CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 99 



Per oz. 



Round, or summer. Leaves large, thick, and fleshy. This variety is 



generally grown for summer use. Per pkt, 5 10 



Fall, or prickly. Leaves, seven or eight inches long ; the hardiest, and 



generally used for fall planting. Per pkt., 5 10 



Lettuce-leaved. Leaves large, thick, dark-green, and of superior quality ; 



should be sown in the spring. Per pkt, 10 15 



New Zealand. A large-growing variety, requiring a warm, rich soil. It 

 grows luxuriantly, and produces leaves of the greatest succulency, in 

 the hottest weather. Per pkt, 10 25 



SQUASH (Cucurbita Melo'Pepo). 



German, Kurbiss. French, Courge. Spanish, Calabasa Tontanera. 



. Any good, rich soil is adapted to the growth of the Squash. They only 

 thrive well in a warm temperature ; and the seed should not be sown in 

 spring until all danger from frost is past. The hills should be made from 

 eight to ten inches in depth, manured well, and covered three-fourths of an 

 inch deep. Keep the earth about the plants loose and clean, removing the 

 surplus vines, allowing not more than three plants to a MIL For other 

 information, see the work " On Squashes, and How to Grow thetn J " 

 by Gregory. Mailed free, for 30 cents. 

 Melon. New. A summer variety ; small, yellow flesh, melon-shaped ; 



excellent quality, and very productive. Per pkt, 10 25 



Yellow bush scolloped. An early, flat, scolloped-shaped sort ; color, 

 yellow ; flesh pale-yellow, tolerably fine-grained, and well-flavored ; 



very productive. Per pkt, 5 10 



White bush scolloped. A sub-variety of the Early Yellow Bush. 

 The plant has the same dwarf habit, and the fruit is the same size and 



form. Per pkt., 5 10 



Summer bush crookneck. This is esteemed as one of the finest of 

 the summer varieties ; color, bright-yellow ; skin very warty, thin, and 

 easily broken ; flesh, dry and well-flavored. Per pkt, 5 . . . .10 



Green-Striped Bergen. An early variety ; cultivated extensively for the 



New- York market. Per pkt, 5 10 



Boston marrow. Form, ovate ; skin, thin ; when ripe, bright orange ; 

 flesh very dry, fine-grained, and for sweetness and excellence unsur- 

 passed ; a very popular variety in the Boston market ; in use from 

 August till March. Per pkt, 5 ^ 20 



Hubbard. A superior variety, and the best winter Squash known ; flesh 

 bright orange-yellow, fine-grained, very dry, sweet, and chestnut-flavor- 

 ed ; keeps throughout the winter. Per pkt, io^> 25 



Turban squash. Improved. Flesh orange-yellow, thick, fine-grained, 

 sugary ; and, beyond all question, one of the best for fall or early winter 

 use. Per pkt, 15 .30 



Fall or winter crookneck. The kind generally cultivated in New 

 England for fall and winter use ; flesh salmon-red, very close-grained, 

 dry, sweet, and fine-flavored ; keeps well. Per pkt, 5 \ . . . .10 



Canada crookneck. A smaller variety of the preceding'; ripens early ; 

 one of the best of the Crooknecks for general cultivation ; very prolific 

 Per pkt, 5 10 



