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SQUASH 
The squash is one of the most nutritious and valuable of all our garden vegetables. Few farmers 
appreciate the value of winter squash as food for stock. We think an acre of squash, costing no 
more to cultivate, and much less to secure, will give as much food available for feeding stock as an 
acre of corn, and we strongly urge our readers to try a ‘‘patch”’ for this purpose. 
CULTURE. The plants are very tender and sensitive to cold, and planting must be delayed until 
settled warm weather. The general principles of culture are the same as those given for cucumbers 
and melons, but squash is less partlcular as to soil. The summer varieties should be planted 4 to 6 
feet apart each way, and the winter sorts 8 to 10. Three plants are sufficient for a hill. In gathering 
the winter sorts, care should be taken not to bruise or break the stem from the squash, as the slight- 
est injury will increase the liability to decay. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Unlike the Winter Squashes, these are suitable for use only when young and are 
practically worthless for cooking after the shell begins to harden. 
A packet will plant 10 hills, an ounce 40 hills, 3 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK 
A new strain, a week or 10 days earlier than other straightnecks. Plants are 
true bush, medium size, very productive. Fruits rather small, only slightly 
warted, 4 to 6 inches long by 1 to 134 inches at market size—9 to 12 inches 
long at maturity. Quality excellent. 
GIANT STRAIGHTNECK 
This popular new variety is similar in all respects to the Mammoth or Giant 
Summer Crookneck from which it was selected except that it has a straight 
instead of a curved neck. It has the warty, creamy-gold skin, the large size, 
the fine quality and the earliness of the parent variety. The plants are bushy 
in type, vigorous and productive. 

EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK SQUASH 
