Garden Crops Grown for Their Fruits 267 



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FIG. 148. Vine crops may be grown along the edge of a planting of corn, or 

 alternately with double rows of corn. The vines are then allowed to run in 

 among the corn, and where the summers are hot the crop is often better because 

 of the partial shade from the corn. The photograph shows pumpkins and corn 

 as close neighbors. 



The Cushaw, also known as the China or Canada 

 Crookneck and as the Winter Crookneck, is sometimes 

 classed with the pumpkins and sometimes with the 

 squashes. It is really a different species. The Cushaw 

 produces a fruit having a long, thick neck of solid flesh ; 

 all the seeds are in a small cavity in the outer end, which 

 is somewhat enlarged. The variety Japanese is the 

 earliest, and White Cushaw is a well-known winter sort. 



Squashes and pumpkins respond well to the addition 

 of manure in the hill, as described on page 263 under 

 directions for planting Lima beans. The pumpkin with 

 running vine and the Hubbard squashes may be grown 

 as a companion crop with corn. 



Melons. Muskmelons (including cantaloupes) and 

 watermelons are grown in the same manner as cucumbers. 



