riety possessed by no other. It is unquestionably the best keeper, and is finer- 

 grained and dryer 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. 



Vegetable Marrow. — Form, ovate, pointed ; skin, extremely thin ; color, 

 light yellow or salmon ; flesh, deep orange, finely grained, and excellently flav- 

 ored ; seeds, large, white. Average weight, six or eight pounds. It keeps well 

 in winter, and will boil as dry as a potato. Plant eight feet apart. 



SQUASH— Boston Marrow. SQUASH— Winter Crookneck. 



Boston Marrow. — Of oval form'; skin, thin ; when ripe, bright orange; 

 flesh, rich salmon yellow, very dry, fine grained, and for sweetness and excel- 

 lence, unsui-passed ; a very popular variety in the Boston market ; a fall and 

 winter variety. 



Talparaiso, or Cocoanut. — A large, long, blue Squash, very fine grain- 

 ed and sweet ; very late, but if well ripened, will keep till Spring ; esteemed for 

 boiling dry. Plant eight feet apart, and leave but two plants in a hill. 



Winter Crookneck. — The kind most cultivated for fall and winter ; 

 necks, long and solid ; color, pale yellow, the deeper the color the better. There 

 is a striped variety of the same shape and quality, with which this is frequently 

 mixed. 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 peufectly good through- 

 out the winter ; boils or bakes very diy, 

 and is esteemed by many to be as good 

 baked as the Sweet Potato. This vari- 

 ety we recommend as being superior to 

 any other variety of winter Squash in 



cultivation. SQUASH— Hubbard. 



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

 is past, and the ground is warm and thoroughly settled. The hills should be 



