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Giant Summer Straightneck Squash 
Squashes 
Squash seed should be planted at about the same time and 
in the same manner as cucumbers and melons. The hills 
should be 9 feet apart each way, slightly elevated, and highly 
manured. Bush varieties may be planted closer together. Use 
plenty of seed, as the bugs will destroy some plants. 
Summer varieties, sow 4 ounces to 100 hills; 4 pounds, an acre 
Winter varieties, 8 ounces to 100 hills; 2 pounds, an acre 
Blue Hubbard. 90 days. Hard shell; thick, dry meat of fine 
quality; favorite winter sort for Boston market. 
Boston Marrow. 97 days. An improved strain of Boston 
Marrow. Fruits deeper orange, more rounded, thicker, 
smaller seed cavity, better flesh. A productive, good keeper. 
Cocozelle. 65 days. This Italian Squash grows about 15 
inches long and has smooth, dark green skin; fine flavored. 
Delicious. 103 days. No Squash compares with it for table 
use. Remarkably fine and compact grain, dry, sweet, and 
exceedingly rich in flavor; almost uniformly a green shade. 
Des Moines or Table Queen. A Novelty. 58 days. The 
vines are vigorous; Squashes small, acorn shaped; color dark 
green, almost black; size about 6 inches long and 4 inches in 
diameter; prolific. Quality excellent. 
Giant Summer Straightneck. 55 days. New. Lemon colo r . 
The largest of the early Straightnecks, and as early as any; 
flesh tender and good, cooking quickly. 
Golden Delicious. 100 days. Finest golden Squash for home- 
garden or roadside market. Fruit weighs about 7 pounds. 
Bright orange; flesh medium grained, sweet, and dry. 
Golden Hubbard. 100 to 105 days. This is a very distinct 
sort of the shape and general character of the Hubbard, but 
a little smaller, earlier to mature, and of a rich orange-red 
color, instead of the dark olive-green of the old Hubbard. 
Golden Summer Crookneck. 55 days. Early and produc¬ 
tive; fruits yellow, covered with water excrescences, as in all 
this race; flesh fine-grained and rich. Of fine quality. 
Mammoth Chili. 80 days. Large, nutritious, orange-colored 
fruits; keep well all winter. For stock-feeding. 
The Warren. Turban in shape but the shell is rough, 
warty, thicker and harder, color richer, and a better keeper. 
Warted Hubbard. 110 days. Dark green. Very hard, warty 
shells of large size. Popular with market-men. 
White Bush Scalloped. 50 days. The earliest; skin cream- 
colored; flesh sweet and rich; very productive. 
Winter Crookneck. A favorite late-keeping winter Squash, 
with yellow skin and sweet, fine-grained flesh. 
Yellow Bush Scalloped. Differs from White Bush Scalloped 
in color. 
PRICES OF SQUASHES 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
‘Alb. 
Lb. 
Blue Hubbard. 
..$0 10 
$0 20 
$0 50 
$1 50 
Boston Marrow. 
10 
15 
40 
1 25 
Cocozelle. 
10 
20 
50 
1 50 
Delicious. 
10 
20 
50 
1 25 
Des Moines. 
10 
20 
50 
1 50 
Giant Summer Straightneck . . 
10 
20 
50 
1 50 
Golden Delicious. 
10 
20 
50 
1 50 
Golden Hubbard . 
10 
15 
40 
1 25 
Golden Summer Crookneck. 
05 
15 
40 
1 25 
Mammoth Chili. 
10 
20 
50 
1 50 
Old-fashioned Green Hubbard . . 
10 
20 
50 
1 25 
The Warren. 
10 
20 
50 
1 50 
Vegetable Marrow. 
10 
20 
50 
1 50 
Warted Hubbard. 
10 
20 
50 
1 50 
White Bush Scalloped. 
10 
15 
40 
1 25 
Winter Crookneck. 
10 
20 
50 
1 50 
Yellow Bush Scalloped. 
10 
15 
40 
1 25 
Des Moines or 
Table Queen Squash 
Warted Hubbard Squash 
White Bush Scalloped Squash 
W. E. BARRETT CO., Providence, R. I. 
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