LOW’S CATALOGUE OF SPECIALTIES. 
Bay State Squash Testimonials. 
Waterloo, Neb., Dec. 6, ’87. 
Mr. Aaroti Low, Dear Sir : — Regarding your “ Bay State” 
Squash, I would say, so far as I have had an opportunity of 
testing it, the quality is very similar to the Hybrid, but they 
are much earlier and more prolific than the variety named. 
To give an idea of the yield, I will say that to-day I fanned 
1475 pounds of Bay State seed from 9 and 1-2 lbs. of seed 
planted, or, allowing 40 lbs. of seed to the ton of squash, the 
usual estimate, it would be 36 and 7-8 tons on 5 acres. In 
this connection I will say that I have not had an acre out of 
my 10 of the other squash that has yielded more than 1*0 lbs. 
ieed. Yours very truly, 
C. P. COY & SONS. 
Waterloo Seed Farms. 
Gloucester, 25, ’87. 
Mr. Low, Dear Sir:— I had one lb. of “ Bay State” Squash 
seed of you June 28. October 18th I gathered two and three- 
fourth tons of splendid market squashes. Customers like 
them ever so much ; quality is splendid, fine meat, hard, flinty 
shell ; in fact, 1 cannot say too much about their good qual- 
ities. I think they will be a great success; 1 have several 
ounces of seed left. Yours, etc., 
HENRY A. SPATES. 
Lexington, Dec. 2, ’87. 
Dear Sir: — Your “ Bay State” Squash are the best I ever 
raised; I think customers will like them, as they are the best 
eating squash I ever grew. 1 . F. BURNHAM. 
Hartfiki.d, Sept. 7. 
Dear Sir:— Your new Bay State Squash are very nice. I 
think far ahead of that old standard the Hubbard; the Essex 
Hybrid is also very good; all your seed were true to name and 
of good vitality. O. KIMBALL. 
Revere, Nov. 15. 
Mr. Lozv, Dear Sir : — Your new, green, hard shell “ Bay 
State” Squash takes the cake for all squash; we have not 
cooked a poor squash, they are very good yielders, and will 
weigh about 20c lbs. to the barrel. Yours truly, 
GEO. A. TAPLEY. 
Columbus, O., March 16. 
Aaron Low , Dear Sir: — Your new Bay State Squash is 
very excellent in every way. Yours truly, 
W. J. GREEN. 
Winchester, Dec. 5, ’87. 
Mr. Aaron Law, Dear Sir: -The Bay State Squash grew 
well this season, and thus far is keeping well. The crop was 
good, and the quality is good. They ripened together with the 
Hybrid. Yours tni, y* 
MARSHALL SYMMS. 
The Pike’s Peak or Sibley Squash. 
The following description of the variety is 
supplied by the introducers: “The form, cor- 
rectly shown by the cut, is obviously entirely 
new, having the stem at the swelled end. The 
seed alone, being of very peculiar shape and 
color, brands the squash as entirely distinct. 
The shell is pale green in color, very hard and 
flinty, but at the same time so very thin and 
smooth as to occasion the least possible waste 
in baking. The flesh is solid and thick, a 
vivid brilliant orange in color, and possessed of 
rare edible qualities, being dry, and it has a 
rich delicate flavor peculiarly its own. The 
squashes range in weight from S to 11 pounds. 
The vine is remarkably vigorous, and ripens 
its fruit simultaneously with the Hubbard, al- 
though the quality is considerably improved 
by being housed a few weeks. In productive- 
ness, the new Sibley Squash has decidedly the 
advantage of either the Hubbard or Marblehead; it moreover ripens its fruit so' evenly that 
nearly the whole crop may be gathered at oue picking. In its keeping qualities it excels, 
remaining in a good dry cellar, perfectly sound until the last of March, constantly improv- 
ing in flavor and quality until the very last. The hardness and flintiness of the shell render 
it one of the very best shipping varieties.” Price, 10 cts. per packet; 20 cts. per ok. ; 50 
cts. per 1-4 lb. ; SI .50 per lb. 
