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KENDALL AND WHITNEY'S 
SQUASH. 
The several varieties of the Squash are very useful in this and other 
warm climates, as they can be grown to perfection in the summer. It is 
in general use from June to August, and the late varieties the' whole 
winter until May. 
Any good, rich soil is adapted to the growth of the Squash. They 
only thrive well in a warm temperature, as all the varieties are tender an- 
nuals ; and the seed should not he sown in spring until all danger from 
frost is past, and the ground is warm and thoroughly settled. The hills 
should he 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. ' 
Yellow Bush Scolloped.-An early market variety, excellent for^ ° Z ' 
shi PP in S • r 5c. 10c. 
White Bush Scolloped— A sub-variety of the above principallv 
differing in color \* * J 5c ^ Q 
Summer Crook-^eck.-Early, productive, and of good qualitv 
fruit, orange-yellow ° * * 5c 10c< 
Winter Crook-Keck.— This kind is generally cultivated in New 
England ; flesh salmon-red, very close-grained, dry, sweet, and fine- 
flavored; keeps well ; # g c -^q c< 
Boston Marrow.— A much esteemed variety ; a good keeper and 
of unsurpassed flavor t g c -j^ c 
Marblehead.— A new winter Squash 5 C> i5 c , 
Hubbard.— A general favorite, and more largely grown as a late sort 
than any other ; flesh fine grained, dry, and of excellent flavor 5c. 15c. 
Turban.— Flesh orange yellow, thick, fine-grained, and well-flavor- 
ed ; an excellent variety for use in Fall and early in Winter 5c. 20c. 
Mammoth.— Grows to a large size, often weighing; over two hun- 
dred pounds ; excellent for stock 5 C< 20c. 
TOMATO. 
This delicious vegetable is one of the most important of all garden 
products. The seed should be sown in a hot-bed about the first week 
in March, m drills five inches apart, and half an inch deep. When 
the plants are about two inches high they should be set out four or 
five inches apart in another hot-bed or removed into small pots, allow- 
ing a single plant to a pot; they are sometimes transplanted a second 
time into larger pots, by which process the plants are rendered more 
sturdy and branching. About the middle of May the plants may be 
set m the open ground; they are planted, for early crops, on light, 
sandy soil, at a distance of three feet apart, in hills in which a good 
shovelful of rotted manure has been mixed. On heavy soils, which 
