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PETEH HENDE^SOH & CO.— VECETJ*£UE SEEDS. 



Fall or 'Winter. Squash.— Continued. 



HUBBARD, More largely grown as a late sort than any other. It is ot 

 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. 5 cts. pkt., 15 cts. oz., 35 cts. % lb., $1.00 lb. 



BOSTON MARROW. This yvariety may be termed second early, 

 coming in about ten days after the Bush and Crookneek sorts. The 

 skin, which is of a yellowish shade", is very thin, the flesh dry and fine 

 grained, and of unsurpassed flavor. 5 cts. pkt., 15 cts. oz., 30 cts. >^ 

 lb., 75 cts. lb. 



MARBItEHEAT). An excellent variety resembling the Hubbard. The 

 flesh is rather lighter in color than that variety, while its combina- 

 tion of sweetness, dryness and delicious flavor is remarkable. ■ It 

 yields equal to the Hubbard, and its keeping qualities are said to be 

 better. 5 cts. pkt., 15 cts. oz., 30 cts. J£ lb., 75 cts. lb. 



MAMMOTH CHUiI. The largest of ail Squashes ; rather flat at both 

 ends. Specimens have been known to attain the weight of 280 lbs. 

 Its size makes it valuable for stock feeding, while its rich, fine flavored j§ 

 flesh ensures its value for all other purposes. 10 cts. pkt., 20 cts. 

 oz., 50 cts. yi lb., $1.75 lb. 



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., 20 cts. oz., 35 cts. % lb-, $1.00 lb. 



Summer Squash. 



(See Novelties, page 4.) 15 cts. pkt., 



MAMMOTH' BUSH SUMMER CROOKNECK. 

 2 for 25 cts., 10 for $1.00. 



GOLDEN CUSTARD BUSH. A valuable new variety, which exceeds in size any of the 

 scalloped sorts, frequently attaining a diameter of 2 feet. The color is a dark, rich 

 golden yellow, and for quality cannot be excelled. It grows in bush form, and is won- 

 derfully productive. . (See cut.) 10 cts. pkt., 30 cts~. oz., 75 cts. \i lb., $2.00 lb. 



WHITE BUSH SCALLOPED. (Cymlings.) This and the Yellow Bush are esteemed the 

 • earliest, and are grown almost exclusively for first crop. From the hard texture of the 



i rind it is well suited for shipping, and they are grown exclusively at the South for that 

 purpose. 5 cts. pkt, 10 cts. oz., 25 cts. M lb'., 75 cts. lb. 



YELLOW BUSH SCALLOPED. (Cymlings.) : Differs from the above only in color. 

 5 cts. pkt., 10 cts. oz., 25 cts. }A lb., 75 cts. lb. 



YELLOW BUSH SUMMER CROOKNECK. A much esteemed variety. The fruit is 

 orange yellow, covered with warty excrescences. It is considered the best flavored of 



! the summer varieties. 5 cts. pkt., 10 cts. oz., 25 cts. % lb , 75 cts. lb. 



PERFECT GEM. # Equally desirable either as a summer or winter Squash. The Squashes 



are from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, of a creamy white, with thin, smooth shell, slightly 



ribbed. 5c. pkt., 10 cts. oz., 25 cts. % lb., 75 cts. lb. 



fSj^QtSi EGG PLANT SQUASH. So named from its peculiar fitness for cooking like the Egg 



Plant ; it is delicious whoa fried. It is a very early bush variety with white flesh ; when 



HENDERSON S GOLDEN COSTASD SQUASH. yoUQg thQ rf^ jg mottlo ,J gra y ( turning to a buff color when ripe . . - 5 ct g. pkt., 15 ct9 , 



oz., 50 cts. % lb., $1.50 lb; 

 VEGETABLE MARROW (CoramOn). A favorite Eng- 

 lish 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 cts. oz., 50 cts. % lb., $1.50 lb. 

 LONG WHITE BUSH VEGETABLE MARROW. A 



decided improvement on the old trailing Vegetable 



Marrow. The fruit is larger, haudsomer, ; more 



ribbed or fluted, and of strictly bush form. Price, 5 



cts. pkt, 15 cts. oz., 50 cts. % lb., $1.50 lb. 



We can also supply the following standard varieties 

 of Squash, which are too well known to need descrip- 

 tion, at the uniform price of 5 cts. pkt., 10 cts. oz., 25 

 cts. ^ lb., 75 cts. lb. : 



Green Striped Bush or Bergen, Butraan, 



Pineapple, Cocoanut, Winter Crookneek. 



American Turban, Valparaiso, Sibley. 



German, iAebesapfel. French, Tomate. Spanish, Tomnte 



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Sow in a hot-bed, greenhouse. Or window in a Bitting room, where 

 night temperature is not less than 60 degrees, about 'the first week in 

 March, in drills five inches apart and half an inch deep. When the 

 plants are about two inches high they should be set out in boxes three 

 inches deep, four or five inches apart, in same temperature, or removed 

 into small pots, allowing a single plant to a pot They axe sometimes 

 transplanted a second time into larger pots, bywhich process the plants 

 are rendered more sturdy and branching. About the middle of May, in 

 this latitude, the plants may be set in the open ground. They are planted for early crops on light, sandy soil, at a distance of three feet apart, in bills in wt.ich o- 

 good shovelful of rotted manure has been mixed. On heavy soils, which are not suited for an early crop, they should be planted four feet apart. Water freely at 

 the time of transplanting, and shelter from the sun a few days until the plants are established. 



1 oz. for 1,500 plants; % lb; (to transplant) for an acre. 

 If by mail in quantities of y 2 lb. and upward, postage must be added at the rate of 8 cents per lb. 



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