STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY MOO REST OWN, NEW JERSEY 



GREEN STRIPED CUSHAW (x 1/6) 



No. 854 — Golden Crookneck Cushaw 



Days to Maturity, 80. A standard American variety offered by 

 B. K. Bliss as early as 1844. As its name indicates, it is a golden 

 fleshed crookneck variety. The quality is very good, and it is recom- 

 mended for pie purposes. Its curved length from one end to the 

 other will average two feet. The general shape will vary some- 

 what. The cavity is small. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, M lb. 60c, 1 lb. 

 $2.00, postpaid. 



No. 856 — Green-Striped Cushaw 



Days to Maturity, 80. A standard American variety. The name 

 of this sort is also descriptive. The color is a creamy white, irreg- 

 ularly striped with green. The fruits are very large, globular at 

 one end and slightly crooked and smaller at the other. A productive 

 sort, which is in strong favor amongst a great many planters. Pkt. 

 10c, oz. 20c, 14 lb. 60c, 1 lb. $2.00, postpaid. 



No. 858 — Kentucky Field or Sweet Cheese 



Days to Maturity, 90. One of the oldest varieties cultivated in 

 America, listed by Sinclair and Moore in 1826. The fruits are 

 large, round, flattened, having a cream-colored surface, mottled 

 with green when fully ripe. The flesh is yellow, tender and of good 

 quality. It is a good keeper. Not recommended for the more 

 northerly latitudes. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, lb. 40c, 1 lb. $1.25, 

 postpaid. 



KENTUCKY FIELD (x 1/6) 



No. 860— Connecticut Field or Big Tom 



Days'to Maturity, 90. The Connecticut Field is an old American 

 variety. The name Big Tom was given to a special selection of it 

 by Johnson & Stokes several years ago. The names are now con- 

 sidered synon3Tnous. This pumpkin will attain a size of about 

 twenty inches in diameter. It is a strong, vigorous grower. The 

 outside color of the pumpkin is reddish orange and the inside flesh 

 is an orange yellow. It is very solid, fine-grained and slightly 

 ribbed. This pumpkin is grown extensively for canning purposes, 

 and it is not advised for home consumption, as its quality is not 

 equal to Pie or Winter Luxury or Small Sugar. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 

 M lb. 60c, 1 lb. $2.00, postpaid. 



No. 862 — King of the Mammoths 



Days to Maturity, 90. A pumpkin of French origin offered! by 

 Johnson & Stokes as King of the Mammoths in 1885, the heaviest 

 specimen, according to our records, being two hundred forty-five 

 pounds. They will often be three feet in diameter. They are 

 rounded in shape and flattened at the top and bottom. The outside 

 color is a fight salmon-orange and the inside a bright yellow. We 

 do not recommend King of the Mammoths for home consumption, 



but as a sfiow pumpkin it has no peer. 

 60c, 1 lb. $2.00, postpaid. 



Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 14 lb. 



FIELD VIEW, CONNECTICUT FIELD OR BIG TOM 



GOLDEN CROOKNECK CUSHAW 



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