

Dust young Squash plants with Bug Death or Slug Shot, or spray with Bordo Lead or Key-Cide for Squash Bugs or Beetles 93 
Summer Squashes “see” 
q before the skin hardens 
CuLTURE—A bout the same aS melons. Make the ground very rich. A good sandy loam is best. The squashes are all tender, and the seed 
should not be planted until warm weather. Allow 4 x 4 feet for the hills of tre summer squashes and 8x8 feet‘or more for the winter varieties. 
Use seed freely, thin out summer yarieties 4 plants to a hill; winter varieties 2 to3 plants to the hill, A packet will sow about 8 hills, an ounce, 
about 40 hills; 3 to 4 pounds to the acre. Summer squashes are ready for use in 45 to 5d days; winter sorts in 53 to 80 days. Use Bug Death, Slug 
632 Mammoth Golden Summer Crookneck 
One of thecbest Largest and Earliest of the Crooknecks 
of the summer, 
squashes. It is of, 
dwarf, bushy}i 



productive, ma-\ 
turing its squash 
in 45 days. The 
skin is yellow. 
Flesh deep golden 
yellow, dry and of 
agreeable flavor. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 45 cents; 
pound, $1.50; 5 pounds, $6.75, postpaid. 
} p- 646 Ferdhook A Good Summer or Winter Vine Sort 
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7 W 7 i The flesh of this squash is very dry and sweet. Itis one of the best 
628 Earliest hite Bush Settios: OF 21H Sethe of the late sunimer varieties and if stored in a warm, dry place, will keep 
The bush or patty pam squashes are earlier than any other summer} yntil the following June. The outside color is bright yellow; inside 
yariety. ‘he illustration shows the characteristic shape. The skin of| color, straw yellow. Produces an abundant crop of squash in 55 days. 
this one is white and it is tender when ready for use. It is of dwarf] The meat is thick and can be used for baking or pies. 
bushy habit, quite hardy and very productive. Matures in 45 days. Pp : E = 
ee acket, 5 cemts; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; 
Packet, 16 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; d, $1.25; 5 ds, $5.75 tpaid 
pound, $1.25; 5 pounds, $5.75, postpaid. Doan ic, OURS, 2342s DOSEDATE- 



631 Early Yellow Bush Golden Yellow, of Good Quality 647 Fordheok Bush Perfect for Summer or Winter Use 
Similar to the white bush in every way, except color and markings. A true bush type of Fordhook, that can be grown much more closely. 
The skin and flesh is of a clear yellow. Matures in 45 days. The fruits are rather shorter and thicker than those of the runing 
Packet, 8 cents; ounce, 12 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; type, also thicker fleshed. Ready for the table in 55 days. 
peund, $1.25; 5 pounds, d Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; 
if iu H Mi PTA TTT ij pound $1.25; 5 pounds, $5.75, postpaid. 


















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639 Cocozelle or Italian Vegetable Marrow 
2 E See hee thee rable Fine Grained Flesh of Excellent Flavor 
650 Mixed Squashes fa EntiveSeacon Fruits large, oblong shaped, dark green at first but as they mature 
In this mixture will be found early and late, small, medium and| become marbled with yellow, and lighter green stripes. Ready for 
large, whereby any one can have a good supply of delicious squashes | table in 59 days. Wine grained, tender and of excellent flavor. 




which mature in 55 to 80 days. All are good winter keepers. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 49 cents; 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; 14 pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25, postpaid. pound, $1.50; 5 pounds, $6.75, postpaid. 
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635 Maule’s. Improved Hubbard Squash s:iaarater Quality 
More people in more places plant the Hubbard Squash than any other{ Maule’s Improved Hubbard represents the perfection of the type. It 
sort; that is, it is the American favorite. It out-sells all other varieties | is the choicest type of Hu bbard grown 
in winter in the great Eastern markets. It is an especial favorite in The flesh is of a rich yellow or orange color, and is very fine grained, 
New York and New England, but reaches perfection almost everywhere | solid, dry and sweet. The toughness of the dark olive green rind or 
at the North from ocean to ocean, shell makes the squash a good winter keeper. Ready to pick in 65 days, 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; quarter pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75; 5 pounds, $7.50, postpaid, 


