LETHERMAN’S SEED HOUSE, Canton, Ohio 
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SQUASH 
One ounce of summer and two ounces of winter for 25 hills. 3 to 4 pounds to the acre. 
CULTURE—The soil should be very rich, a good sandy loam is best. Plant when soil has become 
warm and dry in hills 4 feet apart each way for bush or summer varieties and 8 feet for the vin- 
ing or winter sorts. Cover the seed of summer varieties one inch, winter varieties 1 Vi inches using 
8 to 1 0 seeds to the hill, thin out to 3 or 4 of the strongest plants. 
WINTER VARIETIES 
<§>ACORN, TABLE QUEEN or DES 
MOINES. Fruits about 6 to 8 
inches in diameter. Sides ridged. 
Skin deep green changing to 
orange when ripe. Flesh deep yel¬ 
low, thick, dry and sweet. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 15c, y 4 lb. 45c, lb. $1.50. 
DELICIOUS. Top shaped with dark 
green skin. Flesh is thick, bright 
yellow and splendid quality; an 
excellent keeper. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
15c, i/ 4 lb. 45c, lb. $1.50. 
^IMPROVED HUBBARD. Standard 
winter variety. Skin dark bronze 
green, moderately warted. Flesh 
bright orange yellow, dry, sweet 
and very thick. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 
i/ 4 lb. 45c, lb. $1.50. 
Improved Hubbard Squash 
CHICAGO WARTED HUBBARD. Slightly larger than 
Improved Hubbard, thickly covered with warts. 
Very dark green. Flesh deep orange, dry and sweet. 
Prolific and a good keeper. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, '/ 4 
lb. 45c, lb. $1.50. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Cl ANT SUMMER CROOKNECK. Plants dwarf and 
bushy. Fruit about 14 inches long with crook neck 
and very heavily warted. Skin golden yellow; flesh 
thick and fine grained. Pkt. 5c, oz. 1 5e, 'A lb. 35c, 
lb. $1.25. 
4>CIANT SUMMER STRAICHTNECK. Has all the good 
qualities of the Giant Crookneck with the decided 
improvement of a straight neck. Fruits measure 18 
to 20 inches, deep orange yellow and heavily warted. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, i/ 4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.25. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH or PATTY PAN. Very early. 
Fruits creamy-white, round, flat and scalloped. 
Highly flavored. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, V4 lb. 30c, lb. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
FORDHOOK. Fruits oblong, creamy-white skin; flesh 
sweet and very thick. Very prolific. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
15c, i/ 4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.25. 
COCOZELLA or ITALIAN VECETABLE MARROW. Very 
productive, of bush habit. Fruits long, cylindrical 
and are best for the table when 6 to 8 inches long. 
Skin dark green changing to stripes of green and 
yellow as it ripens. Flesh thick, greenish-white and 
fine flavor. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, i/ 4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.25. 
SWISS CHARD 
One ounce to 100 feet of row. 
4 to 5 pounds to the acre. 
CULTURE—Sow early in spirng as soon as 
ground can be worked in rows 18 inches apart, 
thin out to stand 6 inches apart in the row. 
SPECIAL LARCE WHITE-RIBBED. Makes large attrac¬ 
tively crumpled green leaves which may be cooked 
like spinach. The thick white mid-ribs are delicious 
when cooked and served like asparagus. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
10c, i/ 4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00. 
CIANT LUCULLUS. A very popular variety. Pkt. 5c, 
l/ 4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00. 
RED or COLDEN HUBBARD. A little smaller than Im¬ 
proved Hubbard but about 10 days earlier. Color 
orange-red, somewhat warted. Flesh deep orange, 
dry and sweet. Very prolific and good keeper. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 15c, i/ 4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.25. 
Large White Ribbed Swiss Chard 
