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VEGETABLE SEEDS 



SQUASH 



CULTURE. — Sow when the weather has become settled 

 and warm. Plant in hills. For bush varieties, the hills 

 should be four feet apart each way. and for the running 

 sorts, eight feel. Eight or ten seeds should be sown in 

 each hill one inch deep, thinning out after they have at- 

 tained their third and fourth leaves, leaving two or three 

 of the strongest plants. One oz. for .10 hills; three to four 

 lbs. in hills for an acre. 



SUMMER VARIETIES 



818 ACORN or Table Queen. Acorn, "Table Queen" or "Des Moines," as it has 

 been variously named, is a small, very dark green, summer squash, with sharply 

 ridged or scalloped sides, and is about six or seven inches long and four inches in 

 diameter. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; }4 lb., 80c; lb., §2.50; transportation paid. 



821 COCOZELLE or Italian Vegetable Marrow. The dwarf bushes of this fine 

 variety produce large, very elongated, slightly curved, smooth dark green fruits 

 which when mature become marbled with yellow. Fruits are best when 6 to 8 

 inches long. (See illustration.) 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; M lb., 90c; lb., §3.00; transportation paid. 



822 DELICATA (Henderson's). This beautiful Squash is orange- yellow and striped 

 with dark green on the outside. Delicata is the earliest of any vine Squash and 

 the most prolific (about 9 inches long). 



It is ready almost as soon as the early summer sorts, is better flavored, and 

 remains in perfect condition as long as anv keeping varietv. (See illustration.) 

 Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 35c; H lb., S1.00;~lb., $3.00; transportation paid. 

 824 GOLDEN CUSTARD BUSH. A very large, golden scalloped bush Squash, 

 often 1 foot in diameter, productive and of extra qualitv. 



Price, Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; M lb., 75c; lb.. $2.00; transportation paid. 

 834 LONG ISLAND WHITE BUSH (Henderson's). The white scalloped "Patty 

 Pan" or "Cymling" has for years been a favorite summer Squash on account of 

 its earliness, but this new sort is a vast improvement; it is just as early, more pro- 

 lific and the Squashes are much deeper, and have less prominent scallops. The 

 plants are the true bush habit. (See illustration.) 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; ]4 lb., 75c; lb., $1.75; transportation paid. 

 836 MAMMOTH Bush Summer Crookneck. It is early and the fruits are large, 

 measuring 20 to 24 inches in length, solid, heavy, and freely produced on healthy, 

 vigorous plants of compact bush habit; fruits heavily warted; surface color deep 

 golden, flesh yellow; and of superior quality. (See illustration.) 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; J4 lb.. 75c; lb., $1.75; transportation paid. 

 839 "STRAIGHT NECK" Its straight neck makes it much easier to prepare for 

 cooking than its parent variety, the old Mammoth Crookneck. 



It is similar in color and flavor to the parent variety, which is the highest praise 

 that could be accorded to it. (See illustration.) 



Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 35c; ]4 lb., 90c; lb., $2.75; transportation paid. 



842 WHITE BUSH SCALLOPED. The white "Patty Pan" or "Cymling" creamy- 

 white skin, fine quality, free cropper. ' 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; \i lb.. 50c; lb., $1.25; transportation paid. 



843 WHITE BUSH, GREEN TINGED. A very attractive variety, similar to 

 White Bush Scalloped, except that fruits are tinged with green. Tender and of 

 finest qualitv. A decided acquisition. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; ^ lb., 75c; lb., $1.75. 



844 YELLOW BUSH Summer Crookneck. A bus! vxrietv, earlv and prolific. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % lb., 50c; lb., S1.25; transportation paid. 



AUTUMN AND WINTER VARIETIES 



819 BLUE HUBBARD. The squashes are light bluish gray in color, and the flesh is 

 very fine-grained, dry and tastv, so that it is suitable for all purposes for which 

 squash is used. 



Price, pkt. 15c; oz. 35c; ]4 ib. $1.00; lb. $3.00; transportation paid. 



820 BOSTON MARROW. The most popular second early or autumn squashes. 

 The reddish yellow skin is thin but the squash is fine-grained and firm. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; \i lb., 60c; lb., $1.50; transportation paid. 

 823 COCOZELLE DI PERGOLA or Long Italian. An Italian variety of squash 

 usually grown on a trellis or pergola. The vines are very vigorous, the squashes 

 grow to a length of 3 or 4 feet and are about 4 inches in diameter. They are light 

 green in color, and the pulp inside is pure white. 



Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 30c; 14, lb., 90c; transportation paid. 



825 GOLDEN DELICIOUS (NEW. A very handsome fall squash, in size and 

 shape similar to Gregory's Delicious, except the color is deep orange. Very 

 attractive and of finest qualitv. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; Yl lb., 75c; lb., $1.75. 



826 GOLDEN HUBBARD. Similar to the old Hubbard, excepting the skin is of a 

 rich orange red. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; M lb., 75c; lb., $2.00; transportation paid. 



Very productive, yielding large, heavy Squashes of dark bluish- 

 It is an excellent keeper and if properly stored may be used until 



830 HUBBARD. 



green color. 

 May. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; \i lb., 85c; lb., $2.50; transportation paid. 

 832 LARGE WARTED HUBBARD. Everyone knows that Hubbard Squash is a 

 good keeper. Warted Hubbard keeps even better and is larger. It is named on 

 account of the excessive rough "warty" surface of the fruits, heaw warts indicate 

 a hard shell, and the harder the shell, the better the Squash, will keep. (See 

 illustration.) 



Price, pkt., 40c; oz.. 30c; \i lb., 90c; lb., $2.75; transportation paid. 

 838 MAMMOTH CHILE. The .argest of all Squashes, often weighing 200 lbs. or 

 over. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; \i lb., 75c; lb., $2.00; transportation paid. 

 840 VEGETABLE MARROW BUSH. A favorite English varietv, bearing freely 

 oblong, dull yellow fruits. 10 to 15 inches in length. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; \i lb., 90c; lb., S2.75; transportation paid. 



Kitchen Garden Collection. 



White Bush Scalloped, Bush Summer Crookneck, Hubbard. 

 1 ounce each 60 cents. Transportation paid. 



Price, Collection 3 packets 25 cents, 



