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following transplant to t^ree feet apart each way. Cover 

 up the plants with leaves or straw, so as to blanch its 

 shoots like celery. Cook same as asparagus. Transplant 

 some closely in a warm cellar to force for winter use. 



SORREL. (Rumex Acetosella.) 



Sow thinly in shallow drills during spring. Used as 

 salad. 



SQUASH. (Cucurbita maxima, etc.) 



Plant this well known and delicate vegetable in spring 

 after weather gets fully warm. They will grow on any 



HUBBAKD SQUASH. 



good soil, but a rich mellow loam fully exposed to the 

 sun is best. Make hills four feet apart for the bush or 

 bunch varieties, and six to eight feet apart for the run- 

 ning kinds. Drop six to eight seeds in each hill ; thin 

 out to two or three plants to the hill ; keep nicely culti- 

 vated. Gather the fruit while tender, boil and dress with 

 butter or cream, salt and pepper. 



TOMATO. (Ly coper sicum esculentum. ) 



This is now perhaps one of the most popular of all gar- 

 den vegetables, and one of the most delicious. It will 

 grow anywhere one chooses to plant it, if fully exposed 

 to the sun. Start the plants early by planting seeds in 

 a hot-bed under glass, in February and March ; for a 

 late crop, plant in open ground in shallow drills after 

 frosts are over. As soon as the plants are large enough 



