Parker & Wood, Seed Catalogue. 







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SQUASH — Continued. 











pk*. ; 



I oz. 



LB. 



'Cocoanut. A small-sized, fine-flavored, and prolific variety '. . . $ 



3.0^ $ 



O.IO 



$1.00 



Hubbard. A standard winter sort, of excellent flavor ; keeps longer than the 

















Marblehead. An excellent blue-shell variety; very sweet ? ; dry, and of de- 









licious flavor ; good keeper . . . . . 



■05 ' 



.10 



1. 00 



Turban. A well-known sort ; hard shell, of the finest quality ... 



•05 



.10 



1. 00 



Whitman. Resembles the Hubbard; • thick shell and thick meated; lemon- 









colored flesh; dry, sweet, and delicious . . . . . 



•05 



.10 



1. 00 



Essex Hybrid. A cross between the Hubbard and -Turban, with color, 

 shape, and qualities of the latter, and the dryness and hard shell of the 

 former. . . . . . . .05 .10 



Perfect Gem. A small squash, color creamy white ; is slightly ribbed, with 

 a thin, smooth skin ; excellent keeper . 



Canada Crookneck. A small, well-known winter variety, of fine quality 



Large Winter Crookneck. An old standard winter variety; flesh close- 

 grained, sweet, and fine-flavored ........ 



Olive. A new French variety ; the shape and color of the fruit are exactly like 

 those of an olive; in weight it ranges from six to ten pounds;- thin, 

 smooth skin ; flesh firm, and of golden-yellow color ..... 



Yokohama. Of fine flavor, sweet, and dry; it is excellent stewed; when 

 baked, much resembles a sweet potato * 



Pineapple. Skin and flesh of pure creamy-white color, fine-grained, of ex- 

 cellent quality ; good keeper ; fine for pies and custards. Vines strong, 

 and produce six or seven squashes each 



Mammoth Yellow. Very large,, often weighing one hundred pounds ; good 

 for stock feeding ; also quite a curiosity 



Mammoth 66 Jumbo." The largest variety ., . 









•OS 



.10 



1. 00 



•05 



.10 



1. 00 







•75 



.10 



.20 





•05 





1.50 





.20 





.10 



•25 



2.5c 



.10 



•25 



2.5c 



German, Liebesapfel. — French, Tomate. — Spanish, Tomate. 

 One ounce will produce about twelve hundred plants ; a quarter of a pound for one acre. 



This delicious vegetable is one of the most important of all garden products. The seed 

 should be sown in a hotbed about the first week in March, in drills five inches apart and half an 

 inch deep. When the plants are about two inches high, they should be set out four or five inches 

 apart in another hotbed, 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 are rendered 

 more sturdy and branching. About the middle of May the plants may be set in the open ground. 

 They are planted for early crops on light, sandy soil, at a distance of three feet apart, in hills in 

 which a good shovelful of rotted manure has been mixed. On heavy soils, which are not suited 

 for an early crop, they should be planted four feet apart. Water freely at the time- of transplant- 

 ing, and shelter from the sun for a few days until the plants are established. Sufficient plants for 

 a small garden may be started by sowing a few seeds in a shallow box or flower-pot, and placing 

 it in a sunny window. 



PKT. oz. LB. 



Early Acme. This tomato is one of the earliest varieties yet introduced. 

 The fruit is of a medium size, perfectly smooth, and regular in shape ; 

 color quite distinct, being a dark red, with purplish tinge . . . $0.05 $0.30 $2.75 



Boston Market, Bright-red Smooth. A tomato largely in use by market- 

 gardeners, and sure to please the most critical, for market purposes, it 

 being smooth, perfect in shape, early, "fine quality, and solid . . . .05 .25 3.00 



Early Boston Market. The true early, slightly ribbed variety. Extra 



Market- Gardeners 9 Stock 05 .40 4.00 



Early Mayflower. One of the earliest large tomatoes; of splendid shape, 

 perfectly smooth, of bright-red color ; flesh solid, free from seeds ; very 

 productive . . ... . . . .05 .30 3.00 



