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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Vegetable Seeds 



Squash 



Acorn or 



Table Queen 



The Most Abundant of all 



The Ground is Thickly Dotted over with Small Tasty Squashes 



818. 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. 



Its 'chief recommendation to favor is its extraordinary fruit- 

 fulness, and the agreeable flavor of the flesh which makes it so 

 desirable for piemaking or for baking. 



A large quantity of baked halves of Acorn Squash was served 

 to the members of the Vegetable Growers' Convention, at their 

 banquet this year: and baked xVcorn Squash was unanimously 

 voted a "dish de luxe." 



When fully ripe the rind turns to a bright orange color, but 

 the Squashes can be used before ripening just as well as after. 

 (See engraving.) Price, 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., 90c. }4 lb. 



Mammoth Bush Summer Crookneck 



836. A highly improved type of the popular Yellow Sum- 

 mer Crookneck. It is just as early and the fruits are 

 much larger, measuring 20 to 24 inches in length, are 

 solid, heavy, and freely produced on healthy, vigorous 

 plants of compact bush habit; fruits heavily 

 warted; surface color deep golden ; flesh yel- 

 low and of superior quality. (See engraving.) 

 Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 75c. y, lb., $2.00 lb. 



HENDERSON'S 



Long Island White Bush 



834. The white scalloped "Patty Pan" or 

 "Cymling" has for years been a favorite 

 summer Squash, on, account of its earliness, 

 etc., but this new sort is a vast improve- 

 ment; it is just as early, more prolific, and 

 the Squashes are much deeper, and have 

 less prominent scallops, consequently are 

 easier prepared, contain less waste and al- 

 most twice the amount of flesh, which is 

 also of finer quality. The plants are of - the 

 true bush habit. (See engraving.) 

 Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 75c. y, lb'., $2.00 lb. 



Henderson's Superior Strain 



Hubbard 



830. This is an old favorite and very 

 popular. The vines are strong, of luxuriant 

 growth and very productive, yielding large, 

 heavy Squashes of dark bluish-green color. 

 It is an excellent keeper and if properly 

 stored may be used until May. 



Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 75c. y, lb., $2.00 lb. 



CULTURE. — Sow when the weather has become settled and warm. 

 It is best to prepare hills for the seeds by incorporating two or three 

 shovelfuls of well-rotted manure with the soil for each hill. For bush 

 varieties, thehills should be four feet apart each way, and for the running 

 sorts, eight feet. Eight or ten seeds should be sown in each hill one 

 inch deep, thinning out after they have attained their third and fourth 

 leaves, leaving two or tree of the strongest plants. 1 oz. for 50 hills; 3 

 to 4 lbs. in hills for an acre. 



Henderson's Delicata 



For Both Summer and Winter Use. Dry, Sweet and Rich 

 822. This beautiful Squash is orange-yellow, splashed 

 and striped with dark green on the outside. Delicata is 

 the earliest of any vine Squash and is so prolific that last 

 season, from twelve hills of two plants each, 352 perfect 

 Squashes 'were gathered. 



Delicata is of such convenient size that the entire 

 Squash can be used at one time, as it is just large enough 

 for an ordinary family. 



It is ready almost as soon as the early summer sorts, 

 is better flavored, and remains in perfect condition as 

 long as any keeping variety. 



Its flavor when cooked has been compared to the Sweet 

 Potato, others liken it to roasted chestnuts, but all agree 

 that it is delicious. The fruits are about 9 inches long. 



The flesh is thick, of fine texture, and pale yellow in 

 color. It is unexcelled for baking — the shape and size 

 make it perfect for this purpose — and none is better for 

 pies. When boiled it is dry, granular and mealy. 



Price, 15c. pkt., 40c. oz., $1.25 y k lb., $4.00 lb. 



HENDERSON'S 



Golden Custard Bush 



824. A very large golden, scalloped bush 

 Squash, often 1 foot in diameter; won- 

 derfully productive and of extra 

 quality. Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 

 75c. >/i lb., $2.00 

 lb. 



M A M M OT H BUSH 

 SUMMER CROOK- 



NECK SQUASH 



Large Warted Hubbard 



Grow Warted Hubbard and Keep the Best Till Last 



832. Everyone knows that Hubbard Squash is a good 

 keeper. Warted Hubbard keeps even better, and is larger. 

 It is named on account of its greater size, and the excessive 

 rough "warty" surface of the fruits. This is of no value in 

 itself, but heavy warts indicate a hard shell, and the harder 

 the shell, so much the better will the Squash keep. The 

 plant is vigorous, and hears a heavy crop. The quality is 

 superb and the rich, fine-grained, vellow flesh almost fills 

 the fruit. Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 75c. y A lb., $2.00 lb. 



We Also Offer %S» SQUASH 



SUMMER VARIETIES 



840 Vegetable Marrow Bush Squash. A favorite English 



variety, bearing freely oblong, dull yellow fruits. 10 to 



■ 15 inches in length; flesh tender, marrowy and delicious. Should 



be used before fully grown. Price, 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., 90c. Vi lb., 



$2.50 lb. 



842 White Bush Scalloped Squash. The white "Patty Pan" or 

 "Cymling"; creamy-white skin; fine quality, free cropper. Price, 

 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 60c. Vi lb., $1.75 lb. 



844 Yellc at Bush Summer Crookneck Squash. A bush variety, early 

 and prolific, surface deep yellow, densely warted; quality and flavor 

 good. Price, 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 60c. y t lb., $1.75 lb. 

 AUTUMN AND WINTER VARIETIES 



820 Boston Marrow Squash. A popular second-early Squash for au- 

 tumn use; skin thin, reddish-yellow; flesh dry, fine grained and 

 delicious. Price, 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 75c. y. lb.. $2.00 lb. 



826 Golden Hubbard Squash. Similar to the old Hubbard excepting 

 the skin is of a rich orange-red and heavily warted; flesh of extra 

 fine quality. Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 75c. >/ 4 lb., $2.00 lb. 



838 Mammoth Chili Squash. The largest of all Squashes, often 

 weighing 200 lbs. or over; flesh rich and fine-flavored. Price, 10c. 

 pkt., 30c. oz., 90c. Vi lb., $2.50 lb. 



KITCHEN GARDEN COLLECTION: White Bush Scalloped, Bush Summer Crookneck, 



packets 25 cents, 1 ounce each 55 cents 



Hubbard. Price, Collection 3 



