SALSIFY or 
Vegetable Oyster 
(1 oz. to 50 ft. of drill.) 
CULTURE —Salsify requires a light, rich, 
sandy soil. As soon as the ground can be 
prepared in the spring, sow the seed one 
and one-half inches deep in rows one and 
one-half feet apart. When the plants are 
a few feet high, thin out to four inches 
apart in the row. The roots are not in¬ 
jured by freezing, and may be left in the 
ground all winter; this improves the 
flavor. Or they may be lifted and stored 
in cellar. 
Salsify or Vegetable Oyster 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH I S L A N D—A 
great improvement over the ordinary type. 
The roots produced are shorter, thicker, 
and of even, straight growth; flesh nearly 
white and finely flavored. 
SQUASH 
TABLE QUEEN —A trailing variety, pro¬ 
ducing acorn-shaped fruit, with a thin, dis¬ 
tinctly ribbed dark green shell; 6 inches 
long by 4% inches in diameter. Flesh light 
yellow and bakes well; quite early. 
Squash, Mammoth White Bush 
Fall and Winter Sorts 
HUBBARD —The most popular and wide¬ 
ly used of the winter squashes. Fruit is 
oblong and pointed, heavily warted, dark 
green in color, with orange-colored flesh. Is 
remarkable for its keeping qualities. 
1 oz. of seed for 25 hills; 3 to 4 lbs. per acre. 
CULTURE —The squash does best in 
good, rich soil. When the ground has be¬ 
come well warmed—after corn planting 
time—plant six or eight seeds in hills three 
by three feet apart for the bush sort, and 
five by five feet apart for the long running 
winter sorts. When the plants have made 
three or four leaves, thin out all but the 
three strongest in each hill. When insects 
molest the plants, dust with Slug Shot, or 
similar preparation. 
CHICAGO WARTED HUBBARD— The 
ideal Hubbard for home or winter market. 
Very large and uniform in size. Has a rich 
dark green skin, which is rough and heav¬ 
ily warted. 
BANANA —A prolific oblong variety, 2i/2 
feet in length by 6 inches in diameter, hav¬ 
ing a gray-green shell, with irregular 
stripes and dashes of a darker shade; dis¬ 
tinctly pointed at the blow end; solid dry 
flesh and small seed cavity; rather late in 
maturing. 
Summer Sorts 
EARLY WHITE BUSH— An improved 
strain of the well known White Bush or 
Patty Pan. The color is a beautiful white; 
they ripen early and are wonderfully pro¬ 
ductive. 
EARLY YELLOW BUSH— Very 
early summer squash; fruit flat¬ 
tened and scalloped, about 8 inches 
in diameter, comparatively smooth 
on the surface and deep orange in 
color. 
EARLY SUMMER CROOKNECK 
—This new squash is not only ear¬ 
lier than the old Summer Crook- 
neck, but grows nearly twice as 
large, sometimes reaching a length 
of two feet. It is of true bush habit 
and of fine quality; color a bright 
yellow. 
Squash, Hubbard 
MITCHELHILL SEED CO.. ST. JOSEPH, MO. 
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