CHAPTER XXV. 



CULTURE OF SQUASH AND PUMPKINS. 



UITE a number of white squash known as the 

 Cimmerling or Pat tip an variety are grown 

 and marketed from this part of the country. 

 They are in great favor and yield a remuner- 

 ative crop. Directions given for growing 

 cucumbers should be followed throughout for 

 the growing of squash. However, they should 

 be dusted at least twice a week with tobacco 

 dust to keep off the squash bug or worm, whereas, once a week 

 is sufficient for cucumbers. 



Pumpkins will grow with very little care. They seem to 

 adapt themselves to this climate as well or better than any vege- 

 table we grow. 



They can virtually be planted and left to take care of them- 

 selves. This is particularly true of the variety known as Indian 

 Pumpkin. I have planted seeds of these, which took root at in- 

 tervals along the vines and gradually grew and spread out over 

 as much as one-half an acre of ground, bearing continuously 

 year in and year out. This particular variety known locally as 

 Indian, is a very rich pumpkin; in fact, it is a cross between a 

 squash and a pumpkin. The seed cavity is very small, the rind 

 hard, and they will keep in this warm climate several months 

 after being removed from the vine. They make delicious pies 

 and are very fine baked and unsurpassed in flavor. 



