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J. J. BUTZER, PORTLAND, OREGON 
SMALL SUGAR 
PUMPKINS 
Pumpkins are not so particular in 
regard to soils as melons or cucum¬ 
bers, but in other respects are culti¬ 
vated the same, though on a larger 
scale. They are generally raised be¬ 
tween hills of corn, but may be 
planted with success in fields by 
themselves. The pumpkin more 
properly belongs to the farm than 
the garden, especially as it really 
mixes with and injures the quality 
of the finer squash. 
WINTER LUXURY 
The best flavored pie pumpkin 
grown ; enormously productive ; ex¬ 
cellent keeper ; medium size ; color, 
golden-russet, finely netted; flesh, 
deep golden, sweet, tender and very 
thick ; none better. Per pkt. 5c; oz. 
10c; 44 lb. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
LARGE CHEESE 
Large, round, flattened fruits, 
with creamy-buff skin ; averages two 
feet in diameter. An excellent 
keeper; it has thick flesh of extra 
fine quality. Per pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 
44 lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. 
SMALL SUGAR or NEW ENGLAND PIE 
This is the small sweet pumpkin that has made 
New England famous for her pumpkin pies. The flesh 
is very fine grained, most deliciously sweet and fine 
flavored, a splendid keeper. The fruits are deep 
orange, 8 to 10 inches in diameter, somewhat flattened 
and slightly ribbed. Flesh fine grained, deep orange 
yellow color. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 44 lb. 20c; lb. $1.00, 
postpaid. 
JAPANESE 
Similar in size and form to the well-known Cushaw, 
but the skin is a deep green, with dark stripes, turning 
to a rich golden-yellow. Fruits mature early, the large 
neck is solidly meaty, and seeds are marked with 
curious indentations, resembling the characters of the 
Chinese alphabet. Flesh deep yellow, of fine quality. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 44 lb. SOc; lb. $1.00, postpaid 
CONNECTICUT FIELD, or “BIG TOM” 
Vines of strong, vigorous growth and wonderfully 
prolific. Fruits will average fifteen to twenty inches in 
diameter; round or slightly oval in form. Smooth, 
hard, reddish-orange skin, slightly ribbed, with rich 
orange-yellow flesh. Frequently grown among corn to 
make a crpp of pumpkins for feeding to dairy stock. 
Perjpkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 44 lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid 
S ;‘tHING OF THE MAMMOTHS” 
This 1 is the very best genuine strain of the true Mam¬ 
moth Pumpkin. Fruits grow to enormous size, some¬ 
times reaching two feet or more in diameter, and from 
one hundred to two hundred pounds in weight. Salmon- 
orange skin, very thick, bright-yellow flesh, which is 
{ fine-grained, tender and of excellent quality for pies. 
To raise tapr largest fruits, vines should be allowed 
ample spraFin which to grow—only one plant should be 
i^owety!b*grow in a hill, and only the best fruit left 
on theirine. 
F$r|i»kt. 5c; oz. 15c; 44 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00, postpaid 
*8^ SUNFLOWER 
Russian—This has very large single heads 
borne at*the top of a single unbranched stalk usually, 
and with much more and larger seed than the common 
sorts. It is used extensively for feeding poultry The 
plant often grows 10 feet high. Sow seed as soon as 
ground is fit for planting corn, in rows 3 to 4 feet 
apart and 10 inches apart in row. Cultivate same as 
corn. When the seed is ripe and hard, cut off the 
heads and pile loosely in any airy dry place where 
they will soon cure so as to be threshed out and 
cleaned. This variety will yield 1,000 pounds or more 
of seed per acre. Some species are planted largely 
in the flower garden for ornament. (See Flower Seeds 
under Helianthus.) Pkt, 5c; 1 oz. 10c; lb. 25c, post¬ 
paid; for larger quantities inquire for prices. 
KENTUCKY FIELD 
Fruit flattened, the diameter being two or three times 
m ore than the length. Skin mottled light green and 
yellow, changing to rich cream color as it matures; flesh 
tender and of excellent quality. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid 
WHITE CUSHAW 
A popular crooked-neck variety with a hard creamy- 
white shell. Fruits two feet in length, with long, solidly- 
meaty neck; seeds are all located in the lower bulb-like 
end. Thick flesh of fine quality. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 44 lb. SOc; lb. $1.00, postpaid 
PUMPKIN SEED MIXED—All varieties mixed ; very 
popular. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 44 lb. 30c; lb. 60c, postpaid 
RHUBARB or PIE PLANT 
Culture—Rhubarb succeeds best in deep, somewhat 
retentive soil, and the richer this is and the deeper 
it is stirred the better. Sow in drills an inch deep, 
and thin out the plants to six inches apart. In the 
fall transplant into very highly-manured and deeply- 
stirred soil, setting them four to six feet apart each 
way, and give a dressing of coarse manure every 
spring. The stalks should not be plucked until the 
second year, and the plant never allowed to exhaust 
itself by running to seed. Per pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 2 oz. 
25c; 44 lb. 40c; lb. $1.50. Rhubard roots, by express, 
not prepaid, 10c each; $1.00 per doz.; by mail, pre¬ 
paid, 15c each; $1.50 per doz. 
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