LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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(Speise Kuerbis.) 



The Squash 

 .should not be 

 planted until all 

 danger from frost 



past and 

 s'"'^'"^'^ ^® warm 

 and settled, as, 

 aside from the 

 tender nature of 

 i the plant, the seed 

 is liable to 

 lamp cool weath 

 !r. The hills 

 should be nine feet 

 apart each way, 

 and thoroughly 

 manured. Slighly 

 elevate them, and 



White Bush SL-alloped Squash. On this place SCVen 



or eight seeds, so as to have plenty for the bugs. The bush 

 varieties, such as Summer Crook Neck, White Bush Scallop, 

 •etc., may be planted a little ne;u'er together. Press the see^^»^; 

 ■down firmly before covering, and cover early planted ones one 



✓ bos 



inch deep, and late, one and one-half inches 



8®°0ne ounce will plant twenty to forty hills. 



All varieties, unless marked otherwise, are 5c per pkttT* 

 IOC per oz., 25c per^rj lb., 75c per lb. If by 

 mail, add 8c per lb. for postage. 



^/V/hite Bush 

 Scalloped; or 

 ^Pattypan. Of a 



light cream color; 

 very productive 

 and the earliest to 

 mature. 



Yellow Bush. 

 Similar to the pre- 

 -ceding, only in 

 •color, being of a 

 •deep yellow. 



Improved Mar= 

 row. An improv- 

 «d strain of the 

 Boston Marrow. 



It is a deeper luipioveu Mairow" bqua^h. 



orange color and more rounded in form than the parent 

 variety, thicker, less stringy and finer grained in the flesh, 

 and has a smaller seed cavity. Of excellent quality, very 

 pM^uctive and a good keeper. 



✓ Essex Hybrid. Very early, richly flavored, fine grains** 

 sw^iet and a good keeper. 



l/^ Sibley, or Pike's Peak. The form is entirely new, havin^;J>i^ 



*he stem at the swelled end. The seed alone, being of v5ry wl 



peculiar shape 

 and color. Shell 

 pale green ^ 

 color, very hard 

 and flinty, thin 

 and smooth as 

 to occasion the 

 least possible 

 waste in b«rtP^ 

 ing; flesh is 

 solid and thick, 

 brilliant orange 

 in color, and 

 posses sed of 

 rare edible 

 qualities, being 

 dry and of de- 

 licious flavor; 

 ripens with the 

 Hubbard. 



"^Marblehead. Eesembling the Hubbard, but lighter in 

 color; equal in production and said to be a better keeper. 



♦/uolden Summer Crook Neck. Fruit covered with warty 

 •excrescences, yellow in color, of very good quality, early and 

 productive. 



iant Summer Crookneck. It is twice as large as the 

 ordinary Summer Crookneck, far more warty and several 

 days earlier. This combination of earliness, large size and 

 wartiness, which adds so much to its attractiveness, makes it 

 altogether the most desirable squash for the market or private 

 garden. 



Fordhook Squash. A hard-stemmed variety of squash, 

 It has the peculiar flavor of the Crookneck class. It is dry, 

 fine grained, and very sweet, very hardy and prolific. Too 

 small for the general market; it is an excellent squash for 

 fami-Iy use. 



r fVlammoth Chili. Form round, flattened at both stem and 

 blossom end. The outer color is a rich orange-yellow. The 

 skin is quite smooth, with wide fissures The flesh is very 

 thick and of a rich yellow color. The qualtity is good and 

 very nutritious. They keep well throughout the entire winter. 



Brazil Sugar. Very sweet and rich flavored. Small in 

 size, weighing from two to four pounds. Warted and of a 

 light yellow color. Very productive and a rapid grower. 

 One of the best and richest squashes grown. 



^.l^ow's Bay State. Very good yielder. In size it is a little 

 below the Essex Hybrid. The color is a dark green It has 

 a thick shell and is very thick meated. It is dry, fine in grain 

 and quite sweet. 



' Red China. Vivid red in color and small in size. Flesh 

 sweet, firm, fine grained and of good quality. Very produc- 

 tive. A very ornamental vegetable and a favorite where 

 known. 



Winter Crook Neck. 



flavor. 



Close grained, sweet and of fine 



Vegetable Morrow. An English variety, and quite dis- 

 \ tiact from all others. Flesh white and of rich flavor. Good 

 and productive. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 34 lb. 30c. 



Olive. Exactly the shape and color of an Olive. 

 Attains a weight of six to ten pounds; smooth. Flesh thick, 

 firm and of golden yellow color. Good in quality and very 

 uctive. 



Boston Harrow. A popular variety; thin skin of a bright 

 orange color; flesh light orange, tender and rich. 



•''Hubbard. Probably cultivated mpre than any other kind; 

 skin dark green, flesh dry, fine grained, sweet and excellent 

 flavor ; one of the best keepers. 



■^Turban. Excellent for fall and early winter use; flesh fine 

 grained, thick, well flavored and orange yellow in color. 



Perfect Gem. Fruit four to six inches in diameter, creamy 

 white in color, shell thin, rough, and slighly ribbed, excellent 

 in flavor and a fine keeper. 



^-"Gocoanut. An excellent and beautiful little squash for 

 table use. Very prolific, yielding from six to a dozen to the 

 vine. The color is an admixture of cream and orange. The 

 flesh is fine grained, sweet and very solid, and the quality 

 excellent. 



^ White Chestnut. Good specimens are as fine-grained and 

 as dry as a boiled chestnut, of as good quality for the table, 

 in every respect, as the Hubbard, while it has a distinct indi- 

 viduality of its own — named "White Chestnut;" — white, be- 

 cause the color is nearer to white than any other of the hard 

 shell squashes; chestnut, because the color of the flesh, and 

 alfo the quality of It is very suggestive of a chestnut. The 

 White Chestnut is a hard-shelled squash, of just about the 

 size of the Hubbard, as it was when we first introduced it; 

 and it is just about such a cropper as was the original Hub- 

 bard. The form is much like the Hubbard. The color of the 

 outside is much lighter than the Marblehead, while the inside 

 is of a lemon-yellow. 



