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GARDENING FOR YOUNG AND OLD. 



be planted alone, and the richer and the better the 

 soil, and the more thoroughly it is worked previous 

 to planting, the more profitable will be the crop. Plant 

 in rows from eight to ten feet apart, and three to four 

 feet apart in the rows, dropping eight or ten seeds in a 



hill. Afterward pull oat 

 all the weak plants, and 

 those injured by the 

 Striped-bug or Squash- 

 bug, leaving three or 

 four good strong plants 

 in a hill. Keep the 

 land clean by the fre- 

 quent use of the culti- 

 vator and hoe as long as 

 you can get between the 

 rows of plants. The best 

 variety for planting in 

 the corn field is what is 

 known as the Connecti- 

 cut Field Pumpkin. For growing on land entirely devoted 

 to the crop, the best varieties are the Connecticut Field, 

 the Large Cheese, and the New Jersey Sweet Pumpkin. 

 The Possum-nose Pumpkin is a new variety, which I ob- 

 tained from the Hon. Horace Ankenny, of Ohio. It is 

 best grown on land entirely devoted to it, though in Ohio 

 and farther South it is grown among corn. It is very 

 productive, a rampant grower, of good size, and is of 

 good quality, but its greatest merit is, that it will 

 keep the year round. 



EADISHES. 



My own plan of raising radishes is, to prepare the land 

 carefully in the fall, working in a good dressing of well- 

 rotted manure. A light sandy loam is the best, but any 



Fig. 17. POSSUM-NOSE PUMPKIN. 



