The Busy Woman's Garden Book 



SUMMER SQUASH 



Then there are all the varieties of summer 

 squashes — Summer Crookneck, Giant Summer 

 Crookneck, the Vegetable Marrows, and the 

 several bush forms, which are a boon to the small 

 kitchen garden as they take little room and are 

 always within bounds; they include the Bush 

 Fordhook, used as a summer squash when green, 

 or ripe, a good keeper, often lasting until the next 

 season's crop is ready. The Mammoth White 

 Bush or Patty Pan, Early Yellow Bush, Early 

 Golden Bush and Bush English Marrow are all 

 good sorts — either cooked and mashed or egged 

 and fried like egg plant. All require the same 

 general treatment and all bear heavily and early. 

 The summer squash are planted in the open 

 ground any time that is suitable for planting 

 corn. To guard against loss by seed decaying in 

 the ground if the season is wet, set the seeds on 

 edge, instead of laying them flat ; this is advisable 

 with all flat seeds of pronounced size; cover half 

 an inch and mark the hills so that cultivation can 



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