_ growing season to mature. Fruits must remain on the 
See culture below. 
WINTER VARIETIES © U A & nq 
Maule’s oes 635 Maule’s Improved Hubbard » 
Improved 
Hubbard Orange-yellow, fine-grained, sweet flesh (100 days) 
Maule’s Improved Hubbard Squash represents the perfection of all winter 
squashes. The flesh is rich orange-yellow, fine grained, solid, dry, and lusciously 
sweet. The toughness of the dark olive-green warted rind makes it the favorite 
for winter use, keeping well until spring if Began stored. : 
t. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 14 lb. 90¢; 1% lb. $1.60. 
6329 Acorn or Table Queen % 
Familiar acorn-shaped small squash (58 days) 
The smooth, hard shell is deeply ribbed and dark green, 5% in. long and 4 in. 
thick. Vines are long and vigorous. The half-grown fruits are fine for summer 
use; fully grown fruits are excellent winter keepers. The mature Acorn, like other 
small squashes, is at its best when baked whole. It is then cut in half, the seeds 
removed, and served in the shell. Prepared this way, it is the world’s finest squash. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 lb. 75¢; 14 lb. $1.30. 
641 Blue Hubbard % 
Splendid for pies (105 days) 
Fruits are large, heavy, and of a distinctive deep blue-gray color. The shell is 
extremely rough and hard; the flesh is attractive bright yellow-orange, fine 
grained, very dry, and exceptionally sweet. Unusually productive and easily 
stored. Larger than the green or orange-red skinned Hubbards. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 lb. 95¢; 14 lb. $1.70. 
Hubbard 631 Buttercup 
Excellent quality. Keeps all winter (100 days) 
A fine squash of a shape that is quite unique and attractive; see illustration below. 
Fruits grow 4% in. thick and 6% in. across, with a heart-shaped protuberance at 
the blossom end. Skin is green with stripes and spots of gray; flesh is thick, 
orange, dry, sweet, of the finest texture, and really supreme quality. Good keeper. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 14 lb. 90¢. 
645 Red or Golden Hubbard 
Orange-red skin, orange-yellow flesh (92 days) 
Similar to the old Hubbard in size and shape, but differing from it in having deep 
orange-red colored skin which makes it particularly attractive. The thick orange- 
yellow flesh is richer in color than Hubbard, but of the same fine-grained texture 
and sweet, luscious flavor. Red or Golden Hubbard is easily stored throughout 
the winter. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 4 Ib. 95¢; 1% lb. $1.70. 
643 Golden Delici 
Cross of Boston ae Ree aati 648 Chica go Wa rted 633 Ba nana 
The orange flesh is extremely dry, very Hubba rd «ood Gaiecete irate. aes ae days) 
thick, and of extra fine quality; especially > ¢ ays) The banana shaped fruits have a smooth, 
desirable for canning. Notalargesquash, Large, dark green fruits covered with  grayish-green skin and beautiful orange- 
but a heavy yielder of uniform deeporange- warts. The golden yellow flesh is dry and __ yellow flesh which is firm, solid, sweet, and 
colored, top-shaped fruits which grow sweet. It cooks mealy and is unsurpassed always free from fiber or stringiness. Has 
about 10 in. long and as much across. © for pies. An excellent winter keeper. a delicious flavor; in fact, many consider 
They weigh from 6 to 9 Ibs. each. A de- © Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; %4 Ib. 90¢; 14 Ib. $1.60. it the sweetest of all squashes. It is par- 
pendable variety, growing well in all sec- ticularly popular on the Pacific Coast. 
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tions of the country. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 lb. 75¢; 1% lb. $1.30. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. 95¢; \4 Ib. $1.70. 
Buttercup 
Cultural Suggestions 
All squash grows best in a deep, fertile soil. Bush 
_ varieties are grown in rows or hills 4 by 4 ft. apart; 
Tunning varieties, 8 by 8 ft. apart. Sow seed in spring 
when soil has become warm. Thin bush varieties to 
4 plants in a hill, running varieties to 2 to 4 plants to 
a hill. A packet will plant 8 hills; bush varieties, one 
oz. 40 hills; running varieties, one oz. 50 hills; 3 to 
4 |bs. per acre. 
Winter squashes require the same general cultural 
directions as the summer varieties but need a longer 
650 Mixed Squashes 
Supply the table the entire season 
(48 t0 115 days) A fine home garden 
mixture made up of all the excellent 
squashes we list, both summer and 
winter, early and late maturing, small, 
medium and large. One sowing will 
provide fruits for the table all summer 
and fall, while those of the winter type 
may be stored for use all during the 
winter. Recommended for the home 
garden because the varied supply of 
many types provides a desirable assort- 
ment that would be expensive to buy 
separately. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 Ib. 75¢; 1 Ib. $1.30. 
vine until they have fully matured; gather them be- 
fore frost, leaving part of the stem attached. Keep in 
a moderately warm, dry place until used. Handle 
carefully so as not to bruise them, for bruises may 
cause decay. Examine fruits in storage from time to 
time. Many of the winter squashes make excellent 
“pumpkin” pie. The use of Hotkaps when the seed 
is planted insures against cold weather and insect 
damage. See page 47 for more details. 
“My mother, Mrs. A. W. Mechling, Geraldine, Montana, has used your seeds for years. I, too, think they are A-1, 
ard none better.’.—Mrs. Lloyd R. Owen, Missoula, Montana. 43 
