WHOLESALE GARDEN SEEDS 
SQUASH—Winter Varieties (Continued) 
Mammoth Chili 1 1 0 days 
The largest of all squashes. Outer skin is 
a rich orange-yellow. The flesh is also yel¬ 
low and very thick. Quality is very good. 
The highest value of this squash is in its use 
as stock food. Fruits often reach the weight 
of 150 lbs., making it an ideal variety for 
exhibition purposes. 
N. K. & Co.’s Improved Hubbard 
110 days. The standard, popular squash for 
home gardens, market gardens and shipping. 
Pointed at both ends, deep green skin mod¬ 
erately warted. Average weight about 12 
lbs. Rind very hard and strong. Flesh thick, 
deep orange-yellow, fine grained and dry. 
Red or Golden Hubbard 110 days 
A little smaller than the Improved Hub¬ 
bard and frequently a little earlier. Rind is 
a golden yellow and warted. Flesh is deep 
golden yellow, fine grained, cooks very dry 
Table Queen Squash 
and has a rich flavor. Very prolific. A favor¬ 
ite with canners and an excellent winter 
squash. 
Sibley or Pikes Peak 1 1 0 days 
Oval shaped fruit, larger at stem end and 
tapering toward blossom end. Skin slate col¬ 
ored. Flesh creamy yellow and of good qual¬ 
ity. An excellent keeper. Weight 8 lbs. 
Table Queen, Des Moines or Acorn 
80 days. An excellent table squash. The 
fruits are about the size of a cocoanut, and 
half of one, baked, serves one person amply. 
The shell is smooth, and dark green, deeply 
furrowed, keeping as well as the Hubbards. 
Flesh is rich orange-yellow, cooking as dry 
and sweet as a sweet potato. An enormous 
yielder, a few hills furnishing an ample 
supply for a good sized family. 
TOMATO—Early Varieties 
Avon, Extra Early Scarlet 95 days 
Extra early flattened globe shaped, scarlet 
variety resembling Earliana in habit of 
growth. Fruits uniform, medium sized, 
smooth, solid flesh. Grows in clusters of 5 to 
8 fruits. Recommended for home garden 
and local market use. 
Bonny Best 
105 days. Splendid 
large second early 
tomato. A general 
purpose variety, val¬ 
uable for forcing, 
and for canning. 
Fruits medium large, 
flattened globe-shape, 
smooth, color intense 
scarlet. A vigorous 
grower and quite 
prolific. Uniform in 
size. 
Break O’Day 
98 days. A new va¬ 
riety developed by 
the U. S. Dept, of 
Agriculture. Fruits 
scarlet, globe shaped, 
very solid. Borne in 
clusters on rather 
open vines. Excellent 
shipper. Disease re¬ 
sistant. Free from cracking. 
Chalk’s Early Jewel 1 05 days 
A popular second-early, bright red, flat¬ 
tened globe sort. A heavier cropper, pro¬ 
ducing fruits of larger size and sweeter flav¬ 
or than Bonny Best. Ripening right up to the 
stem without any cracks or green core. Thick, 
solid flesh, few seeds. 
A good shipper. 
Early Detroit 
110 days.Medium size 
globular fruits, rich 
purplish pink, 
smooth, firm flesh. 
Valuable for ship¬ 
ping. Vines vigorous 
and productive. 
Gulf State Market 
110 days. A resist¬ 
ant, purplish - pink, 
globe shaped sort de¬ 
veloped from Early 
Detroit, larger and 
matures in same 
time. Free from 
cracks or blemishes 
at blossom end. 
Flesh solid and 
meaty. A good ship¬ 
per. 
Bonny Best Tomato 
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