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SQUASH—CONTINUVUED. 
Gary Yellow— 
.. BUSH Scallop 
An early, flat scallop shaped variety; 
color yellow; flesh pale yellow and well 
flavored; very productive; used when 
young andtender. We have developed 
a strain of the old Yellow Bush Scallop 
which is uniformly larger and flatter 
than the old stock and has a very small 
seed cavity. Its superiority is so great 
that we should be justified by prevail- 
ing custom in renaming it. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 1de: 
4 Lb. 20c; Lb. 50¢ 
Early White.... 
= Bush Scallop 
Similar in form to the preceding, =$ 
but with a cream white skin, and 3&8 
more tender and delicate flesh. “SSS 
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% Lb. 20c; Lb. 50¢ 
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EaRty YELLOW BusH ScALLOP SQUASH. 
2X WINTER SQUASHESe 
A fall and winter variety, very 
Boston Marrow popular in the Boston Market. 
Of oval form; skin thin, when ripe, bright orange mottled 
with light cream color; flesh rich salmon yellow, fine grained, 
and for sweetness and excellence unsurpassed, but not as dry 
as the Hubbard. We have an unusually good stock of this 
sort. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. lic; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c 
keeps perfectly good throughout the winter; boils or 
bakes exceedingly dry and is esteemed by many to be as 
good baked as the sweet potato. We have taken the ut- 
most pains with this sort, and can recommend our 
stock as in all probability the best in the country, 
and think our customers can plantit in perfect con- 
fidence that every fruit will be a pure Hub- 
bard. Pkt. de; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 
% Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c 
Golden Hubbard... 
SEE COLORED PLATE ON PAGE 49Q. 
This is a very distinct sort of the 
shape and general character of the 
Hubbard but a little smaller; earlier 
to mature and of rich orange-red 
color, instead of the dark olive green 
of theold Hubbard. Pkt.10¢; 0z.15e; 
2 Oz. 25ce; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 
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Green Mountain cidedly larg- SSR. 
er than the Hubbard. The flesh is of excel- = 
lent quality and free from the green tinge so 
objectionable inthat sort. Pkt.5c; Oz. 10c; 
2 Oz. 15c; % Lh. 25ec; Lh. 7dc 
This is a superior variety and one of 
the best of winter squashes; flesh 
bright orange yellow, fine grained, 
“very dry, sweet and rich flavored; 
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A variety developed by selection 
Early Prolific from the Boston Marrow, and 
not so large but much earlier, 
Orange Marrow and the earliest of the winter 
varieties. Fruit deep orange color netted with cream; shape 
similar to Boston Marrow; flesh thick, deep yellow, of fine 
quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lh. 50c 
HussBarRD SQUASH. 
~SUGAR CANE~ 
This variety is successfully grown in 
Early Amber our extreme Northern Heiadee. It 
may be planted as late as the 15th of June. and will be ripe 
enough tomanufacture in September. We know of no earlier 
variety. It is useless to plant cane seed before the weather is 
warm in spring. Three to four pounds are required per acre. 
Oz. 10c; 4 Lb. 15c; Lh. 35c, postpaid: $7.50 per 100 Lbs., by 
freight or express, at purchaser's expense. 
An exceedingly valuable variety. 
Early Oran ge Very large, of strong and vigorous 
habit and does not falldown. It isearly and yields more than 
any other sort, often producing as much as 240 gallons of very 
beautiful colored and highly flavored syrup to the acre. We 
recommend it highly to all desiring a superior cane. Oz. 10c: 
% Lb. 15¢e; Lb. 85c, postpaid; $7.50 per 100 Lbs., by freight 
or express, at purchaser’s expense. 
~SUNFLOWER- | 
Every one who keeps poultry shquid use Sunflower seed lib- 
erally for feeding, as there is nothing more wholesome and 
nutritious, or which keeps hens in better condition for laying. 
Some species are largely planted in the flower garden for 
ornament. (See page 89.) 
° This variety has large heads, 
Large Russian borne at the top of a single un- 
branched stem, and having much more and larger seed than 
the common sort. Sow theseed as soon as the ground is fit for 
corn, in rows five feet apart and ten inches apart im the row. 
Cultivate same as corn. When the seed is ripe and hard cut 
off the heads and pile loosely in a rail pen having a solid floor, or 
inacornerib. After curing sufficiently so that they will thresh 
easily, flail out or run through a threshing machine, and clean 
with an ordinary fanning mill. This variety will yield 900 to 1,200 
pounds of seed per acre ordinarily. Pkt. 5c: % Lb. 10¢3 
Lb. 25c, postpaid; $6.00 per 100 Lbs., by freight or express 
at purchaser's expense. 
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