100 SQUASH. 



SQUASH. 

 GOURDE GIRAUMON ou POTIRON. Cucurbita melopepa. 



VARIETIES. 



Early Bush Scollop. 

 Green Striped Bush. 

 Early Crookneck. 

 Large Cushaw. 



Vegetable Marrow. 

 Winter Crookneck. 

 Lima Cocoanut. 

 Acorn, or California. 



THE several varieties of Squash are very useful in this and 

 other warm climates, as they can be grown in perfection in 

 the summer, and therefore prove a good substitute for Tur- 

 nips, which cannot be raised in perfection in hot weather. 

 They should be planted in May and June, in hills, prepared 

 in the same manner as for Cucumbers and Melons, and their 

 subsequent management is the same in every respect. The 

 bush kinds should be planted three or four feet apart, and 

 the running kinds from six to nine, according to their nature, 

 as some will run more than others. It is always best to 

 plant five or six seed in a hill, to guard against accidents ; as 

 when the plants are past danger, they can be thinned to two 

 or three in a hill. One ounce of Squash seed will plant from 

 fifty to a hundred hills, according to the sorts and size of the 

 seed. 



The fruit of the Early Summer Squash is generally gath 

 ered for use before the skin gets hard, and while it is so ten 

 der as to give way to a moderate pressure of the thumb nail. 

 The Winter Squashes should be suffered to ripen, and collect- 

 ed together in October, in the manner recommended in the 

 Calendar for that month. 



All kinds of Squashes should, after having been boiled 

 tender, be pressed as close as possible between two wooden 

 trenchers, or by means of a slice or skimmer, made of the 

 same material, until dry, and then prepared for the table in 

 the same manner as Turnips. 



