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Essex Hybrid. 

 £ssex Hybrid, — A new and excellent variety, a 

 cross betv/een the Hubbard and American Turban, hav- 

 ing the color, shape and good qualities of the Turban, 

 with the dryness and hard shell of the Hubbard. It is 

 one of the finest-grained, richest-flavored and sweetest 

 of all the squashes, and will keep till the followinj 

 June. The flesh is very rich-colored, thick and solid, 

 and it is heavier than most other sorts of same size. 



Boston Marrow, 



Marblehead. — It is unquestionably an excellent 

 keeper, and is finer-grained and drier than any sort we 

 have seen. About the size of the Hubbard, with shell 

 of bluish-green, and bright orange flesh. Requires the 

 whole season to mature. 



Boston Marrow, — Of oval form; skin thin; when 

 ripe, bright orange ; flesh rich salmon yellow, very dry, 

 fine-grained, and for sweetness and excellence, unsur- 

 passed ; a very popular variety in the Boston market; 

 a. fall and winter variety. 



Winter Crookneck, — A kind cultivated for fall and 

 ■winter ; necks long and solid ; color pale yellow, the 

 deeper the better. It yields well, and is excellent for 

 pies ; valuable also as a farm crop for feeding hogs, 



Hubbard,— This is a superior variety, and the best 

 winter squash known ; flesh bright orange yellow, fine- 

 grained, very dry, sweet and rich-flavored ; keeps per- 

 fectly good throughout the winter ; boils or bakes ex- 

 ceedingly dry, and is esteemed by many to be as good 

 baked as the sweet potato. This variety we recommend 

 as being superior to any other variety of winter squash 

 in cultivation. 



Butman. — This new squash'is the result of a scien- 

 tific cross between the Yokohama and Hubbard. The 

 flesh is between a salmon and a lemon color. It has all 

 the qualities of a first class squash, being very dry, fine- 

 grained, and of excellent flavor. While having all the 

 good points of the Hubbard, it has somewhat the flavor 

 of the summer squashes. Medium in size, light stone, 

 Striped and blotched with distinct cream color. 



Culture, — Any good, enriched soil is adapted to the 



Butman. 



growth of the squash. They only thrive well in a warm 

 temperature, as all the varieties are tender annuals ; the 

 seed should not be sown in the spring until all danger 

 from frost is past, and the ground is warm and thorough- 

 ly settled. The hills should be made from eight to ten 

 inches in depth, manured well, and covered about three- 

 fourths of an inch deep. Keep the earth about the 

 plants loose and clean, removing the surplus vines from 

 time to time, allowing not more than three plants to a 

 hill, 



SUGAR CANE. 



Early Amber. — This comparatively new variety is 

 now being successfully grown in our extreme northern 

 latitudes. It may be planted as late as the 15th of 

 June, and will be ripe enough to manufacture in Sep- 

 tember. It is the earliest variety with which we are 

 acquainted. The beautiful, amber-colored syrup it 

 produces is thought to be superior in flavor to any 

 other, and for sugar, it is unsurpassed. There are many 

 varieties that can be profitably grown where the seasons 

 are long, but this can be grown wherever Indian com 

 will grow. It is useless to plant cane seed before the 

 weather is warm in spring. Three or four pounds are 

 required per acre. 



SUNFLOWER. 



Large 'Rnssian.—Henanthus.—T'he. Sunflower, dur- 

 ing the past few years, has attracted considerable atten- 

 tion as a profitable field crop. It is claimed that it pro- 

 duces a larger return m forage than almost anj' other 

 crop ; the leaves being the parts used for stock. The 

 seed has also a commercial value, being used for manu- 

 facturing oil. It is also being planted in low, swampy 

 ground, as an absorbent of the miasma of those sec- 

 tions, and with highly gratifying results. 



