WHOLESALE GARDEN SEEDS 
SQUASH—Winter Varieties (Continued) 
Green Hubbard Squash 
Mammoth Chili 1 1 0 days 
The largest of all squashes. Outer skin is 
a rich orange-yellow. The flesh is also yel¬ 
low and very thick. Quality is very good. 
The highest value of this squash is in its use 
as stock food. Fruits often reach the weight 
of 150 lbs., making it an ideal variety for 
exhibition purposes. 
N. K. & Co.’s Improved Hubbard 
110 days. The standard, popular squash for 
home gardens, market gardens and shipping. 
Pointed at both ends, deep green skin mod¬ 
erately warted. Average weight about 12 
lbs. Rind very hard and strong. Flesh thick, 
deep orange-yellow, fine grained and dry. 
Red or Golden Hubbard 1 1 0 days 
A little smaller than the Improved Hub¬ 
bard and frequently a little earlier. Rind is 
a golden yellow and warted. Flesh is deep 
golden yellow, fine grained, cooks very dry 
Table Queen Squash 
and has a rich flavor. Very prolific. A favor¬ 
ite with canners and an excellent winter 
squash. 
Sibley or Pikes Peak 1 1 0 days 
Oval shaped fruit, larger at stem end and 
tapering toward blossom end. Skin slate col¬ 
ored. Flesh creamy yellow and of good qual¬ 
ity. An excellent keeper. Weight 8 lbs. 
Table Queen, Des Moines or Acorn 
80 days. An excellent table squash. The 
fruits are about the size of a cocoanut, and 
half of one, baked, serves one person amply. 
The shell is smooth and dark green, keeping 
as well as the Hubbards. Flesh is rich 
orange-yellow, cooking as dry and sweet as 
a sweet potato. An enormous yielder, a few 
hills furnishing an ample supply for a good 
sized family. 
TOMATO—Early Varieties 
Avon, Extra Early Scarlet 95 days 
Extra early flattened globe shaped, scarlet 
variety resembling Earliana in habit of 
growth. Fruits uniform, medium sized, 
smooth, solid flesh. Grows in clusters of 5 to 
8 fruits. Recommended for home garden 
and local market use. 
Bonny Best 
105 days. Splendid 
large second early 
tomato. A general 
purpose variety, val¬ 
uable for forcing, 
and for canning. 
Fruits medium large, 
flattened globe-shape, 
smooth, color intense 
scarlet. A vigorous 
grower and quite 
prolific. Uniform in 
size. 
Chalk’s Early 
Jewel 
105 days. A popular 
second-early, bright 
red, flattened globe 
sort. A heavier crop¬ 
per, producing fruits 
Bonny Best Tomato 
of larger size and sweeter flavor. Rip¬ 
ening right up to the stem without any 
cracks or green core. Thick, solid flesh, few 
seeds. A good shipper. 
Early Detroit 1 1 0 days 
Medium size globular fruits, rich purplish 
pink, smooth, firm 
flesh. Valuable for 
shipping. Vines vig¬ 
orous and productive. 
Gulf State Market 
110 days. A blight 
resistant, purplish- 
pink, globe shaped 
sort developed from 
Early Detroit, larger 
and matures in same 
time. Globe - shaped 
fruit, free from 
cracks or blemishes 
at blossom end. Flesh 
solid and meaty. A 
good shipper. 
John Baer 
105 days. (Similar to 
Bonny Best.) 
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