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grained, dry, and of excellent flavor. It can be had in 

 use from September to May, eight months of the year. 

 It should not be planted closer than 8 feet apart. 



Yokohama, A very distinct variety sent from Japan, 

 by Mr. Thomas Hogg, in 1860, and since very generally 

 disseminated. The fruit is roundish, deeply ribbed ; color 

 orange-salmon ; thickly warted ; flesh thick, very dry, 

 sweet, and excellent ; maturing earlier than the Hubbard, 

 but not so desirable for winter. Plant 8 feet apart. 



Winter Crook-neck, A variety largely grown in some 

 of the Eastern States, where it is said to be kept the en- 

 tire season. Skin reddish-pink, when matured; flesh 

 close grained, sweet, and fine flavored. It is a luxuriant 

 growing variety, and should be planted in hills 9 feet apart. 



Vegetable Marrow, This variety is a favorite English 

 sort ; the fruit is very variable in size, from 9 to 18 inches 

 in length, by from 4 to 6 inches in diameter. The skin is 

 greenish-yellow ; flesh white, soft, and of rich flavor ; very 

 distinct from all of the preceding. Plant in hills, at 8 feet. 



SWEET POTATO. (Ipomoea Batatas.) 

 "We have few vegetables that are so particular about 

 soil as the Sweet Potato, and to succeed well with it, it is 

 essential that the soil be light, rich and warm. It is labor 

 lost to attempt its cultivation on a heavy, cold soil. It is 

 more generally grown in the Southern States than the 

 common Potato, as there the soil and climate are more 

 congenial to it. We have often difficulty, in this district, 



