HIGH QUALITY VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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SQUASH 



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One ounce Early will 

 plant 50 Mils, one 

 ounce Marrow 25 

 hills. 



Four to six pounds 

 for an acre. 

 Culture. — Squash es 

 should be planted in 

 a warm, rich soil, 

 after the weather has 

 become settled and 

 warm about the 

 middle of May or 

 June. Plant in well- 

 manured hills, in the 

 same manner as Cu- 

 cumbers and Mel- 

 ons — the bush va- 

 rieties 3 or 4 feet 

 apart each way, and 

 the running kinds 6 

 to 8 feet. Eight to 

 ten seeds should be 

 sown in each hill, 

 thinning out after 

 they have attained 

 their rough leaves 

 and danger from 

 bugs is over, leav- 

 ing three or four of 

 the strongest plants 

 per hill. 



Benning Bush Squash 



Summer Squashes— Extra Early 



Benning Bush 



Earlier than the White Bush. 

 Color very light shade of green, 

 bush habit, very productive and attractive appear- 

 ance. The improvement of the Benning Bush 

 Squash over the old sort is quite distinct, in that it is 

 earlier and has a very beautiful light shade of green 

 color, in place of the creamy white which the older 

 sort has. The flesh is rich, dry, and particularly 

 fine; medium in size; vine of bush habit, and exceed- 

 ingly productive. Its superiority is so great over the 

 old Early White Bush Squash variety that we do not 

 hesitate to say that if the Benning type is tried once, 



your future orders will always be for the new Benning 

 sort. Pkt. 5c. and 10c, oz. 15c, \i lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 

 White Bush Scallop (Patty Pan). A well-known va- 

 riety of dwarf habit and upright growth. Very pro- 

 ductive; a good shipper. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, lb. 

 15c, Y 2 lb. 25c, lb. 40c 



Yellow Summer Crook-Neck ^ s W eS 



known variety still remains a favorite and is con- 

 sidered the best for Summer use. It is early, pro- 

 ductive; good quality; skin oiange vellow. Quality ex- 

 cellent. Pkt. 5e. and 10c, oz. 15c, H lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 



Fall and Winter Sorts 



Prolific, or Orange Marrow 



For an 

 early 



Fall Squash there is no Squash that can compare 

 with this in earliness and productiveness, which are 

 important features with the market gardener. 

 Brilliant orange-red color, which makes it attractive 

 in the market. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 

 Hubbard ^' le mos * popular of all Winter 

 varieties; an excellent keeper. Is of 

 large size, often weighing from nine to twenty pounds. 



Hubbard Squash 



Color bluish green, occasionally marked with a 

 brownish orange. Flesh is fine grain, dry and excel- 

 lent flavor. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, }4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 

 Boston Marrow. Color a rich oiange, of good ^iz<\ 

 excellent flavor, and keeps well. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 

 H lb. 20c, lb. 65c. 

 Chicago Warted Hubbard. This strain is the ideal 

 Winter Squash for the home or market. The fruits 

 are large, handsomely shaped, dark green, heavily 

 warted skin, with rich flesh of splendid quality. 

 Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 2 oz. 15c, M lb. 25c, 

 lb. 75c. 



Red, or Golden Hubbard. A perfect type of 

 the Green Hubbard, except in color, which is a 

 bright, deep orange yellow, very showy and 

 attractive. Its keeping qualities are fully 

 equal to, while in productiveness it far excels, 

 the Green variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, \i lb., 

 25c, lb. 75c. 



TOBACCO 



Culture. — Sow in hotbed for early planting or 

 sow in the open ground as soon as the ground is 

 warm. Sow broadcast in rich, dry soil, pressing 

 down firmlv and cover lightly; water frequently. 

 Set plants out first of June 3 feet apart each 

 way in land heavily manured. 

 Connecticut Seed Leaf. Saved from selected 

 plants. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, M lb. $1.00, lb. 

 $3.00. 



Havana. Imported seed. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, 

 14 lb. $1.25. lb. $4,00 



