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are White Bush Scallop and Yellow Bush Scallop; for winter use the 

 Hubbard and Yokohama are preferred. A special point in the 

 management of this crop is the pinching in of the main vines to force 

 out a growth of lateral branches. These bear the fruits, as in all of 



HUBBARD SQUASH. 



the gourd tribe of plants, to which this, as well as melons and cucum- 

 bers, belongs. When the main vine has reached a length of three 

 feet the terminal bud is pinched off with the finger and thumb. The 

 same kind of pruning is done with the laterals to prevent the vines 

 spreading too far and to encourage the growth of fruit. 



TOMATO. 



The tomato is now one of the most important of all garden vege- 

 tables, tens of thousands of acres of it being grown for canning pur- 

 poses. When the plants are to be raised, the seed should be sown in 

 March in a hot-bed or greenhouse. Or they may be sown in a box 

 and kept inside the window of a room where the night temperature 

 is not less than sixty-five degrees. They should be sown in drills five 

 inches apart, and half an inch deep. When the plants are two or 

 three inches high, they should be set out in the same temperature, or 

 planted in small flower pots, allowing one plant to each pot, or in 

 soap or similar boxes, cut to a depth of three inches, and planted in- 

 them at three inches apart each way. They are sometimes trans- 

 planted a second time into larger pots or into hot-beds, at five 

 inches apart, by which process the plants are rendered more sturdy 

 and branching. By the middle of May in this latitude the plants 



