Squash Pays Better Than Many Other Crops and Grows With a Minimum Amount of Labor 
SQUASH 
Plant 2 pounds of seed per acre of bush varieties and 1 pound of seed per acre of running varieties 
Culture. This is one of the quickest and easiest crops that can be grown, and often proves very profitable. 
The earliest varieties begin bearing in six to seven weeks from time of planting the seed. Squashes can be grown 
on almost any kind of soil. Use from 800 to 1,200 pounds of fertilizer per acre. 
For bush varieties, have rows 4 feet apart and hills 2 feet apart in the row; running varieties should be 
planted 4 by 4 feet. Put six to eight seeds in each hill, and thin out to two plants when 3 inches high. Squash in 
Florida is a good paying crop for fall or spring. Plant in spring, during January, February, and March; in fall, 
from August until October. The early Squash brings the big money. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. Write for prices on larger quantities 
BUSH VARIETIES 
Early Yellow Summer 
Crookneck. (50 days.) This 
- is the most pop¬ 
ular variety and most exten¬ 
sively grown variety in Florida 
and the South. This variety is 
similar to Giant Crookneck ex¬ 
cept in size and earliness. The 
fruit is smaller, with a thinner 
neck, and matures slightly 
earlier. Its rich golden yellow 
color gives it a very good mar¬ 
ket appearance, and it is in big 
demand in southern markets. 
Our stock of this variety is ex¬ 
ceedingly prolific, and abso¬ 
lutely true to type. Pkt. 5c; 
Mlb. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
Giant Yellow Summer 
Crookneck. (po days -) As 
- the name im¬ 
plies, the fruits are large, with 
a rather thick neck. The vines 
are of bush type and grow vig¬ 
orously. This Squash has gained 
great popularity due to its fine 
market appearance, although it 
is not as prolific and somewhat 
later than Early Yellow Sum¬ 
mer Crookneck. Pkt. 5c; M lb. 
30c; lb. $1.00. 
Giant Yellow Summer Straightneck. 
Giant Yellow Summer Crookneck except with a straight 
instead of a curved neck, making it easier to pack. 
Its deep, rich, orange color makes a demand for it in 
any market. Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
Early White Bush. ( p f tty Pan type ) ( 48 days.) 
-This is a very popular type of 
Squash for shipment to northern markets. The fruits 
are flat but deep, with scalloped edges and measure 
about 8 inches across by 3 inches through. It is very 
early and can be shipped about seven weeks after 
planting. Our stock is extremely prolific and true to 
type. Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
Mammoth White Bush. ( Patty p ? n typ ?*>. 
-days.) A large strain of 
the Early White Bush, the fruits being about one third 
larger. It is slightly later and not quite as prolific 
as Early White Bush. Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
Wood's Earliest Prolific. <- Patty p »ntype.) < 42 
- days.) Earliest of the 
Patty Pan type and probably the earliest of all 
squash varieties. Extremely prolific, producing round, 
smooth, deep, thick fruits, not scalloped, and of a sil¬ 
very gray color. The fruits are much deeper and thick¬ 
er than White Bush. Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
Cocozelle (LONG SLENDER ITALIAN VEGE- 
- 1 TABLE MARROW.) (50 days.) This 
is the true Italian Vegetable Marrow type. The fruit 
is 10 to 12 inches long, slender, 1 to 1% inches in. 
diameter, cylindrical in shape, dark green in color. 
. Our stock of this variety produces a small, bushy, open 
type of plant, with small, deeply cleft leaves, but with 
an immense yield of uniformly true to type fruits. 
Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 40c; lb. $1.25. 
Zucchini (short thick gray Italian veg- 
-1 ETABLE MARROW.) (50 days.) This 
variety of the Italian Vegetable Marrow type pro¬ 
duces fruit rather short, thick, and blocky ranging 
from 7 to 9 inches in length, light green in color, mot¬ 
tled with gray, giving the fruits a greenish-gray ap¬ 
pearance. Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 40c; lb. $1.25. 
Black Zucchini. ( New -) (50 days.) A new im- 
- proved strain of short, thick Ital¬ 
ian Vegetable Marrow, producing fruits similar in size 
and shape to regular Zucchini, but with a very dark 
green, almost black color. Our stock is uniformly 
true to type. Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 60c; lb. $1.50. 
Giant Yellow Summer 
Straightneck 
Cocozelle Squash, or Long Slender Italian Vegetable Marrow 
A typical specimen of Kilgore’s stock grown in our Proving Grounds 
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