138 THE AMATEURS’ GUIDE 
and hoeing up the earth, so as not to choke up the hearts of the 
plants, are indispensable. One ounce of seed will be sufficient for 
a bed five feet wide and twelve feet long, or half an ounce for the 
same space if sown in drills. 
SQUASH. 
1. Early Bush, 3. Long Green Crookneck. 
Patty Pan. 4. Cocoa-nut, 
2. Early Apple Bush, Valparaiso. 
£igg. Porter. 
Plant in hills, prepared in the same manner as for Cucumbers 
and Melons, and cultivate in like manner. Nos. 1 and 2 are 
of compact growth, and well adapted to small gardens. No. 2 is 
particularly so, and a very early variety. No. + is used both as 
a vegetable dish and for pies, and may be kept throughout the 
winter. The Bush varieties should be planted three or four feet 
distant, and the running sorts from six to nine, according to their 
nature. Five or six seed should be planted in each hill, to guard 
against accidents, and when the plants are out of danger, be 
thinned to two or three ina hill. The summer varieties should 
be gathered before the skin gets hard. The other varieties should 
be permitted to ripen, and, when gathered, exposed to the sun and 
air, in some dry situation, before stowed away. 
TOMATO. 
1, Large Red. 3. Pear-shaped. 
2. Large Yellow. 4, Cherry. 
For early use, sow very early in the spring, in a hot-bed, and 
transplant when frost has ceased, in a warm border, three feet 
apart. ‘The ground should be hoed often and drawn up slightly 
around the plants till one foot high. If the tops of the shoots be 
pinched off just above the blossoms, the ripening of the fruit will 
be hastened. For summer use, sow as soon as frost has ceased. 
As the plants progress in growth, sticks or trellises should be pro- 
