2:12 VEGETABLE GARDENING^ 



comnion complaint in some new prairie sections, as tliere is 

 often a deficiency of pollenizing insects in such places. Where 

 small cucumbers, squashes and melons fall off and fail to maturC; 



Fig-ure 110. — Flowers on the Squash. To the left two staniinate (male 

 flowers; to the right two pistillate (female) flowers. 



this matter of pollenization should be closely looked into, and if 

 insects are not present the work can be quickly and easily done 

 by hand. For this purpose a rather large camel's hair brush is 

 used which can be filled at one time Yvilh enough pollen from a 

 few male flowsrs to pollenize twenty or more female flowers. 



The seed is oval and flat generally white or yellow, but 

 varies greatly in size. There is a common belief among garden- 

 ers that vines from old seed do not grow so strong as those 

 trom new seed and produce more fruit. This seems to be borne 

 Dut by some experiments. 



Cultivation. — The cultivation of the squash and the pumpkin 



