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SUMMER VARIETIES (Cont.) , ,b. ,oibs. 



Tel •graph or more or more 



Code Wode per lb. per fb. 



Summer Crookneck squlo $0.60 $0.55 



Very popular for home, market garden and shipping. Very pro- 

 lific. Fruits become 12 — 14 in. long and 3K in- through; neck 

 curved; skin bright orange-yellow, moderately warted. 



AUTUMN AND WINTER VARIETIES 



Banana sqana .70 .65 



Standard home and market garden sort. Fruits cylindrical, 

 commonly 20 — 24 in. long and 6 in. through; smooth, greenish- 

 gray; rind thin, brittle; fleeh thick, hght orange, fine grained, of 

 sweet, rich flavor. 



Blue Hubbard sqelb .75 .70 



Form and general characteristics similar to the original type of 

 Hubbard but with blue-gray shell. Flesh yellow-orange, thick 

 and fine grained. 



Boston Marrow sqost .60 .55 



Particularly valuable for canning. Fruits large, commonly 10 — 12 

 in. through; almost spherical, usually a trifle flattened at blossom 

 end; skin slightly roughened, rich orange; rind hard and brittle; 

 flesh thick, salmon-yellow. 



DELICIOUS SQOus .70 .65 



The standard of excellence in winter squashes. Fruits broad top- 

 shaped, commonly 7 — 8 in. long; skin very dark green, fairly 

 smooth; rind thin but hard; flesh extremely thick, bright yellow, 

 fine grained and dry, without fibre and of highest quality. 



GOLDEN DELICIOUS sqold .80 .75 



Valuable for cannera because of the high starch content of its 

 flesh and the bright red-orange color of the exterior. In shape, 

 size, and season it is practically the same as the original Delicious. 



Golden Hubbard sqend .65 .60 



EarHer and smaller than Hubbard; splendid for home and 

 market garden and commonly used for canning. Fruits globular 

 with fairly prominent neck and blossom end; about 11 in. long 

 and 8 in. through; deep orange-red with shallow warting; rind 

 hard and tough; flesh thick, deep orange-yellow; fine grained 

 and dry; of splendid quahty. 



Hubbard squbb .70 .65 



The standard winter squash for home, market garden and ship- 

 ping. Fruiti medium large; commonly 9 — 10 in. through; glob- 

 ular, dark bronze green, moderately warted; rind very hard 

 and strong; flesh rery thick, deep orange-yellow, fine grained 

 and dry; of splendid quality. 



TABLE QUEEN or DES MOINES sqoin .70 .65 



Very early; extremely prolific; one of the most popular for home, 

 market garden and shipping. Fruits pointed acorn shape; 5H ui- 

 long and 4 in. through; uniformly ridged; skin smooth, dark 

 green; shell thin; flesh hght yeUow, bakes dry and sweet. 



Warted Hubbard sqart .75 .70 



Slightly larger than true Hubbard. Color very dark green; shell 

 heavily warted. Flesh deep orange, dry, fine grained, and of 

 excellent quahty. 



