Best Summer and Winter Squash 
Yellow Summer Crookneck Squash 
Squash • Summer Varieties 
EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOP 
Standard summer scallop squash for home and market 
garden. Fruits uniform round, attain 9 inch diameter, flat¬ 
tened with scalloped margins; smooth; white. Pkts. 5 and 
lOcts., 1 oz. 15 cts., !A lb. 35 cts., 1 lb. $1.00. 
EARLY BUSH SCALLOP . GREEN TYPE 
A valuable Bush selection rapidly gaining popularity on 
the West Coast. Fruits of convenient size for shipping; col¬ 
or greenish-white when young; creamy yellow when fully 
matured. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., 1 oz. 15 cts., V 4 lb. 35 cts., 
1 lb. $1.00. 
GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK 
Particularly valuable for shipping because the straight 
fruits are more readily packed than the crookneck type with 
less waste of shipping space. Fruits handsome; deep orange 
with moderate shallow warting; straight, become 16 to 20 
inches long and 4 inches through but are usuable much 
smaller. It is altogether more desirable than the Crookneck 
for either home garden or market garden. Pkts. 5 and 10 
cts., 1 oz. 1 5 cts., V 4 lb. 35 cts., 1 lb. $1.25. 
YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK 
Very prolific. Fruits become 1 2 to 14 inches long and 3 V 2 
inches through; neck curved; skin bright orange-yellow, 
moderately warted. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., 1 oz. 15 cts., V 4 lb. 
35 cts., 1 lb. $1.25. 
ITALIAN MARROW . COCOZELLE 
Sometimes called summer asparagus because the young 
fruits when stewed are of a delicious flavor suggesting as¬ 
paragus. Fruits straight, almost cylindrical; become 1 8 to 24 
inches long and 5 inches in diameter; smooth, dark green 
with lighter green to yellow stripes; flesh pale greenish 
white. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., 1 oz. 15 cts., V 4 lb. 35 cts., 1 lb. 
$1.25. 
Autumn and Winter Varieties 
WARTED HUBBARD 
The standard winter squash for home, market garden and 
shipping. Fruits medium large; commonly 9 to 10 inches 
through; globular, dark bronze green, moderately warted; 
rind very hard and strong; flesh very thick, deep orange- 
yellow, fine grained and dry; of splendid quality. Pkts. 5 and 
10 cts., 1 oz. 15 cts., 1/4 lb. 45 cts., 1 lb. $1.50. 
DELICIOUS SQUASH 
The standard of excellence in winter squashes. Fruits 
broad top-shaped, commonly 7 to 8 inches long; skin very 
dark green, fairly smooth; rind thin but hard; flesh extreme¬ 
ly thick, bright yellow, fine grained and dry, without fibre 
and of the highest quality. A squash of exceptional merit for 
table use. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., 1 oz. 15 cts., V 4 lb. 35 cts., 
1 lb. $1.25. 
ACORN . TABLE QUEEN OR 
DES MOINES SQUASH 
Weighs about 1 V 2 pounds and is acorn-shaped, 
deeply furrowed, and darkgreen on the outside. 
The flesh is rich yellow, dry and mealy, and of de¬ 
licious flavor. The vines yield prolifically, and the 
fruit matures early. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., 1 oz. 15 
cts., 1/4 lb. 45 cts., 1 lb. $1.50. 
BOSTON MARROW 
An abundance of large fruit, weighing 1 2 to 17 
pounds, matures late, 120 days. They are irregu¬ 
larly oval with a moderately hard, rich orange skin. 
The fine grained, salmon-yellow flesh is fine 
flavored and keeps well. It is exensively used in 
home gardens and is a good substitute for pie 
pumpkin. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., 1 oz. 15 cts., V 4 lb. 
30 cts., 1 lb. 90 cts. 
GOLDEN HUBBARD 
Earlier and smaller than Hubbard; splendid for home and 
market garden and commonly used for canning. Fruits globu¬ 
lar with fairly prominent neck and blossom end; about 1 1 
inches long and 8 inches through; deep orange red with 
shallow warting; rind hard and tough; flesh thick, deep or¬ 
ange-yellow; fine grained and dry. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., 1 oz. 
15 cts., 1/4 lb. 35 cts., 1 lb. $1.25. 
Swiss Chard or Spanish Beet 
Only the tops of this beet are used, like spinach, and the 
succulent stalks and midribs may be prepared in the same 
way as asparagus. The plants are cultivated like beets ex¬ 
cept that they should be thinned to 8 or 1 0 inches apart. If 
only the outer leaves are gathered, the inner leaves will con¬ 
tinue to grow, and repeated pickings can be made. 
LUCULLUS 
In season with Large Ribbed White. Popular home and 
market garden sort. Plants become 24 inches tall. Leaf blade 
large and broad, rich yellowish-green; much blistered or 
crumpled; borne on thick pale green leaf-stem. This variety 
makes very choice greens. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., 1 oz. 15 cts., 
V 4 lb. 30 cts., 1 lb. 85 cts. 
LARGE SILVER 
Crown for the leaves only, and cooked like spinach. The 
midrib is prepared like asparagus. It can be sown at different 
seasons of the year, giving successive greens. Pkts. 5 and 10 
cts., 1 oz. 1 5 cts., V 4 lb. 30 cts., 1 lb. 85 cts. 
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Warted Hubbard Squash 
