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Kiirbis (Gee.) 



The Choicest Squashes 



One ounce will plant 25 hills; 3 to 4 pounds to the acre 



Zucca (Ital.) 



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 10 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. Tobacco dust worked in close to the 

 plants will combat the squash borer. Use Pyrox for control of the yellow 

 striped beetle and hand pick the strong odor black squash bug. 



SUMMER VARIETIES 



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



fruits have thin shells, consequently are not as good keepers as the winter 

 varieties. 



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 Squash 



MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH. (See illustration.) An improved 

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

 inches in diameter. 



EARLY SUMMER CROOKNECK. An extensively used and 

 very prolific summer Squash. Fruits curved ,at the neck, 

 12 to 14 inches long and 3% inches through; skin bright 

 orange-yellow and moderately warted. 



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, fine-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. 



SftUASH Pkt. Ox. % lb. 



Cocozelle Bush $ .10 $ .20 $ .50 



White Vegetable Marrow 10 .20 .50 



Mammoth White Bush 10 .20 .50 



Early Summer Crookneck . . . .10 .20 .50 



Giant Crookneck 10 .20 .50 



Delicious 10 .20 .50 



Zucchini 10 .20 .50 



Boston Marrow 10 .20 .50 



Hubbard, Improved 10 .20 .50 



Hubbard, Warted 10 .20 .50 



Hubbard, Blue 10 .20 .50 



Hubbard, Golden 10 .20 .50 



New Acorn or Table Queen . . . .10 .20 .50 



Warted Hubbard Squash 



FINEST QUALITY and THE BEST KEEPER 



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. 



HUBBARD, WARTED. Slightly larger than the 

 original Hubbard, with dark green, hard, 

 warty skin. The longest keeper of all the 

 Hubbard Squashes. Flesh thick and of fine 

 quality. 



HUBBARD, BLUE. A large variety having a 

 hard, blue-grey shell. It is a long-keeping 

 sort and of finest quality. 



HUBBARD, GOLDEN. 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, Excellent 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 ©rang® 

 flesh. Very prolific. 



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