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RIOHARD FROTSOHER’S ALMANAO AND GARDEN MANUAL 
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they can be planted as late as June. 
Some who protect by boxes, plant as soon as 
the first of February, but it is best to wait till tbe ground gets warm. When it is 
time to plant Corn, it is also time to plant Squash. 
Early Bash, or Patty Pan. Is 
the earliest and only popular kind here. 
All other varieties are very little culti- 
vated, as the Cashaw Pumpkin, the 
striped variety, takes their place. It is 
of dwarfish habit, grows bushy, and 
does not valla much room. Quality as 
good as any. 
Long green, or Summer Crooks 
Neck. This is a very strong grower, 
and continues in bearing longer than 
the first named kind. 
quality, but not so popular. 
London Vegetable Marrow. A 
European variety, very little cultivated 
here. It grows to a good size and is very 
dry. Color whitish with a yellow tinge. 
It is of good 
The Hubbard. This is a Winter 
Squash, very highly esteemed in the 
East, but hardly cultivated here. It is, 
if planted here, inferior tothe Southern > 
striped Cashaw Pumpkin which can be 
kept from one season to another, and is 
superior in flavor to the former kind. 
Boston Marrow. Cultivated to a 
large extent North and East for winter 
use, where it is used for custards, etc. it 
keeps for a long time and is of excellent 
quality, but not esteemed here, as most 
people consider the Southern grown 
-Cashaw Pumpkin superior to any Win- 
ter Squash. 
TOMATO. 
Tomate (Fr.), Linprsapren (Ger.), 
King of the Earlies. 
Extra Early Dwarf Red. 
Tilden. 
Trophy, (Selected. ) 
TomaTE (Sp.). 
Acme. 
Paragon. 
Livingston’s Perfection. 
Eivingston’s Favorite. 
Livingston’s Béaduty. 
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Early Large Smooth Red. | 
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Large Yellow. 
Seed should be sown in January, in hot-beds, or in boxes, which must be placed 
in a sheltered spot, or near windows. In March they can be sown in the open 
ground. Tomatoes are generally sown too thick and become too crowded when 
two or three inches high, which makes the plants too thin and spindly. If they 
are transplanted when two or three inches high, about three inches apart each 
way, they will become short and sturdy, and will not suffer when planted into 
the open ground. Plant them from three to four feet apart. Some varieties can 
be planted closer; for instance, the Extra Early, which is of very dwarfish habit, 
two and a half feet apart is enough. 
They should be supported by stakes. When allowed to grow up wild, the fruit 
which touches the ground will rot. For a late or fall crop the seed should be sown 
towards the latter part of May and during June. 
King of the Earlies. This variety 
| handsome in shape, that they will sell 
was introduced here by me last year. | 
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better than any other, when the market 
is once well supplied. 
Extra Early Dwarf. This ia the 
| earliest in cultivation. Itis dwarfish ia 
habit; fruit larger than the following 
kind, and more flat; bright searlet in 
eolor and very productive. For an 
early market variety it cannot be sur- 
passed. 
It is very early and productive; color | 
bright red, of good size and quite solid. 
The vine is medium, stoutand branching 
The buds appear soon, blossoms as a 
rule adhere and produce fruit. It is so | 
much earlier;than the Livingston va- | 
rieties, that it should be planted for the | 
first. The latter varieties are so very | 
