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GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



weather. Single plants often measure from five to eight 

 feet in diameter. The leaves are used exactly as ordinary 

 spinach. It should not be sown before warm weather 

 sets in in May, and the plants should be set out in hills 

 three or four feet apart each way, 



SQUASH, (CucurUta Pspo and G maxima.) 



The summer varieties are, among others, the White 

 and Yellow Bush and Summer Crookneck. As with 



Fig. 98. SQUASH WHITE BUSH. 



all plants of this class, it is useless to sow these before 

 warm weather in May, and the directions given for cu- 

 cumbers and melons, are alike applicable to the squash, 

 except that the distances apart of the hills ; these should 



Fig. 9'J. SQUASH SUMMER CROOKNECK. 



be from three to four feet for the bush sorts, and from 

 six to eight for the other varieties which " run " or make 

 a long vine. The fall or winter squashes are planted at 

 the same time, but are allowed to mature or ripen, while 



