191 VINE OR 



CUCURBITOUS CROPS 



specially constructed, stove-heated houses for 

 storing them. 



A third type includes the Winter Crooknecks, 

 Dunkard, Tennessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin, 

 and some others. The culture of both squash 

 and pumpkin is the same as for cucumber. 



The insects from which they most suffer are : 

 the squash bug and the melon louse. To rid 

 the fields of the bug, keep them free from rub- 

 bish. Trap the bugs with bits of squash leaves 

 and every day in spring pick off the old bugs. 

 Read New Jersey Bulletin 94; New York Bulle- 

 tin 75, and Florida Bulletin 34. 



For melon louse read Kentucky Bulletin 53 

 as well as those already mentioned. Get lice 

 in their winter quarters and destroy at first 

 appearance. Use bisulphide of carbon as the 

 bulletin directs. 



Powdery and Downy Mildew are the worst 

 diseases. For powdery mildew, spray with am- 

 moniacal copper carbonate, and read Massachu- 

 setts State Report, 1892, p. 225, and Cornell 

 Bulletin 31. For downy mildew, use Bordeaux 

 mixture every eight or ten days, until frost, and 

 read Massachusetts State Report, 1890, p. 211, 

 and New York Bulletin 119. 



