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but their immediate neighbors have done so for the last 

 dozen years, and have never discovered tbat $50 expended 

 more per acre in manure, would annually put $200 more 

 per acre in their pockets, by growing Spinach, instead of 

 Potatoes. 



The varieties are very few. 



Round, This is the variety generally cultivated for 

 winter use, being remarkably hardy, and standing our se- 

 verest winters with but little injury. It is the main mar- 

 ket sort. 



Prickly, Although this variety is usually sown in 

 spring and summer, it also stand's well in winter, but gives 

 less bulk per acre than the first named. 



New Zealand Spinach, (Tetragonia expansa.} A 

 plant of the same character and uses, but of a different 

 genus, and used only in private gardens. It is a remark- 

 able plant, of low branching habit, growing with wonder- 

 ful luxuriance during hot weather. Single plants often 

 measuring 6 feet in diameter. The leaves are used ex- 

 actly as common Spinach ; it is best grown by sowing the 

 seeds in April and May, and transplanting to 3 feet apart. 



SQUASH. (Cucurbita Pepo, and C. maxima,.') 



A class of vegetables embracing more marked distinc- 

 tions in sorts, fitted for more varied uses, and to be found, 

 during the extremes of the season, in a better state of per- 

 fection, than, perhaps, any other product of our gardens. 

 Being of tropical origin, their growth is all consummated 



