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SQUASH. 
SQUASH. 
Gourde Giraumon ou Potiron. Cucurbita melopepa. 
VARIETIES. 
Early Bush Scollop. 
Green Striped Bush. 
Early Crookneck. 
Large Cushaw. 
Vegetable Marrow. 
Winter Crookneck. 
Lima Cocoanut. 
Acorn, or California. 
The several varieties of Squash are very useful in this and 
other warm climates, as they can he grown in perfection in 
the summer, and therefore prove a good substitute for Tur 
nips, which cannot be raised in perfection in hot weather 
They should be planted in May and June, in hills, prepared 
in the same manner as for Cucumbers and Melons, and tlieii 
subsequent management is the same in every respect. The 
bush kinds should be planted three or four feet apart, and 
the running kinds from six to nine, according to their nature, 
as some will run more than others. It is always best to 
plant five or six seed in a hill, to guard against accidents ; as 
when the plants are past danger, they can be thinned to two 
or three in a hill. One ounce of Squash seed will plant from 
fifty to a hundred hills, according to the sorts and size of the 
seed. 
The fruit of the JEarly Summer Squash is generally gath 
ered for use before the skin gets hard, and while it is so ten 
ler as to give way to a moderate pressure of the thumb nail. 
The Winter Squashes should be suffered to ripen, and collect- 
ed together in October, in the manner recommended in the 
Calendar for that month. 
All kinds of Squashes should, after having been boiled 
tender, be pressed as close as possible between two wooden 
trenchers, or by means of a slice or skimmer, made of the 
saitie material, until dry, and then prepared for the table in 
the same manner as Turnips. 
