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D. M. FERRY & COS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



WINTER VARIETIES. 

 EAKLY PROLIFIC MARROW.— A variety developed 

 by selection from the Boston Marrow-, but much earlier, and 

 the earliest of the winter varieties. Fruit small, of deep 

 orange color netted with cream; shape similar to Boston 

 Marrow; flesh thick, deep yellow, of fine quality. 



Improved American Turban. 



IMPROVED AMERICAN TURBAN (Essex Hybrid). 

 — Developed by selection and crossing from the old American 

 Turban, and differing from it in being of a richer color, hav- 

 ing a hard shell, and in its remarkable keeping qualities. It 

 is of medium size, and the skin is a rich orange-red. Flesh 

 deep, rich colored, very thick and of excellent quality. 



BOSTON MARROW A fall and winter variety, very 



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

 when ripe, bright orange mottled with light cream color; 

 flesh rich salmon yellow, very dry, fine grained, and for 

 sweetness and excellence unsurpassed, but not as dry as the 

 Hubbard. We have an unusually good stock of this sort. 



Boston 



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 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 utmost pains with this sort and 

 can recommend our stock as in all probability the best in the 

 country, and think our customers can plant it in perfect 

 confidence that every fruit will be a pure Hubbard. 



BUTMAN.— This is a cross between the Yokohama and 

 Hubbard. The flesh is between a salmon and a lemon color. 

 It has all the qualities of a flrst class squash, being very dry, 

 fine grained, and of excellent flavor. Size medium; color 

 light stone, distinctly striped and splashed with yellowish- 

 white. 



MARBLEHEAD.— This 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 bi'ight orange fiesh. Requires the whole season to 

 mature. 



WINTER CROOKNECK.— The most certain of any to 

 produce a crop, its strong growing vines suffering less from 

 insects than those of the other sorts. Color varying from 

 dark green to clear yellow, frequently changing to the latter 

 after being gathered. Flesh variable, affected by soU and 

 weather, sometimes close grained and fine flavored, and in 

 other cases coarse and stringy. If preserved from cold and 

 damp, they will keep the entire year. 



SUGA^R CA.NB. 



EAREY AMBER.— This variety is successfully grown in 

 our extreme northern 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 variety 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 

 profltably grown where the seasons are long, but this can be 

 grown wherever Indian corn will mature. It is useless to plant 

 cane seed before the weather is warm in spring. Three or 

 four pounds are required per acre. 



H UBBARD. 



Early Amber. 



EAREY ORANGE.— An exceedingly valuable variety. 

 Very large, of strong and vigorous habit, and does not fall 

 down. Its yield is twenty-five per cent, in excess of the 

 Early Amber. It has a very pleasant flavor. It is early, 

 maturing only ten days later than the Early Amber. We 

 recommend it highly to all desiring a superior cane, for all 

 localities, excepting the extreme North. 



