These take up so much room that they properly belong in the corn field,
or in a patch of their own, in one of the cultivated fields. If there
is no place for them outside the kitchen garden, and they can be kept
far enough away from the squashes and cantaloupes, they can be planted
about every twenty feet, in every fourth row of potatoes or sweet corn.
They should not be planted until the corn or potatoes have grown three
or four inches high, or they will be in the way of cultivating these
crops. If one row of the corn were left out, and a row of pumpkins
planted, it would probably be the most satisfactory way to grow them,
as the tall growing corn, of which there should be at least five rows
between them and any other vines, would prevent the pollen from mixing,
and as the hills need only be four or five feet apart, a great many
could be raised in a row. The pumpkins must all be gathered in and
stored before any heavy frosts, as it will spoil and start them to
rotting.
[Illustration: SMALL SUGAR PUMPKIN.]
[Illustration: NEW GOLDEN MARROW PUMPKIN.]