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PETEH HEJlDEHSOrl St CO.— VEGETABLtE SEEDS. 



Fall or IJI^inter Squash. — Continued. 



HUBBARD. More largely grown as a late sort than any other. It is of 

 large size, often weighing from nine to ten pounds. Color bluish 

 green, occasionally marked with brownish orange or yellow. Flesh 

 fine grained, dry and of excellent flavor. It can be had in use from 

 September to May. 5 ets. pkt., 15 cts. oz., 35 cts. J^ lb., $1.00 lb. 



BOSTON MARROW. This variety may be termed second early, 

 coming in about ten days after the Bush and Crookneck sorts. The 

 skin, which is of a yellowish shade, is very thin, the flesh dry and fine 

 grained, and of unsurpassed flavor. 5 cts. pkt., 15 cts. oz., 30 cts. J'4 

 lb., 75 cts. lb. 



MARBLEHEAD. An excellent variety resembling the Hubbard. The 

 flesh is rather lighter in color thaD that variety, while its combina- 

 tion of sweetness, dryness and delicious flavor is remarkable. It 

 yields equal to the Hubbard, and its keeping qualities are said to be 

 better. 5 cts. pkt., 15 cts. oz., 30 cts. 14 lb., 75 cts. lb. 



MAMMOTH CHILI. The largest of all Squashes ; rather flat at both 

 ends. Specimens have been known to attain the weight of 280 lbs. 

 Its size makes it valuable for stock feeding, while its rich, fine flavored 

 flesh ensures its value for all other purposes. 10 cts. pkt., 20 cts. 

 oz., 50 cts. }£ lb., SI. 75 lb. ^ 



BA"? STATE. Extremely solid, of heavy weight, flne and dry flesh, p 

 of sweet flavor, of a beautiful bright golden yellow, vei-y handsome ; 

 shell extremely hard and flinty, an excellent keeper. {See cut.) 5 cts. 

 pkt., 20 cts. oz., 35 ets. 1^ lb., $1.00 lb. 



BAT STATE SQUASH. 



HENDERSON'S GOLDEN CUSTABT) SQCASH. 



VEGETABLE MARROW (Common). 



lish sort. The fruit is very variable in size, from 

 nine to eighteen inches in length, and from four to 

 six inches in diameter. Skin a greenish yellow, flesh 

 white, soft and of rich flavor. Plant eight feet apart. 

 5 cts. pkt., 15 cts. oz., 50 cts. '^ lb., $1.50 lb. 



LONG WHITE BUSH VEGETABLE MARROW. A 

 decided improvement on the old trailing Vegetable 

 3Iarrow. The fruit is larger, handsomer, more 

 ribbed or fluted, and of strictly bush form. Price, 5 

 cts. pkt., 15 cts. oz., 50 cts. J^ lb., $1.50 lb. 



Summer Squash. 



MAMMOTH BUSH SUMMER CROOKNECK. {See Novelties, page 4.) 15 cts. pkt., 



2 for 25 cts., 10 for $1.00. 

 GOLDEN CUSTARD BUSH. A valuable new variety, which exceeds in size any of the 



scalloped sorts, frequently attaining a diameter of 2 feet. The color is a dark, rich 



golden yellow, and for quality cannot be excelled. It grows in bush form, and is won- 



derfully productive. (See cut.) 10 cts. pkt., 30 cts. oz., 75 cts. I4 lb., $2.00 lb. 



V7HITE BUSH SCALLOPED. (Cymlings.) This and the Yellow Bush are esteemed the 



earliest, and are grown almost exclusively for first crop. From the hard texture of the 



rind it is well suited for shipping, and they are grown exclusively at the South for that 



purpose. 5 cts. pkt., 10 cts. oz., 25 cts. y^ lb., 75 cts. lb. 

 YELLOW BUSH SCALLOPED. (Cymlings.) Differs from the above only in color. 



5 cts. pkt., 10 cts. oz., 25 cts. J^ lb., 75 cts. lb. 



YELLO"W BUSH SUMMER CROOKNECK. A much esteemed variety. The fruit is 



orange yellow, covered with warty excrescences. It is considered the best flavored of 



the summer varieties. 5 cts. pkt., 10 cts. oz., 25 cts. J^ lb., 75 cts. lb. 

 PERFECT GEM. Equally desirable either as a summer or winter Squash. The Squashes 



are from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, of a creamy white, with thin, smooth sheU, sUghtly 



ribbed. 5c. pkt., 10 ets. oz., 25 cts. 14 lb., 75 ets. lb. 

 EGG PLANT SQUASH. So named from its peculiar fitness for cooking like the Egg 



Plant ; it is delicious when fried. It is a very early bush variety with white flesh ; when 



young the rind is mottled graj^, tnrning to a buff color when ripe. 5 cts. pkt., 15 cts. 



oz., 50 cts. 141b., $1.50' lb. 

 A favorite Eng- 



"We can also supply the following standard varieties 

 of Squash, which are too well known to need descrip- 

 tion, at tlie uniform price of 5 cts. pkt., 10 cts. oz., 25 

 cts. I-4 lb., 75 cts. lb. : 



Green Striped Bush or Bergen, Butman, 

 \ Pineapple, Cocoanut, Winter Crookneck, 



j American Turban, Valparaiso, Sibley. 



German, lAebeaapfel. French, Tomate. Spanish, Tomate. 



Sow in a hot-bed, greenhouse, or window in a sitting room, where 

 ni^ht temperature is not less than 60 degrees, about the first week in 

 March, in drills Atb inches apart and half an inch deep. When the 

 plants are about two inches high they should be set out in boxes three 

 inches deep, four or five inches apart, in same temperature, or removed 

 into small pots, allowing a single plant to a pot They are sometimes 

 transplanted a second time into larger pots, by which process the plants 



tlt/uutnt "^Z'Xt! ra^b'^'se^'^n'- thf openlr'^ifd^' They^are planted for early crops on Ught. sandy soil, at a distance of three feet apart, in hills in whi.h a 

 good shovelM of rotted manure has been mixed. On heavy soUs, which are not suited for an early crop, they should be planted four feet apart. Water freely at 

 the time of transplanting, and shelter from the sun a few days until the plants are established. 





See description, page 45. 



1 OZ. for 1,500 plants; 14 lb. (to trayisplant) for an acre. 

 If by mail in quantities of }.^ lb. and upward, postage must be added at the rate of 8 ceiits per lb. 



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