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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1905 



"seed pod," cutting it into slices about one- 

 half an inch thick, dipping into egg which 

 has been slightly beaten, then into cracker 

 crumbs which have previously had a little 

 salt and pepper mixed with them. Fry the 

 slices in deep, hot fat, drain on paper, and 

 they are ready to serve. 



They may be stuffed with bread crumbs 

 and chopped nuts highly seasoned, or with 

 chopped raw meat in place of the bread. 

 The cucumber is cut in half, the seeds scooped 

 out and replaced by the selected mixture, the 

 halves put together again and tied with 

 string. They are then baked an hour and a 

 half or until tender. Cucumbers may also 

 be served boiled, covered with cream sauce, 

 in which case the skin and seeds should be 

 removed. They form in this way an excellent 

 substitute for boiled onions. 



ALL KINDS OF SQUASHES AND PUMPKINS 



Squash makes one of the most delightful 

 and dainty of summer dishes, in our estima- 

 tion. They are fleeting and delicate in flavor 

 and texture, provided you secure the proper 

 varieties. Crooknecks and yellow squashes 

 are generally strong in flavor, while patty- 

 pans, vegetable marrow, and others of that 

 type are extremely delicate. 



Their culture is exactly the same as water- 

 melon, even to the spacing of the hills; and 

 their enemies are the same. An interesting 



67. The netted melons or musKmelons are the sweetest of all the gourd or cucumber family, so we call them 

 fruits. Plenty of sunshine is essential to high flavor. Canteloupes are warty-skinned melons 



fact in regard to all these vine fruit-vegetables 

 is that some flowers are male, while others on 

 the same stem may be female. It is possible 

 to have fine, healthy, strong vines which will 

 not produce a single seed pod, if there have 

 not been bees or insects near your vines to 

 fertilize the flowers. The two blossoms are 

 quite distinct, the female having a tiny bulb 

 on the stem behind the calyx, while the male 

 has not. If the pollen is carried from one 

 to the other the bulb grows and develops, 

 the flower in front of it falling off; but if 



not fertilized the bulb as well as the blossom 

 separates from the stem. 



THE ENGLISHMAN'S FAVORITE 



To me the finest of all the summer squashes 

 are the pattypan and the vegetable marrow, 

 the latter a favorite English variety, which is 

 not generally appreciated in this country 

 because we don't know when to eat it. We 

 let it get too old. 



Vegetable marrow squash may be peeled, 

 cut into small pieces, the seed part removed 



68. The vegetable marrow (jl pumpkin) must be gathered quite young before the seeds are ha.d. Most people let them get too old, and then wonder why 

 others like .hem. There are v, hite and mottled green varieties, but the former are considered the more delicate in flavor 



