PUMPKIN 
Culture. — May be planted in May, when ground has become warm, in hills 8 to 10 feet apart, 
or in fields of corn dropping 3 or 4 seeds to every fourth hill, covering about 34 inch. Cultivate 
same as for melons or cucumbers. Avoid planting them near other vines. An ounce will plant 
25 hills. Three to four pounds to the acre. 
Sweet or Sugar Pumpkin 
SWEET OR SUGAR. The standard 
for general use. Particularly de¬ 
sirable for pies. Fruit round and 
flattened at the ends. Weight from 
6 to 8 pounds. Skin deep orange, 
smooth and somewhat ribbed. Flesh 
thick, sweet orange yellow. None 
better. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 34 lb. 35c. 
CONNECTICUT FIELD. Exten¬ 
sively grown for canning and stock 
feeding. Fruits large. Flattened at 
the ends. Weight from 15 to 25 
pounds. Skin hard, smooth, ribbed 
and of deep orange color. Flesh 
thick, orange yellow, coarse. Usually 
planted in corn fields. Pkt. 5c; oz. 
15c; 34 lb. 30c. 
King of the Mammoth. The larg¬ 
est of all pumpkins. Valuable for 
stock feeding and exhibition. Globe 
shaped, flattened, slightly ribbed, 
weighing 60 to 90 pounds. Light 
yellow mottled with orange. Solid 
coarse flesh of good quality. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 15c; 34 lb. 45c. 
Cheese. Flat and round like a 
cheese. Fruits weigh 10 pounds 
and are cream colored. Flesh orange 
yellow and fine grained. Matures 
very early. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 34 lb. 
40c. 
SALSIFY or 
VEGETABLE OYSTER 
Culture. —A desirable and nutritious 
vegetable of peculiar oyster flavor. 
Plant is hardy and can be cultivated 
the same as parsnip. Sow early and 
in drills a foot apart one inch deep 
thinning out to 6 inches apart when 
well up. The roots are cut into 
pieces half an inch long, boiled until 
tender and then served with drawn 
butter. One ounce of seed to 75 feet 
of drill. 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH IS¬ 
LAND. An improved variety with 
roots 6 to 8 inches long and 1 to 134 
inches thick, tapering and smooth 
dull white in appearance. Plants 
334 feet tall, with large purple-red 
flowers. Our strain of this seed un¬ 
excelled. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 34 lb- 80c. 
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