R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



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SQUASH. {Speise Kurbiss.) 



Being somewhat tender, Squashes should not be planted till all danger from frost has passed. They delight in 

 a warm, -thoroughly pulverized, very rich soU. Plant in hills in May, mixing with the soil in each hill a shovelful or 

 two of rotted manure. For bush varieties the hills should be from five to six feet apart, for running sorts ten feet 

 apart. Put eight or ten seeds in each hill, and when well grown thin, leaving two or three of the strongest plants 

 in each hill. Small seeded sorts, one ounce to fifty hills ; large seeded sorts, one ounce to fifteen hills. 



Early Summer Crookneck Squash. 



The Delicious. A new variety, surpassing all others. Its color is almost uniformly of a pkt. Oz. a lb. Lb, 

 green shade, with occasionally a blue specimen, it being just about as pure in this respect 

 as was the original Hubbard. In size it also closely follows the original Hubbard, which 

 weighed between five and ten pounds. In thickness of flesh it surpasses nearly every 

 variety, the color being a dark orange. For table use no squash compares with it in its 

 remarkable combination of fineness and compactness of grain, dryness, sweetness, and 

 exceeding richness of flavor. It is a fall and winter squash, being excellent at all seasons, 

 but like the old Hubbard, though at any time excellent, does not acquire its best quality 

 until winter lo 



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.10 .30 



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05 .15 .40 1.25 



Early Mammoth White Bush. The best early scalloped summer sort 05 



Early Golden Custard. Scalloped, eariy; golden yellow; excellent 05 



Early Summer Crookneck or Warted. The best flavored of the early bush Squashes; 



bright yellow in color; fruits average twelve inches long 05 



Strickler Bush. A large growing type of summer Crookneck; fine quality 05 



Boston Marrow. Larger and somewhat later than the preceding; good keeper and of ex- 

 cellent flavor 05 



Early Prolific or Orange Marrow. A very superior strain of Marrow, excelling in 

 earliness, productiveness, and keeping qualities. Handsome color, medium size, high col 

 ored, orange flesh, fine grained and dry when cooked; a most desirable fall Squash . , 

 Essex Hard Shell Turban or Hybrid. A cross between American Turban and Hub 

 bard, combining the superior qualities of both these excellent sorts. Rich in flavor, fine 

 grained and sweet. Flesh thick, rich colored and solid. Acknowledged to be one of the 



leading winter sorts and an excellent keeper 05 



The Warren. Similar to Essex Hybrid, but the shell is generally harder and thicker than 



that excellent sort, and the color a richer and deeper orange 05 



The Golden Bronze. Size averaging from eight to ten pounds; color, a dark, grayish 

 green; flesh an exceedingly bright golden yellow; fine grained, very sweet, and of delicious 

 flavor. Easy in maturing, a good keeper, and yielding largely of squashes of very uniform 



size and appearance. A squash combining the qualities desired for the table and pies . . .lo .20 .50 1. 50 

 Marblehead. a great favorite; outer skin a light blue; flesh a remarkable combination of 



sweetness, dryness, and delicious flavor 05 .15 .40 



Canada Crookneck. Small, well-known winter sort; green skin 05 .10 .25 



Winter Crookneck. Good keeper; bugs or bores rarely trouble the two latter sorts . . .05 .10 .25 



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