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and, wlien it can be obtained pure, ■will not fail to give satisfac- 

 tion to tlte most fastidious. The Squash, is. somewhat oval ia 

 shape, about ten inches long and seven broad, and weighs about 

 eight pounds. The shell is very hard, color greenish olive or 

 bluish green, in this somewhat variable ; the flesh is a rich 

 orange-yellow, very fine-grained, dry, sweet and delicious. 

 We have no trouble ia keeping it through the winter in a dry, 

 fcost-proof cellar. It requires plenty of room, say about eight 

 feet apart each way between 

 the hills, and as it needs 

 the whole season in the 

 most favorable parts of 

 Ontario, it will no doubt 

 be well to give it a warm 

 son and warm aspect in 

 the colder parts of the 

 Dominion. ^.^ g^ 



Yokohama. — This is said to mature earlier than the Hubbard, 

 and to be nearly as good. We have not grown it, but if it 

 be foimd difficult to mature the Hubbard in any of our colder 

 sections, it would be well to give this a trial, as it has the repu- 

 tation of being fine fleshed, sweet and excellent. 



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Our climate is so severe during winter, that it is not as favor- 

 able to the cultivation of this vegetable as the more open climate 

 of England, where it is cultivated in every gentleman's garden, 

 and also largely grown for market. We do not advise our farmers 

 to attempt its culture ; it does not repay the labor and care re- 

 quisite for its production as a market vegetable, and we mention 

 it here for the guidance of those who are wUling to be at the 

 necessary labor and expense, for the sake of having it on their 

 tables for a short time in spring. We cannot have it all through 

 the winter, as in England, unless we cultivate it under glass. 



