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



SQUASH. (Speise Kurtess.) 



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 

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



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Hubbard. 



Bay State. 



The Delicious. A new variety, surpassing all others. Its color is almost uniformly of a green shade, with occa- 

 sionally 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 sur- 

 passes 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. .15 per pkt., 4 pkts. .50. 



Pkt. O/.. U lb. Lb. 



Early Mammoth White Bush. The best early scalloped summer sort 05 .10 .30 $1.00 



♦'Early Golden Custard. Scalloped, early; golden yellow; excellent 05 .10 .30 1.00 



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



long; bright yellow in color 05 .10 .30 1.00 



Strickler Bush. A large growing type of summer Crookneck; fine quality 05 .15 .35 1.25 



• Early Prolific, or Orange Marrow. The earliest and most productive fall and winter 



Squash; color bright orange; flesh dry and sweet. A true marrow 05 .15 .40 1.25 



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

 cellent flavor 05 .15 .40 1.25 



(-"Essex Hard-Shell Turban, or Hybrid. Productive, with very hard shell; a solid, heavy 



thick-fleshed sort; of excellent flavor, and keeps admirably 05 .15 .50 1.50 



American Turban. Flesh thick and sweet; a superior fall sort 05 .15 .50 1.50 



j The Warren. Very solid and heavy Turban Squash with rich deep color; very deep flesh 



and of excellent quality ; fine winter sort .05 .15 .40 1.25 



i 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 . . .10 .15 .50 1.50 

 f Hubbard. The standard winter Squash; more highly esteemed than any variety for dryness, 

 flavor, productiveness, and fine keeping qualities; shell dark green, very hard; flesh very 



thick and of line flavor 05 .15 .50 1.50 



^'CHICAGO Wakted HUBBARD. This squash has warty knobs all over it; flesh thick and rich. 



Splendid keeper 05 .15 .50 1.50 



'Bay State. Blue, very hard shell; for fall and winter 05 .15 .40 1.25 



MARBLEHEAD. Resembles the Hubbard, but has gray skin; excellent 05 . 1 5 .40 1.25 



Sibi.ev, or Pike's Peak. Of superior flavor and very dry; shell pale green, very hard; pro- 

 ductive and keeps well 05 .10 .30 1.00 



a \ ada Crookneck. Small, well-known winter sort ; green skin 05 .10 .30 1.00 



WINTER CROOKNECK. Good keeper; bugs or borers rarely trouble the two latter sorts . . .05 .10 .30 1.00 

 1, Yellow Mammoth. Grows to an enormous size, often weighing nearly two hundred 



pounds; requires high cultivation 10 .25 .75 2.50 



^Vegetable Marrow. For summer use; favorite English bush squash; cream color, white 



flesh 10 .30 .75 2.50 



