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corn cobs soaked in creosote, placed around the hills 

 are sometimes used with partial success. In small 

 areas the vines may be buried in the soil two or three 

 feet away from their base. The vines root readily 

 at the point where they are covered with soil, and 

 inasmuch as the attack usually comes close to the 

 base of the vine another set of roots is already 

 developed to continue the growth. 



The principal varieties of summer squash are the 

 Early White Bush, Yellow Bush and Summer 

 Crookneck. The most popular varieties of the win- 

 ter squash are the Green Hubbard, Golden Hub- 

 bard, Boston Marrow, White Crookneck and Ford- 

 hook. 



The pumpkin is a member of the same species 

 as the summer squash. Great confusion arises from 

 the common use of the two terms, pumpkin and 

 squash. In common usage, however, the term 

 pumpkin is applied to the large-growing running 

 varieties of the summer squash, while the term 

 squash is applied to those varieties having a bush- 

 like habit of growth. Pumpkins are considered of 

 less importance than squashes, but the demand for 

 the former is rapidly increasing and their uses are 

 becoming more varied and common. Large quan- ■ 

 tities of pumpkins are now canned in various sec- 

 tions of the country. It is almost universally grown 

 as a companion crop with corn and under favorable 

 conditions adapts itself to these surroundings with 

 good results. The possible yields of pumpkins 

 when given the entire soil to themselves and prop- 

 erly cared for are almost beyond belief. 



The pumpkin is generally preferred to the squash 

 for pies, and its common use for this purpose needs 

 no further comment. It is also grown to a con- 

 siderable extent for stock food, but when so used 



