From PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 63 
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Delicata Squash 
For Both Summer and Winter Use. 
Dry, Sweet and Rich, Wonderfully Prolific 
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. (See engraving.) 
Price, lic. pkt., 30c. oz. 
Mammoth Bush For other varieties 
Summer of Squash, see 
Crookneck Squash page 79 
~ HENDERSON'S 
Long Island White Bush 
=f Squash 
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 improvement; it is just as early, 
more prolific, and the Squashes are much deeper, 
and have less prominent scallops, consequéntly are 
easier prepared, contain less waste and almost 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., 65c. 
Y4 tb., $2.00 Ib. 
Henderson’s Superior Strain 
Hubbard Squash 
830. This is an old favorite and very popular. The 
vines are strong, of luxuriant growth and very produc- 
tive, 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-, 65c. 14 Ib., $2.00 Ib. 
_7 HENDERSON’S 
Golden Custard Bush Squash 
824. A very large golden, scalloped bush Squash, often 1 foot in diam- 
eter; wonderfully productive and of extra quality. Price, 10c. pkt., 
25c. oz., 65c. 14 Ib., $2.00 Ib. 
Large Warted Hubbard Squash 
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 bears a heavy crop. The quality is superb and the rich, 
fine-grained, yellow flesh almost fills the fruit. (See engraving.) Price, 
10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 65c. 14 Ib., $2.00 Ib. y 
Mammoth Bush Summer 
Crookneck Squash 
836. A highly improved type of the popular Yellow Summer 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 yellow and of superior quality. (See engraving.) Price, 
10c. pkt., 25c. oz., G5c. 14 Ib., $2.00 Ib. 
ff part of your garden is higher, warmer, or better drained than the rest, reserve it for your crop of earliest vegetables. Your garden will be 
ee ready for working a week earlier in spring, if it was dug up in the fall. 
