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F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., 



SQUASH 



FARE'S BENNINGS WHITE BUSH SQUASH. The earliest and best 

 Squash ever introduced. Full description page I. 



EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOPED, or PATTY PAN. Early White 

 Bush Scalloped or Patty Pan Squash is the earliest and grown almost ex 

 clusively for the first crop. The rind is of hard texture, which makes it 

 suitable for shipping, and it is exclusively grown at the South for that pur- 

 pose. Packets, 5 and loc; ^ lb., 15c; lb., 40c. 



EARLY PROLIFIC ORANGE MARROW. A comparatively new fall 

 or winter variety. It is shaped somewhat like the Boston Marrow, but it is 

 a decided improvement on it, being much earlier and more productive. 

 These characteristics will commend this variety to market gardeners, while 

 its brilliant orange red color and fine keeping and cooking qualities make 

 it popular with the customer. The rind is very hard, but thin, and the flesh 

 deep, fine grained, and of delicate quality. Packet, sc; ounce, loc; ]4 lb., 20c; 

 1/4 lb., 30c; lb., 50c. 

 Early White Bush Squash 

 HUBBARD SQUASH. A superior variety and one of the best winter keepers, flesh bright orange-yellow, fine-grained, 

 very dry, sweet and rich flavored. Bakes very dry, equally as dry as the Sweet Potato. Our stock is the very best and 

 we don't hesitate to recommend it to the most critical planter. Packets, 5 and loc; % lb., 20c; lb., 50c. 



BOSTON MARROW. A splendid winter squash of 

 good keeping qualities. Fresh bright orange, fine grain, 

 and unsurpassed. It is oval-shaped and thin skin of 

 bright orange color. For pies it is equal to the best 

 pumpkins. Packet, 5c; ounce, loc; % lb., 20c; lb., 50c. 



EARLY YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK. A de- 

 sirable table sort, very early and productive, fruits when 

 matured, small, yellow crooknecked, and covered with 

 warty excrescences. Packets, 5 and loc; % lb., 15c; yi lb., 

 25c; lb., 50c. 



Boston Marrow Squash 



WINTER CROOKNECK. Flesh red, fine flavor, largely 

 rrown for winter use. Packets, 5 and loc; 14 lb., 15c; J^ 

 b., 23c; lb., 50C. 



Winter 

 Crookneck Squash 



SPINACH 



One ounce for 100 feet of drill. 10 to 15 pounds for an acre. 



This is an important market gardener's crop, of easy culture. For spring and summer use, sow either broadcast or in 

 drills, one foot apart and one inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked, and every two weeks for a succession 

 For winter and early spring use, sow in September, in well-manured ground; cover with straw on the approach of severe 

 cold weather. The ground cannot be too rich; the stronger the ground the more delicate and succulent will be the leaves. 



LONG SEASON SPINACH SEED. Positively the best for spring and summer planting. Very curled, in fact, it is 

 a lieauty. Price: Packets, 3 and loc; '4 lb., loc; Vz lb., 15c; lb., 2Sc; 10 lbs., $2.00. See full description, page 2. 



TRUE BLOOMSDALE CURLED SAVOY SPINACH. 



Fifteen pounds to the acre. IMany thousands of acres find 

 profitable employment in growing spinach, and no crop 

 pays better. Our stock Curled Savoy Spinach was the 

 truest and most beautiful in the market. Its growth is 

 rapid, the leaf is properly curled, which gives it a very 

 attractive appearance, and causes it to measure better than 

 other sorts, and makes it the favorite with the largest 

 growers. Packet, 5c; %. lb., loc; lb., isc. 



NEW SPRING SPINACH. The most valuable for 

 spring sowing. Its long-standing quality makes it abso- 

 lutely the best for that purpose. The foliage is a very at- 

 tractive, heavy dark green, curled leaves, of the true Savoy 

 appearance, and of the finest quality. It will stand from 

 two to three weeks after all other varieties of Spinach have 

 shot to seed. It can be planted all spring and summer 

 with surety of making a crop. Last spring the demand far 

 Bloomsdale Curled Savor Spinach exceeded our supply. Packet, 5c; 54 lb., loc; lb., 15c. 



NEW IMPROVED CURLED LONG-STANDING SPINACH. The foliage is heavy, the broad, dark green leaves are 

 of the finest quality. It is in prime condition from two weeks to three weeks after other varieties of spinach have run to 

 seed. Packet, 5c; % lb., loc; lb., 15c. 



LONG-STANDING (THICK-LEAVED). The leaves are large, thick, fleshy, and crumpled, fully equal in quality to 

 the Savoy-leaved. Packet, 5c; % lb., loc; lb., 15c. 



