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the piece again, early in the morn ing, while the dew is on, 

 and dust on more plaster, doing the work carefully and 

 thoroughly. The plaster is a good fertilizer for the 

 vines and helps to keep off the bugs. 



All we have to do after this, is to fight the weeds and 

 the bugs. Not a weed should be suffered to grow. Ex- 

 amine the plants frequently and crush all the eggs you 

 see on the leaves, and, as the plants begin to crowd each 

 other, pinch off the weakest and those most injured by 

 the bugs. If you can ultimately secure two .good, strong, 

 vigorous plants in each hill, and the land is thoroughly 

 cultivated and free from weeds, you are almost certain of 

 a large and profitable crop. 



The best varieties for late fall and winter use are the 

 Marblehead and Hubbard. When well grown from true 

 seed, both are so good that it is not easy to tell which is 

 the better. The Marblehead is quite as large as the Hub- 

 bard, the shell is a little harder and smoother; the flesh 

 is a somewhat lighter colored, but equally dry, sweet, 

 and fine flavored. The Hubbard is the more popular 

 market variety. 



SAVING SQUASH SEED. 



No one should attempt to grow Squashes for seed un- 

 less he can keep the variety completely isolated. Where 

 this can be done, the business is quite profitable or at 

 any rate it would be, as soon as the seedsmen and squash- 

 growers became cognizant of the fact that your seed 

 can be depended on as true to name. The main point 

 is, to secure stock seed. I mean by this, seed that has 

 been carefully bred for several generations. A seedsman 

 who has such seed will not sell it, he will keep it for the 

 exclusive purpose of raising seed. 



