HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
PUMPKINS— SOWING SEEDS AND CULTIVATION 
T) ECAUSE the vines grow so strongly, pumpkins cannot 
^ be considered a practical crop for the home gardens 
of moderate dimensions. 
As a rule, pumpkins are grown as a by-product of the 
cornfield (see dlustration) or in some isolated fence corner 
where the vines can spread without restraint. In the 
cornfield a few seeds are placed in every third or fourth 
hill of every third or fourth row, covering them about 
half an inch deep. When grown separately, hills are 
prepared the same as for watermelons, about nine feet 
apart. 
As the plants are very susceptible to cold, seeds should 
not be sown until sometime during June, generally when 
corn is thinned out. Seedlings appear within a week. 
Only two should be allowed to grow in each hill. Given 
rich soil, they develop very rapidly. They have no insect 
enemies of any consequence and require but one thing 
to do well, namely, ample moisture. 
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