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Vegetable Marrow Squashes are in England the 

 favorite sort, and used from the time the blossom drops 

 until matured. The Custard Vegetable Marrow is now 



Fig. 147— New Red Hubbard Squash. 



the kind preferred there. From a single trial they do not 

 appear productive. 



Culture. — The squash is planted at the same time as the 

 cucumber and melon. Put six or eight seeds in a hill, 

 and thin out to two or three 

 when they get up. The bush 

 squashes should be five feet 

 apart, and the winter varieties 

 at least ten. For cultivation, see 

 Cucumber. Squashes are much 

 better grown in rich soil ; do not 

 plant them near the cucumber 



Fig. 148— Boston Marrow. 



or melon, if you would not have 



worthless seed from all the plants in their vicinity. 

 Gather summer kinds while the finger nail can easily 

 penetrate the rind; they must be plucked as soon as fit 

 for use, or the fruitfulness of the vines will be much 



