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Soil No. of 
temp. | No. | fruits 
VARIETY. Planted. |7 a. m. NSERC Days|Bloomed.|Days| hills lof edi- 
1 inch ; prtd] ble 
deep. size. 
Early White Scallop Bush,} May 24 43° | June 9| 16] July 20] 57] 2 8 
Early Yellow Scallop Bush.| May 24 | 48° StS by Webs int Os bd (GL ib 2 2 
Summer Crookneck, . May 24 | 43° tee Nd aN ty PY A ae 4 sy 2 3 
May 24] 43° sited 9 bl © etait’ hl teak) 
Low’s Premium Hybrid, June 3 | 56° PUG w 1B eit, -2Tep ese [ad 9 
May 24] 48° FEA ed i CE as RY 
Little Cocoanut, ; June 8 | 56° MELGa! 18 bec oe bs] he 70 
May 24} 43° CS TOL” 99) AAD 1058 
Ohio, fhoeae sau} dune 82} 56 vine) CN es 2 ae pn teal y aed ante Se ee 8 
May 24| 43° oA CE Ral al RR a So 
Turban, TN gaia June 8! 656° clk > Nate Wied Se elena pao 3S i 
May 24 438° po eee: Baas aT. eb 
Boston Murrow, ... | June 8 | 56° oe L Dahon Lips es bb BEL ab oc 2 
May 24 | 43° Pee Lott, LUE ie: seen Lar eL 
Green Striped Bergen, June 3} 56° CC FLT BIA PNET OGY B84] 24 16 
- | May 24 | 48 Se stead aes fh peed i a 
New Marblehead, . . | June 3| 56° LP A BCG ONS RRS EGE aoe | 00 
May 24] 43° ec NY bd i iC eg geri ed in 
eutmmen so af. LS , June 3| 56° CGO EDS: eS eTH] a4 4 12° 
May 24 | 43° fame a hG hl ORL 565 
Mammoth Chile, . . | June 8| 56° ay sis ete bh OC eof te BD 00 
May 24 | 43° PATO | ae PEF LEES BY oe NGS 
Yokohama, maT. June 3! 56 | “ 14] 11! “ 28] 5B] 4 27 
May 24] 43 14] 21] Aug. 6] 72 
Canada Crookneck, * ) June'8,| "56. reed lod) fedulySt | peel ys 42 
May 24] 48° | “ 15, 22] Aug. 1] 68 
Winter Crookneck, . June 3 | 56 (044. by. 31 Feet) eo hued Lieb aie 18 
May 24 | 43° EE Sw eh a Ri 
Perfect Gem, Die BAT tao oan coun al ile eS caiaaenn ea ole! 18 
May 24] 43° aan ines) Tath h TPS, GOA OL 
upbard, fivsiitis:.  » June 3|/ 56° Ces 1G Soo 66596 112 BG In. 8 AT 
In foarteen varieties, ten days’ earliness in the two plantings was 
followed by an average earliness of three days in the time of vegeta- 
tion, and six days in the time of blooming. 
Owing to the difficulty of noting corresponding stages of maturity, 
the date of ripeness of the several varieties is omitted. The first 
squash (Karly White Scallop Bush) was picked for the table August 11. 
Damage from the “striped bug,” Diabrotica Vittata (Fabr.), was 
prevented by dusting the vines, as often as attacked with fresh-slacked 
lime, 
A more formable enemy appeared in the ‘‘ squash borer,” Ageria 
Cucurbite (Harris). July 31 vines of certain varieties were noted as . 
turning yellow, and August 3 the work of this insect was distinctly 
visible. 
We quote from Harris’ “ Insects Injurious to Vegetation:” <‘* Dur- 
ing the month of August the squash and other cucurbitaceous vines 
are frequently found to die suddenly down to the root. The cause of 
this premature death is a little borer which begins its operations near 
the ground, perforates the stem, and devours the interior. It after- 
ward enters the soil, forms a cocoon of a gummy substance, covered 
with particles of earth, changes to a chrysalis, and comes forth the 
next summer a winged insect. This is conspicuous for its orange- 
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