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of April, witli half a peck of good sound Sweet Potatoes placed 

 therein, will produce a succession of sprouts in May and June, 

 which, if planted and managed as directed, will yield about 

 fifteen bushels of good roots. 



PIJIVIPKIK 



CiTROuiLLE ou PoTiRON. CucurMta pepo. 



This plant is highly desemng of cultivation, particularly in 

 new settlements. The large sorts are profitable for cattle, as 

 some of the mammoth tribe have been known to weigh 

 upwards of two hundred pounds each. The other kinds are 

 very productive, and may be raised on any waste land. They 

 are generally raised on cultivated farms, between hills of Indian- 

 corn, and may be planted in the garden or open field in May 

 and June, in hills eight or ten feet apart, with three or four 

 seeds in each hill. 



One quart of Field Pumpkin-seed will plant from five to hix 

 hundred hills. An ounce of the finer kinds will plant from fifty 

 to eighty hills. The finest quality of Pumpkins are known to 

 make good pies, and may also, after being boiled, be worked 

 up with wheaten flour into bread, for which purpose they are 

 fully equal to Indian-meal. The knowledge of this fact may 

 prove advantageous to farmers living at a distance from cities, 

 as they may find a market for their grain or meal readier than 

 for their Pumpkins. 



There is a vast difference in the quality of Pumpkins. Some 

 are very coarse-grained, spongy, very w^atery when cooked, and 

 make exceedingly poor pies ; w'hile others are rich, fine-grained, 

 cook dry and mealy, and require but little or no sweetening. 

 Pumpkins of a mammoth size are seldom as good as small 

 ones. 



The way to raise good Pumpkins is, to procure and plant none 



