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pit in windy areas or dry' soils to hold moisture, and soaking seeds for two days to hasten sprouting. Interplanting with pumpkins to save space may be an asset to some gardens if field corn is planted and allowed to mature before harvest. When such interplanting is tried with sweet corn, people have to fight the pumpkin vines to get the corn at harvest time and a great deal of damage can be done to the vine.
Pumpkin Also
Important Food
The pumpkin was second only to corn in importance as a food crop to North American Indians. Pumpkins were protected from freezing in early winter by storing them in corn shocks. As the weather got colder, they were sliced into rings and dried over fires. The dried pumpkin could be ground into meal and used for breads. The seeds that weren't needed for planting the next year were roasted and eaten.
The kidney bean, which includes most snap or green beans, was domesticated in Pent before 6000 B.C. and in Mexico prior to 5000 B.C. Ip use spread north from Mexico, as did corn and pumpkins. These three plants became the principle crops in North America in prehistoric times.
The early colonists found the native Americans planting pole or "half-runner” types of kidney beans. They often were put among the corn plants so the vines could climb the
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