ISU AlIEBICAN HOME GAEDEX. 



It may be planted in all spring, in hills thi-ee feet apart, in 

 very rich soil, five or six seeds in a hill, and must be kept clean 

 by frequent hoeings, drawing up the earth from time to time 

 so as to form a pretty large flattish hill, over which the plants 

 will throw their strong luxuriant growth, from which the leaves 

 for cooking may be gathered thi'oughout the siunmer. 



SQUASHES. 



SQUASH (summer). 



French, Giraumon. Courge. — German, Melonen Kurbis. — Spanish, Espeae 

 de la Calabaza. 



BERGEN BUSH. WHITE SCOLLOP. EARLY GOLDEN. SUMMER 

 CROOKNECK. 



For Squash Bug, &c., sec Fig. G5, page 102. 



r.RIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Plant in vei-y rich warm soil, in hills four to six feet apart, 

 six or eight seeds in a hill, an inch deep. When well up, thin 

 to the three best plants. Hoe often, and gradually hill up till 

 the blossoms open. 



Time : throughout the time of corn-planting South or North. 



At New York in all jMay or early in June. 



The Bergen squash is the best of all bush squashes, and may 

 be advantageously substituted for all summer squashes, wheth- 

 er Ixish or running, and perhaps also for all winter squashes, 

 except the cocoanut, or Porter's winter. 



It is a heai't-shaped green and white squash, of medium size, 

 and in rich soil a good cropper, coming as eai-ly as any, and 

 continuing as long in bearing. 



Even while the shell is soft, it is superior to the white or 

 golden scollop, but it is not in perfection until the shell begins 

 to hai'den considerably, when it becomes dry and rich beyond 

 any other summer variety. 



The white and golden scollop, the summer crooknecks, and 

 the various fancy varieties, have their merits, but none of them 

 combine so many desirable (|ualities as the Bergen, which, as 



