Cultural Directions. — 289 



PUMPKIN. 



Cucurbita. German, K'urbiss ; French, Potiron ; Spanish, 

 Calabaza. — The cultivation 

 of pumpkins is the same as 

 described for squash, which 

 see. Have the hills about 

 12 feet apart each way, with 

 2 or 3 good plants in a hill. 

 Farmers generally plant 

 pumpkin seeds in the hills 

 with their corn, and often 

 have a large crop, both for 

 stock and for pies, in the 

 corn-field. 



VARIETIES. 



The following are excel- 

 lent for pies : 



Japanese Pie. — This 

 new pumpkin originated in 

 Japan, and is said to surpass 

 every other variety in flavor. 

 Flesh is unusually fine 

 grained, and when cooked 

 is almost as dry and mealy 

 as a sweet potato. They 

 grow to a medium size ; are 

 very productive, and excel- 

 lent keepers. 



Large Cheese, 



Mammoth Etampes, 



Potiron, 



Yellow Sweet Potato, etc. — All these are popular sorts. 



RADISH. 



Raphaniis Sativus. German, Radies {Rettig) ; French, 

 Radis ; Spanish, Rabanito. — Radishes are one of the chief 

 market garden crops for forcing under glass, and for 

 early outdoor culture, and so easily grown that there is 

 no need of giving lengthy directions. The whole crop can 

 often be produced and disposed of within thirty-five or forty 

 days from sowing seed, and, for this reason, it is often sown 

 between the rows of other vegetables that occupy the ground 

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