44 PETER HENDERSON & 
CO.—VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Bush sorts, 
NDERSON’S GOLDEN CUSTARD SQUASH. 
EGG PLANT SQUASH. So 
named from its peculiar fitness 
for cooking like the Egg Plant; 
it is delicious when fried. Itis 
a very early bush variety with 
white flesh; when young the 
rind is mottled gray, turning to 
a buff color when ripe. 10 cts. 
pkt.; 20 cts. oz.; 75 cts. 14 lb. 3 
$2.00 Ib. 
VEGETABLE MARROW (Com- 
mon). A favorite English sort. 
The fruit is very variable in 
size, from nine to eighteen 
inches in length, and from four 
to six inches in diameter. Skin 
a greenish yellow, flesh white, 
soft, and of rich flavor. Plant 
eight feet apart. 5 cts. pkt.; 15 
ets. 0z.; 50 ets. 14 Ib.; $1.50 Ib. 
Fall or 
Winter Squash. 
FORDHOOK. (Sce Novelties, page 16.) 10 cts. pkt.; 30 cts. oz. ; 75 cts. 14 Ib. ; $2.00 Ib. 
BARLY PROLIFIC MARROW. It isa decided improvement on the Boston Mar- 
row, being earlier and more productive, of brilliant orange-red color and fine 
10 cts. pkt.; 20 cts. oz.; 40 cts. 14 lb. ; $1.00 Ib. 
‘GREEN STRIPED BUSH or BERGEN. A small white Squash, with green stripes, 
: 5 ets. pkt.; 10 cts. oz.; 25 cts. 14 lb.; 75 ets. lb. 
Butman A fine grained and distinct variety; dry, sweet and delicious flavor. 5 cts. 
keeping and cooking qualities. 
of excellent flavor. 
pkt.; 10 cts. oz.; 2d cts. 14 lb.; 75 cts. lb. 
PINEAPPLE. A fall and winter variety. 
white. Quality excellent, keeps well all winter. 
eight Squashes per vine. 5 cts. pkt.; 10 ects. oz.; 25 ets. 
BOSTON MARROW. This variety may be termed second early, coming in about 
The skin, which is of a yellowish 
shade, is very thin, the flesh dry and fine grained, and of unsurpassed flayor. 
ten days after the Bush and Crookneck sorts. 
5 ets. pkt.; 15 cts. oz.; 30 cts. 14 lb.; 75 ets. lb. 
MARBLEHEAD. An excellent variety resembling the Hubbard. 
rather lighter in color than that variety, while its combination of sweetness, dry- 
It yields equal to the Hubbard, and 
5 cts. pkt.; 15 cts. oz.; 30 cts. 14 lb.; 
ness and delicious flavor is remarkable. 
its keeping qualities are said to be better. 
75 cts. lb. 
MAMMOTH CHILI. Grows to an immense size, often weighing 
pounds; excellent for all uses. 
COCOANUT. Very prolific, producing six to twelve on a vine. 
yellow, the bottom of the fruit being of a rich green hue. 
5 ets. pkt.; 10 cts. oz.; 30 cts. 14 lb.; $1.00 lb. 
HUBBARD. 
is of large size, often weighing from nine to ten pounds. Color 
bluish green, occasionally marked with brownish orange or 
yellow. Flesh fine grained, dry and of excellent flavor. It can 
be had in use from September to May. 
30 ets. 1g lb.; 75 ets. lb. 
ESSEX HYBRID. One of the richest flavored, finest grained and 
sweetest of’all Squashes, also one of the very best keepers. | 
5 ets. pkt.; 15 
The flesh is very thick, rich colored and solid. 
cts. oz.; 30 cts. 14 lb. ; $1.00 Ib. 
Winter Crookneck. Flesh close grained, sweet and fine flavored; 
plant in hills nine feet apart. 
Y% lb.; $1.00 lb. 
American Turban. 
=} SQ uUASH. 
