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even size, averaging about ten pounds per squash, and show- 

 ing all the outward characteristics of purity. 



In the year 1858 this tract was in grass ; in 1859 it was 

 planted with the Hubbard squash, after a very heavy manuring 

 of about eighteen cords per acre of various manures, princi- 

 pally barn-yard. In the year 18 60 the crop was cabbages, the 

 manure, at the rate of about eight cords per acre, being barn- 

 yard, sea manure and unleached ashes. In 1861 the crop was 

 seed cabbage, the manure being cow and hog manure, at the 

 rate of eight cords per acre. This season the only manure 

 applied was a handful of Coe's super-phosphate to the hill. 

 In the early part of the season I had considerable trouble from 

 the small striped bug ; the recourse for preventing their depre- 

 dations was air slacked lime applied to the leaves while moist. 

 The large black bug, known as " stinking " bug or " pumpkin" 

 bug is properly a pumpkin bug — almost entirely disappearing 

 after the cultivation of the pumpkin is given up in any locality. 

 I have found but two of them on my squash vines for the past 

 three years. 



Marblehead, Mass., Nov. 8, 1862. 



Marblehead, Nov. 8, 1862. 



I hereby certify that the piece of land this day measured by 

 me for Mr. James J. H. Gregory was one hundred and eighty 

 feet long, and one hundred forty feet wide, and contains 

 twenty-five thousand two hundred feet. Boston Marrow 

 squashes grown on the above land. 



JOS. W. LINDSEY. 



This certifies that four loads of squashes from Jas. J. H. 

 Gregory weigh 15,143 gross ; 5140 tare; 10,003 net pounds. 



A. ALLEN, Weigher. 



