D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
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SQUASH 
One of the most nutritious and valuable of garden vegetables. The summer varieties come to the table early in the season, 
while the fall and winter sorts can be had from August until the following spring. The winter varieties are very well adapted 
for stock feeding and we heartily recommend them for that purpose. 
Squash plants are very tender and sensitive to cold and so planting must be delayed until settled warm weather. General 
methods of culture are same as for cucumbers and melons, but squash is less particular as to soil. Summer varieties should 
be planted four to six feet apart each way and winter sorts eight to ten. Three plants are sufficient for a hill. In gathering the 
winter sorts care should be taken not to bruise or break the stem from the squash, as the slightest injury will increase the 
liability to decay. Winter squashes should be stored in a moderately warm, dry place and the temperature, kept as even as 
possible. For those who desire very early squashes, seed can be planted in boxes, and transplanted. Insect pests that attack 
the vines when small, such as the striped beetle, may be kept off by frequent dustings with air slaked lime, soot or sifted ashes 
diluted with line road earth. For the large squash bug, the best remedy is a kerosene emulsion. 
Mammoth White Bush Scallop and Mammoth Summer Crookneck 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Long 
_ Island White Bush 
are vigorous and very productive. The fruits are rather 
small and often nearly spherical, thick, with only a slight 
indication of a scallop. The skin is white, flesh tender and 
of good quality. Our stock of this variety is very uniform. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Vi Lb. 25c; Lb. 85c. 
Mammoth White Bush Scallop tol^soi^whS 
flattened, scalloped bush squash, of largest size and the hand¬ 
somest of the summer varieties. The fruit is uniformly 
w'arted and a beautiful, clear waxy white, instead of the yel¬ 
lowish white so often seen in the old Early White Bush 
Scallop. The stock we offer of this variety is exceptionally 
true to type. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Vi Lb. 25c; Lb. 90c. 
This is the well known, 
very early, somewhat 
jwvvcucu, owuuijcu uuau aquasii or medium size. The color 
is creamy white with comparatively smooth surface. The 
vines are vigorous and very productive. This variety is also 
known as Patty Pan or Cymling. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 
Vi Lb. 25c; Lb. 85c. 
Early Yellow Bush Scallop 
loped bush squash of largest size. Skin deep orange; flesh 
pale yellow and of very good flavor. We have developed a 
strain of the old Yellow' Bush Scallop which is fully as pro- 
ductive but uniformly larger and flatter than the old stock 
^ as a ve TY s ?ed cavity. Its superiority is so great 
a i^« we would be justified by prevailing custom in renaming 
it. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; V 4 Lb. 25c; Lb. 85c. 
Early White Bush Scallop ve 
flattened, scalloped bush squash or med 
is frpnmv whit\*» with nAm T".r, .... 
White Summer Crookneck similar I" 
- size and shape to the Summer Crookneck, but of an ivory 
w’hite color and unsurpassed in quality. When fully grown 
twelve to sixteen inches long, with crooked neck and surface 
moderately warted. We recommend this sort as one of the 
best of the summer varieties. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c: 
Vi Lb. 25c; Lb. 85c. 
The old standard sort, early and 
oummer Crookneck very productive. Matures the 
bulk of its crop a little earlier than the Mammoth Summer 
Crookneck. * ruits when fully grown are about one foot long, 
wuth uniformly crooked neck and surface densely warted; 
color bright yellow'. Shell very hard w hen ripe. ‘ Pkt 5c- 
Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; Vi Lb. 25c; Lb. 85c. 
Mammoth Summer Crookneck wfXe 81 eSriSSt 
of the crookneck summer squashes. Vines of bush habit, 
large and more vigorous than Summer Crookneck. Fruits 
with market gardeners. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; V 4 Lb. 25c; 
Lb. 90c. 
Italian Vegetable Marrow 
much elongated fruits, dark green at first but as they mature 
becoming marbled with yellow and lighter green in stripes, 
r ruits in best condition for the table when six to eight inches 
long, but can be used when much larger. The young and 
J®nder fruits when sliced and fried in oil constitute a vege¬ 
table delicacy very popular, especially in Naples. Pkt. 5c: 
Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; Vi Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 
