PETER HENDERSON aCO., MEW YORK 



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ENDERSON'S "DELIGflTfl" SQUASH 



FOR BOTH SUMMER 

 ..ftND WINTER USE.. 

 The Most Deliciously-Flavored Squash Grown. Dry, Sweet and Rich. Wonderfully Prolific. 



The exterior of this beautiful Squash is orange-yellow, splashed and striped with dark green. 

 The flesh is rich and dry ; the quality is particularly fine. For private use we can recommend it as 

 surpassing in richness of flavor any of the large, old-fashioned sorts. The Delicata is the earliest 

 of any vine Squash that we have ever tested, and is so prolific that last season, from twelve hills of 

 two plants each, 352 perfect Squashes were gathered ; it is of small size, but this is a desirable 

 feature as it is not too large for an ordinary family. This variety is wonderfully solid and heavy, 

 the seed cavities being very small ; it is also extremely early, maturing about the same time as the 

 Summer Squashes, and for early use will doubtless supplant this class on account of its superior 

 dryness and flavor, while its extreme solidity renders it fully as good a keeper as any of the winter 



varieties. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 15c. 



oz., 30c. 1^ lb., 70c. lb. 



WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS THINK OF 



HENDERSON'S "DELICATA." 



"I cannot let another day go past without 

 letting you know bow we have enjoyed your 

 ' Delicata ' Squash. I consider it one of the best 

 Squaslies ever sent out. It brings one in mind 

 of the English Vegetable Marrow, only 50 per 

 cent, better. A good grower and good cropper." 

 ROBERT CARRUTHERS. Gardener, 



Estate of Frederick Billings, Woodstock, Vt. 



" We tried your ' Delicata ' Squash last season 

 and think they are far ahead of anything else 

 in the Squash line. They are correctly named." 

 GELON EANN, Port Gibson, Miss. 



"I never enjoyed myself eating Squash as well 

 as your 'Delicata' Squash, so dry, so rich and 

 so sweet. We have a few of them vet." 



K. P. TINKHAM, Topeka, Kans. 



"Henderson's 'Delicata' Squash is a wonder- 

 ful Squash. It is one of the most delicionsly 

 tine-flavored Squashes I ever ate. Two hills of 

 three vines each produced twenty sweet, perfect 

 Squashes." 



JOHN P. RHODES, Rah way, N. J. 



AUTUnN and WINTER SQUA5H 



HUBBARD. (Henderson's Superior Strain.) This old and popular 

 favorite is still one of the very best winter squashes grown; flt-sli 

 deep golden yellow and fine-grained, and whether boiled, steamed or 

 baked it is always richly flavored, sweet and dry. The vines aro 

 strong, luxuriant growers and very productive, yielding large, heavy 

 squashes of dark bluish green color, weighing often 10 to 25 

 lbs. each. Properly stored it may be kept from September 

 to May. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 20c. ^ lb., 60c. lb. 



"7 had a field of five acres of Hubbard Squash. They were immense in 

 every way, the Squash running in size from 10 to 2.'> lbs. each." 



WM. M. BELT. Berea, Ohio. 



HEART O'GOLD. (See cut and description, page 20.) 10c. pkt., 



40c. oz., $1.25 i^lb.. $4.00 lb. 

 NirW WARTED LARGE HUBBARD. A very large strain of 

 the famous Hubbard, retaining all of the excellent features of the 

 parent, with the additional merits of thicker flesh, finer color, 

 increased size, better constitution and productiveness, but its 

 superlative merit is the hard rough or warty shell, which notcmh in- 

 ~~ dicates superior quality, but rendiT'- it 



of the best winter keepers among 

 squash. {See cw/.) 10c. 

 pkt., 15c. oz., 30c. 1^ lb., 

 90c. lb. 



BOSTON MARROW. Second early, coming in about ten days after the Bush and 

 Ciookneck sorts. Skin yellowish, very thin; the flesh di'y and fine-grained, and of 

 unsurpassed flavor. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 20c. 34 lb., 50c. lb. 



EARLY PROLIFIC MARROW. Shaped somewhat like the Boston Marrow, but it 

 is a decided improvement on it, being much earlier and more productive ; its brilliant 

 orange-red color and fine keeping and cooking qualities make it popular. The rind 

 is very hard but thin, and the flesh deep, flne-grained and of delicious quality. 

 (See cut.) 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. 14 lb., 60c. lb. 



MARBLEHEAD. An excellent variety resembling the Hubbard. The flesh is rather 

 lighter in color than that variety, while its combination of sweetness, dryness and 

 delicious flavor is remarkable. Its yield is equal to the Hubbai'd, and its keeping 

 qualities are better. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 20c. J^ lb., 6()c. lb. 



ESSEX HYBRID One of the richest-flavored, finest-grained and sweetest of 

 squashes, also one of the very best keepers. Short cylindrical shape, having on the 

 blossom end a small cap-shaped enlargement. The flesh is dry, sweet and thick, and 

 of a bright orange color. Long keeper. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 20c. 1-4 lb., 60c. lb. 



MAMMOTH CHILI. The largest of all squashes, growing to an immense size — often 

 weighing over two hundred pounds — while its rich, fine-flavored flesh is valued for 

 all purposes. 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 35c. J'4 lb., SI. 00 lb. 



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