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THE CHOICEST SQUASHES 



Squash seed should not be sown until all danger from frost is past; it is 

 safest to wait until after Decoration Day. All are rank feeders and do best 

 on well-drained, heavily manured soil. The winter varieties are usually 

 grown in hills placed 8 feet or more apart each way. These hills are pre- 

 pared by first digging- holes about 2 feet in diameter and 12 to 18 inches 

 deep, which are filled with rotted manure or compost, and then piling soil 

 on top to make mounds 4 to 6 inches higher than the level of the ground. 

 Sow 8 to 12 seeds in each hill, dropping them about an inch apart, and 

 thin out to the best 3 or 4 seedlings. Do not disturb the vines after they 

 begin to run. The bush varieties may be sown in rows, prepared in the 

 same manner as the hills for the winter squashes. The plants should be 

 thinned to stand about 3 feet apart. 



SUMMER VARIETIES 



These are mostly early-bearing kinds of compact or bushy growth. The 

 fruits have thin shells, consequently are not good keepers. One ounce of 

 seed will plant 25 to 50 hills or 20 to 40 feet of row, depending on the 

 variety; 4 to 6 pounds will sow an acre. 



COCOZELLE BUSH or Italian Vegetable Marrow. This is perhaps the most 

 prolific of all bush sorts, commencing to bear in July and continuing 

 until killed by frost. The fruits average 10 to 12 inches long by 5 inches 

 in diameter and are green, marbled with yellow and striped with darker 

 green. The flesh is quite firm and of superb quality. 



WHITE VEGETABLE MARROW. Larger growing and later than Cocozelle. 

 Skin greenish white; flesh white. 



MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH. (See illustration.) An improved 

 White Patty-Pan Squash. Early and productive; fruits 10 

 inches in diameter. 



Mammoth White Bush Squash 



GOLDEN CUSTARD BUSH. Like Mammoth White Bush ex- 

 cept that the fruits are rich golden yellow. 



GIANT CROOKNECK. A bush form of Golden Crookneck, 

 producing larger fruits; extremely early and prolific. Fine 

 for market. 



DELICIOUS. Fruits large, resembling the Hubbard in shape, 

 with bronzy green skin and orange flesh, which is very 

 thick, flne-grained, dry and sweet. A dependable Squash 



for late summer and early winter use. 



ZUCCHINI. Italian squash of the Cocozelle order, color, 

 dark green with light green stripes, prolific and delicious, 

 bush habit. 



SQUASHES Pkt. Oz. % lb. 1 lb. 



Cocozelle Bush $.10 $.20 $.50 $1.00 



White Vegetable Marrow 10 .20 .50 1.00 



Mammoth White Bush 10 .20 .50 1.00 



Golden Custard Bush 10 .20 .50 1.00 



Giant Crookneck 10 .20 .50 1.00 



Delicious 10 .20 .50 1.00 



Zucchini 10 .20 .50 1.00 



Boston Marrow 10 .20 .50 1.00 



Improved Hubbard 10 .20 .60 1.25 



Warted Hubbard 10 .20 .60 1.25 



Blue Hubbard 10 .20 .60 1.25 



Golden Hubbard 10 .20 .60 1.25 



New Acorn or Table Queen 10 .20 .60 1.25 



WINTER VARIETIES 



BOSTON MARROW. Well-known and popular. 

 Large fruits with bright orange skin and 

 flesh; does not keep quite as long as the 

 Hubbards but is of the very finest quality and 

 a reliable cropper. 



HUBBARD, IMPROVED. An extra-select strain 

 of the standard winter Squash. Skin dark 

 green and nearly smooth; flesh yellow, fine- 

 grained, dry and sweet; late keeping. 



WARTED HUBBARD. Slightly larger than the 

 original Hubbard, with dark green, hard, 



keeper of all 

 thick and of 



the 

 fine 



variety having a 

 is a long-keeping 



Warted Hubbard Squash 



warty skin. The longest 

 Hubbard Squashes. Flesh 

 quality. 



BLUE HUBBARD. A large 

 hard, blue-grey shell. It 

 sort and of finest quality. 



GOLDEN HUBBARD. Similar to the Improved 

 Hubbard, except that the skin and flesh are 

 bright yellow. Very dry and of excellent 

 flavor. Particularly good for pies on account 

 of its bright color. 



NEW ACORN or TABLE QUEEN SQUASH. Ex- 

 cellent for pies and keeps as well as Hubbard. 

 Fruits are 5 to 6 inches long and 4 inches in 

 diameter; smooth dark green skin and thick 

 orange flesh. Very prolific. 



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