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SQUASHES 



TN ALL essential details of sowing seeds and cultivat- 

 * ing, squashes may be treated just like pumpkins. 

 As a matter of fact, the two are seldom ever considered 

 as two distinct forms of plant life, excepting in the care 

 of the bush forms of early summer squashes. The aver- 

 age packet of the small-seeded summer sorts contains 

 sufficient seeds for a dozen hills. One ounce of the larger- 

 seeded winter varieties will sow twenty-five hills. 



The summer squashes grow on upright, compact plants 

 for which reason the hills are generally put four to five 

 apart. The late, strongly vining winter sorts are grown 

 like watermelons or pumpkins. If the squash bugs 

 (flat-backed beetles) attack the young plants, sprinkle 

 them with Slug Shot or other finely powdered insecticides. 

 When the squash bugs attack the vines, they should be 

 pulled up and destroyed. Early in the season they can 

 often be cut out with a knife without injury to the 

 plants. 



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