Best Varietif's of Squash for the South 163 



coldfrarae and allowed to remain thus protected until all 

 dano^er of frost has passed and then transplanted to the 

 open ground. The bunch varieties should be spaced 

 four feet each way, in hills heavily manured, the latter 

 being worked deeply under the hill. The squash, being 

 monoecious in its flower production, should not be 

 planted near cantaloupes or watermelons, for fear of 

 cross pollenation. The fruit should be gathered regularly 

 as soon as ready for use, to relieve the vines and keep 

 them long in bearing. Squashes are fit for use as long 

 as the finger-nail readily penetrates the surface. This 

 for summer squashes, but the winter varieties are left 

 upon the vines to ripen. The running varieties should 

 have a distance of eight by eight feet for best results. 



Select from the early crop specimens typical of the 

 variety, and when thoroughly dried, save the seed. They 

 are good for ten years. 



Summer Squashes. — One of the best is Yellow Sum- 

 mer CrooJcnecJc. This is a bunch variety which has been 

 bred to such a degree of prolificness that it bears more 

 female than male flowers. It possesses a richness not 

 found in the white varieties. 



White Patty -pan is a very prolific, delicate variety, 

 preferred by many to the Crookneck and is a favorite 

 market sort. This is a bunch kind also. There are 

 several variations of this type. 



Vegetable Marrow is a running variety not much 

 grown, but its quality justifies the name. It bears 

 throughout the summer if not attacked by insects. 



Winter Varieties. — The Hubbard, Boston Marrow and 

 others so popular at the North are not adapted to the 

 South. 



