180 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



Jt may be planted in all spring, in hills three feet apart, in 

 very rich soil, five or six seeds in a hill, and must be kept clean 

 by frequent hoeings, drawing up the earth from time to time 

 so as to form a pretty large flattish hill, over which the plants 

 will throw their strong luxuriant growth, from which the leaves 

 for cooking may be gathered throughout the summer. 



SQUASHES. 

 . i SQUASH (SUMMER). 



French, Giraumon. Courge. German, Melonen Kurbis. Spanish, Especie 

 de la Calabaza. 



BERGEN BUSH. WHITE SCOLLOP. EARLY GOLDEN. SUMMER 

 CROOKNECK. 



For Squash Bug, &c., see Fig. 65, page 102. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Plant in very rich warm soil, in hills four to six feet apart, 

 six or eight seeds in a hill, an inch deep. When well up, thin 

 to the three best plants. Hoe often, and gradually hill up till 

 the blossoms open. 



Time : throughout the time of corn-planting South or North. 



At New York in all May or early in June. 



The Bergen squash is the best of all bush squashes, and may 

 be advantageously substituted for all summer squashes, wheth- 

 er bush or running, and perhaps also for all winter squashes, 

 except the cocoanut, or Porter's winter. 



It is a heart-shaped green and white squash, of medium size, 

 and in rich soil a good cropper, coming as early as any, and 

 continuing as long in bearing. 



Even while the shell is soft, it is superior to the white or 

 golden scollop, but it is not in perfection until the shell begins 

 to harden considerably, when it becomes dry and rich beyond 

 any other summer variety. 



The white and golden scollop, the summer crooknecks, and 

 the various fancy varieties, have their merits, but none of them 

 combine so many desirable qualities as the Bergen, which, as 



