more resemblance to 

 the pumpkin family in size, shape, color of the meat, and 

 flavor. 



Vegetable Marrow (Cucurbita Ovifera.) — This is a 

 species of the gourd family, and bears a resemblance to 

 both the pumpkin and squash. The fruit is oval, and the 

 inside very fleshy and of a rich yellow color. When cooked, 

 it is agreeable and nutritious. The culture is conducted 

 similar to that of the pumpkin and squash. It should not 

 be confounded with another member of the gourd tribe, 

 sometimes called by the same name, and which grows 

 several feet in length, beiug slender and curved. 



Cucumber ( Cucumis Satinus). — The cultivation of this 

 vegetable in the United States is conducted so nearly like 

 that of the cantaloupe, that we only refer to what we have 

 just said in relation to the best mode of raising those 

 melons as almost equally applicable to that of the cucum- 

 ber. But the cucumber will thrive and prove highly pro- 

 ductive almost everywhere, whilst the cantaloupe often 

 fails in places in which it does not find the proper kind of 

 light and sandy soil conjoined with sufficient heat. In the 

 Middle States, the seed may be planted any time in May. 

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