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ductiveness being great, and the quantity of seed pei 

 acre small ; five bushels being deemed an adequate 

 supply. 



PUMPKIN. Cucurhita Pepo. 



The most valuable varieties of this well-known 

 vegetable are the Fine Yellow, Connecticut Field, 

 Mammoth, and Seven-year Pumpkins. It succeeds 

 the best in new soils abounding in vegetable mat- 

 ter, and is excellent for feeding cattle or horses, 

 boihng for swine, and for many culinary purposes. 

 At some of the horticultural exhibitions of Philadel- 

 phia, specimens of the Spanish or Mammoth Pump- 

 kin were shown, weighing from two hundred to two 

 hundred and thirty-eight pounds. 



The common mode of cultivation is to plant the 

 seed with Indian corn, and great crops of them are 

 sometimes grown in this way. Too many plants in 

 this case must not be admitted, as they will, if too 

 thick, injure the crop of com very materially. 

 Pumpkins of good quality make excellent pies, and, 

 stewed and mixed with wheat-flour, or wiih Indian 

 meal, make a sweeter and better bread than either 

 would alone. 



PURSLANE. 



This plant is found in almost every garden, and, if 

 left to itself, soon becomes a nuisance, and is treated 

 as such. The young shoots, however, make a very 

 good salad, and it is much used as a potherb or for 

 greens. It may be cultivated where desired by 

 sowing the seed in May, either in drills or broadcast. 

 It does not readily admit of transplanting. 



RADISH. Raphanus Salivus. 



The best radishes for spring culture are the early 

 Scarlet, short and long. Scarlet Turnip, and White 

 Turnip ; and for summer, as resisting heat better, 

 the White Nonpareil, Yellow Turuip, and White and 



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