VEGETABLE MARROW—CUCUMBER. 225 
The secd are usually planted so as to produce a succes- 
sion of crops in May, June, and July. They are deposited 
in hills about four feet apart, and made like those for 
cucumbers and cantaloupes, the management being very 
similar. They are fit for use when not larger than the 
fist, and cease to be eaten when the skin becomes too hard 
to be penetrated by the finger-nail. 
The Winter Squash, Valparaiso Squash, with some 
other varieties of a similar kind, differ very materially 
from the Swmmer Squash, and bear more resemblance to 
the pumpkin family in size, shape, color of the meat, and 
flavor. 
VecetaBLe Marrow (Cucurbita Ovifera.)—This is a 
species of the gourd family, and bears a resemblance to 
both the pumpkin and squash. The fruit is oval, and the 
inside very fleshy and of a rich yellow color. When cooked, 
it is agreeable and nutritious. The culture is conducted 
similar to that of the pumpkin and squash. It should not 
be confounded with, another member of the gourd tribe, 
sometimes called by the same name, and which grows 
several feet in length, being slender and curved. 
CucumsBer (Cucumis Satinus).—The cultivation of this 
vegetable in the United States is conducted so nearly like 
that of the cantaloupe, that we orily refer to what we have 
just said in relation to the best mode of raising those 
melons as almost equally applicable to that of the cucum- 
ber. But the cucumber will thrive and prove highly pro- 
ductive almost everywhere, whilst the cantaloupe often 
fails in places in which it does not find the proper kind of 
light and sandy soil conjoined with sufficient heat. In the 
Middle States, the seed may be planted any time in May, 
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