German, 
1 oz. for 50 hills. Bush varieties, 5 to 6 lbs., and Running varieties, 3 to 4 Ibs. in 
Tf by mail in quantities of 46 lb. and 
GOLDEN CUSTARD BUSH. 4 valuable new variety, 
scalloped sorts, 
solica ye ocioan for quality cannot be excelled. 
wonderfully productive. (See cut.) 10 cts. pkt. ; 30 cts. oz.; 75 cts. 14 Ib.: $2. : 
WHITE BUSH SCALLOPED. (c. , Gud tha "Yellow Bash ciseees 
the earliest, and are grown almost exclusively for first crop. From the hard texture 
of the rind it is well suited for shipping and they are grown exclusively at the South 
for that purpose. 
BAY STATE SQUASH. 
The color of flesh and skin is creamy 
Very prolific, yielding five to 
10 cts. pkt.; 20 cts. oz.; 50 cts. 14 Ib. ; $1.75 lb. 
Quality first-class. 
More largely grown as a late sort than any other. It | 
5 ets. pkt.; 15 cts. oz.; | 
5 cts. pkt.; 15 cts. oz.; 30 cts. | 
Flesh orange yellow; thick, fine grained and | 
Kurbiss.—French, Courge.—Spanish, Calabasa Tomtanera. 
hills for an acre. 
upward, postage must be added at the rate of 8 cts. per Ib. 
Summer Squash. 
alt which exceeds in size any of the 
frequently attaining a diameter of 2 feet. The color is a dark rich 
It grows in bush form, and is 
(Cymlings.) This and the Yellow Bush are esteemed 
5 cts. pkt.; 15 ets. oz.; 30 ets. 14 1b.; 75 ets. lb. 
YELLOW BUSH SCALLOPED. (Cymlings.) Differs 
from the above only in color. 5 cts. pkt.; 15 cts. 
oz.; 30 ets. 14 lb.; 75 ets. lb. 
YELLOW BUSH SUMMER CROOKNECK. A much 
esteemed variety. The fruit is orange yellow, cov- 
ered with warty excrescences. 
It is considered the best flavor- 
ed of the summer varieties. 5c. 
pkt.; 15c¢. 0z.; 30c. 14 lb.; T5e. Ib. 
LONG WHITH BUSH VEGE- 
TABLE MARROW. A de- 
cided improvement on the old 
trailing Vegetable Marrow. The 
fruit is larger, handsomer, more 
ribbed or fluted, and of strictly 
bush form. (See cut.) Price, 
10 cts. pkt.; 30 cts. oz.; 75 ets. 
14 lb.; $2.00 per Ib. 
PERFECT GEM. Equally desir- 
able either as a Summer or 
winter Squash. The squashes 
are from four to six inches in 
diameter, of a creamy white, 
with thin, smooth _ shell, 
slightly ribbed. 5c. pkt.; 15c. 
0z.; 25¢. 14 lb.; 75e. per Ib. 
\y lb.; 75 ets. Ib. 
The flesh is 
over two hundred 
Outer color light 
LONG WHITE BUSH VEGETABLE MARROW SQUASH. 
well flavored; an excellent variety for use in the fall and early 
winter. 5 cts. pkt.; 15 cts. oz.; 30 cts. 14 Ib.; $1.00 lb. 
| VALPARAISO. A South American variety of large size, enor- 
mously prolific and excellent quality. 5 cts. pkt.; 15 cts. oz.; 
30 ets. 14 1b.; $1.00 lb. 
SIBLEY. ‘The shell is pale slate color, very hard, but so thin 
and smooth as to occasion the least possible waste in baking. 
Flesh is solid and thick, a brilliant orange color, and of rare 
edible qualities, being dry, and of a rich, delicate flavor. 
Weight from 8 to 11 lbs. 5c. pkt.; 15c. oz.; 30c. 14 Ib.; 75e. Ib. 
| BAY STATE. Extremely solid, of heavy weight, fine and dry 
flesh, of sweet flavor, of a beautiful bright golden yellow, very 
handsome; shell extremely hard and flinty, an excellent keeper. 
(See cut.) 5 cts. pkt.; 15 ets. 0z.; 30 ets. 14 lb. ; 75 ets. 1b. 
