30 R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.”’S SEED CATALOGUE. 
SQUASE: (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 soil. 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 
ineach hill. Small seeded sorts, one ounce-to fifty hills ; large seeded sorts, one ounce to fifteen hills. 
Early Summer Crookneck Squash. 
THE De.icious. A new variety, surpassing all others. Its color is almost uniformly of a Pkt. Oz. 34 1b. 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 ef 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 
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EARLY MAMMOTH WHITE Busu. The best-early scalloped summer sorth: -¢4)).0sh-yanee? of 05 ino ag 1.00 
EARLY GOLDEN CUSTARD. Scalloped, early; golden yellow; excellent. . . fas eroOllines .9O 
EARLY SUMMER CROOKNECK OR WARTED. The best flavored of the early bush Squashes; 
bright yellow. in -color; fruits average twelve’inches Jong‘; \.4.)/ . .efieoe. ie. 1 tial sin) (05. seme -gO 
STRICKLER BusH. A large growing type of summer Crookneck; fine quality . . . . . .05 .10 .30 1.00 
BosToN Marrow. Larger and somewhat later than the preceding; good keeper and of ex- 
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EARLY PROLIFIC OR Or. ANGE 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 . . .05 .15 .40 1.25 
Ess—ExX 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 . . reed A ers {O05 eS sas5O - 150 
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 , . . : ae 105 20 use. 1.75 
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. . .05 .15 .50 1.50 
MARBLEHEAD. A great favorite; outer skin a light blue; flesh a remarkable combination of 
sweetness, dryness, and delicious flavor. . . . te gt eR oe ey, UA Sis ig Ao te ALTE ep BRS 
CANADA CROOKNECK, Small, well-known winter sorts oreen ‘SKIN ris? isi seca): pelo ae ae Oana een aetna go 
WINTER CROOKNECK. Good keeper; bugs or bores rarely trouble the two latter sorts . . .05 .I0 .25 -9O> 
