ON SOME COMMON GARDEN PLANTS 



squash, grown for summer use. Another form, 

 somewhat less familiar here but very popular in 

 England, is the vegetable marrow. The scallop or 

 Pattypan type of bush squash has also attained 

 popularity in some regions, being an especially 

 early variety. 



There was a squash introduced some years ago 

 under the name of cocoanut which was a splendid 

 keeper, lasting from harvest time to harvest time, 

 although not improving in quality after the first 

 six months. 



The Hubbard Squash 



The Hubbard squash was introduced by J. J. 

 H. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass., and it is prob- 

 ably on the whole the best squash now under 

 cultivation. It is of a very rich, sweet quality and 

 is a splendid keeper. Mr. Gregory obtained the 

 first seed of this squash from the garden of a 

 sailor's widow, and no one has ever found the 

 Hubbard squash in any other country except as 

 introduced from this stock. It was never known 

 where the sailor obtained the seeds that produced 

 it. 



Reference has been made to the ease with 

 which the various squashes may be hybridized. 



In point of fact it is necessary to grow squashes 

 of different species at a distance of nearly a quar- 

 ter of a mile or there is danger that they will be 



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