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Summer Crookneck. 

 "WINTER VARIETIES. 



Improved American Turban. — An excellent vari- 

 ety for use in the autumn and early winter. Flesh 

 orange yellow, thick, fine-grained, sugary, and well 

 flavored. Generally a light yellow color, but occasionally 

 greenish yellow striped with white. In form, resem- 

 bling a turban, or Turk's cap. This variety is not to be 

 confounded with the French Turban variety, which is 

 more showy, but inferior in quality. 



Essex Hybrid 

 Essex Hybrid.— A new and excellent variety, a cross 

 between the Hubbard and American Turban, having 

 the color, shape and good qualities of the Turban, with 

 the dryness and hard shell of the Hubbard. It is one of 

 the finest-grained of all the squashes, and, althou'jh 

 ripening very early, it will keep till the following June. 

 The flesh is very rich colored, thick and solid, and it is 

 heavier than most other sorts of same size. 



Boston Marrow. 



Boston Marrow.— A fall and winter variety, very 

 popular in the Boston market. Of oval form; skin thin; 

 when ripe, bright orange; flesh rich salmon yellow, very 

 dry, fine-grained, and for sweetness and excellence, un- 

 surpassed. 



Hubbard.— This is a superior variety, and the best 

 winter squash known ; flesh bright orange yellow, fine- 

 grained, very dry, sweet and rich flavored ; keeps per- 



Hubbard, 



fectly good throughout the winter ; boils or bakes ex- 

 ceedingly dry, and is esteemed by many to be as good': 

 baked as the sweet potato. We have secured an unusu- 

 ally fine strain of this variety, and can recommend our 

 stock as equal to, and probably superior to any other in- 

 the market. 



Butman. — This new squash is a cross between the 

 Yokohama and Hubbard. The flesh is between a sal- 

 mon and a lemon color. It has all the qualities of a. 

 first class squash, being very dry, fine-grained, and of 

 excellent flavor. Size medium ; color light stone, dis- 

 tinctly striped and splashed with yellowish white. 



Marblehead. — It is unquestionably an excellent 

 keeper, and is finer-grained and drier than any sort we 

 have seen. About the size of the Hubbard, with shell 

 of bluish green, and bright orange fllesh. Requires the 

 whole season to mature. 



Perfect Gem. — The vines of this variety grow at 

 first like those of the summer squash, and usually pro- 

 duce a few fruits near the root ; if these are picked 

 when green and used like summer squash, the plant will 

 throw out long runners, bearing a great number of 

 squashes which may be allowed to ripen. The fruits are 

 small, nearly round, slightly ribbed, and have a thin, 

 smooth, creamy-white skin. The flesh is fine-grained, 

 dry, very sweet, and of delicious flavor. It is remarka- 

 ble for its keeping qualities. 



Winter Crookneck. — The most certain to produce 

 a crop of any, the strong growing vines suffering less- 

 from insects than those of the other sorts. Color vary- 

 ing from dark green to clear yellow, frequently chang- 

 ing to the latter after being gathered. Flesh variable, 

 sometimes close grained and fine flavored, and in other ■ 

 cases, coarse and stringy. If kept 

 from (Sold and dam-p, they will keep' 

 the entire year. 



SUGAR CANE. 



Early Amber.— This compara- 

 tively new variety is now being suc- 

 cessfully grown in our extreme north- 

 ern latitudes. It may be planted as. 

 late as the 15th of June, and will 

 be ripe enough to manufacture in 

 September. It is the earliest varie- 

 ty with which we are acquainted. 

 The beautiful, amber colored syrup 

 it produces is thought to be superior- 

 in flavor to any other, and for sugar, 

 it is unsurpassed. There are many 

 varieties that can be profitably 

 grown where the seasons are long, . 

 but this can be grown wherever In- 

 dian corn will grow. It is useless to. 



Early Amber. 



