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several feet long and bearing half-grown squash 

 from vines of the English marrow without the 

 least ill effect and have no doubt that similar 

 treatment would be well borne by the Hubbard 

 or other winter squash, and so save much useless 

 growth and conserve the strength of the vine for 

 the main crop of squash and, perhaps, induce a 

 dryer, sweeter product. 



SWEET POTATOES 



'The easiest way to raise one's own sweet pota- 

 toes is to buy already started plants of the mar- 

 ket gardeners who make a business of starting 

 them for sale; but if one prefers to plant the 

 tubers and raise one's own plants, and the pota- 

 toes are available — which seldom is the case un- 

 less one has kept them over in a warm cellar 

 buried in sand — then the potatoes are cut the same 

 as Irish potatoes, one eye to a piece, and started 

 in a warm hotbed in April. Before planting 

 the pieces of potato it is a wise precaution to 

 dip each piece in sulphur to protect against black 

 rot. The plants should not be set out in the 



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