OLDS’ SQUASH AND SWEET POTATOES 
Olds' Squash Seed is all northern grown and will produce a crop a week to ten days earlier than southern grown. 
CULTURE: Plant in a warm, light, rich soil after the weather has become settled and warm in the spring. Plant 
in hills 3 to 4 feet apart each way, the large running varieties 6 to 8 feet. Eight to ten seeds should be planted 
in a hill, thinning out after they have attained their rough leaves to 3 or 4 plants to a hill. 2 ozs. will plant a 50- 
foot row and 3 lbs. an acre. Fertilizing will increase the size. Use Slug Shot for the striped beetles. See page 93. 
For large quantities see our Market Gardeners’ Price List, page 42. 
Delicious. 
410. ^DELICIOUS- (102 days.) This variety rivals 
all others in dryness, sweetness and richness of flavor. 
The shell is green, flesh deep orange. An excellent keeper. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
420. MAMMOTH CHILI. (110 days.) The largest 
squash of all, sometimes attaining a weight well over 100 
pounds. It yields enormously, from 8 to 15 tons per 
acre: widely used for stock feeding. Bright orange color. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; Vi lb., 55c; lb., $1.60, postpaid. 
409. TABLE QUEEN. (60 days.) This unique 
winter squash has already won favor second only to 
Hubbard and in some particulars is preferred to that ex¬ 
cellent variety. Nearly equal to Hubbard in flavor and 
keeping qualities and just the right size to cut in half, 
(when it will bake in 20 minutes) and serve individually 
in the half shell. The shell is hard, smooth and ridged; 
of a uniform dark green color, averaging 6 to 8 inches in 
length. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lh., 40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
405. MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH SCALLOP. (53 
days.) Patty Pan. An early maturing summer variety 
which will bear throughout the season if kept gathered. 
Squashes white and good sized; flesh thick, of fine quality. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
A Typical Specimen of a True Hubbard. 
411. *TRUE HUBBARD. (105 days.) Considered 
the best of the winter squashes and more largely grown for 
market and general use than any other variety. A large 
olive-shaped squash with dark green skin; thick, fine grain¬ 
ed flesh of good flavor and of orange-yellow color. A good 
keeper. Yields heavily. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 40c; 
lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
413. GOLDEN HUBBARD. (100 days.) (Red Hub¬ 
bards.) Identical in form and fruitfulness with True Hub¬ 
bard, but usually somewhat smaller and earlier. The 
moderately warted skin is a beautiful salmon-red color. 
Like the True Hubbard the flesh is thick, fine grained and 
of good quality. It also is a good keeper. Pkt., 5c; oz., 
15c; Vi lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
410. BLUE HUBBARD.. (110 days.) A new type 
of Hubbard similar to the original except that it is blue 
grey in color. Said to be superior to all other Hubbards in 
quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, post¬ 
paid. 
407. *GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK. (56 
days.) The fruit is of an attractive golden-yellow color, 
covered with fine warts. Grows 15 to 20 inches long. 
Very prolific, of good quality, and most popular. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
406. ^BUTTERCUP. (90 days.) Our new 
squash. Entirely distinct in type. Just the right 
size for an average family. Unequalled for quality. 
See page 5 for complete description. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
25c; Vi lb., 75c, postpaid. 
SWEET POTATO PLANTS 
Cultural leaflet free. 
YELLOW JERSEY. Plant on light sandy soil if 
youi have that kind but sweet potatoes will succeed in the 
north on most any soil if grown from the plants. 
Prices, 50 plants, 65c; 100 plants for $1.00; 1,000 
plants, $5.50, postpaid. (Ready about May 15th.) 
“I ordered some twenty-five or thirty varieties of seed last 
year and must say that I never had plants do so well QS 
what I had from you,”—Walter Weiseke, Wis, 
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