Plant Tail’s Thoroughbred Seeds 
SQUASH 
(Cucurhita Melopepo.) 
Courge. Kuchen Kurbis. Zucca. Calabaza. 
CULTURE.—1 ounce is sufficient for 100 
feet of drill. Sow 2 to 3 pounds of bush 
varieties or 1 to 3 pounds of the running, to 
the acre, in hills, or double the quantity if 
drilled, and thin to a stand. Sow from April 
to July in drills, or plant in hills 1 inch deep 
in the same manner as cucumbers and melons. 
The bush varieties should be about 3 feet 
apart each way, and the running kinds about 
8 feet. When the plants are up, thin so as to 
leave 3 of the strongest plants, and cultivate 
to keep free of weeds. 
Yellow Crookneck Squash 
Silver Custard Squash Cocozelle 
Bush Varieties 
Running Varieties 
Benning White Bush, 
few days after our Extra Early White Bush, but is larger 
and more uniform in shape. The color is a beautiful green- 
tinted white instead of the usual creamy white, and is pre¬ 
ferred by many market gardeners. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., 
% lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. Postpaid. 
CoP07p11p This bush variety, sometimes called “Italian 
Vegetable Marrow,” produces oblong squashes 
often a foot in length, handsomely mottled, dark and light 
green, and the flesh is of extremely good quality. Pkt. 10 
cts., oz. 15 cts., M lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. Postpaid. 
Cocozelle, Tail's Special Stock ^ 
popular bush squash is small in diameter, very even, and is 
preferred by critical market gardeners. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 
cts., M lb. 60 cts., lb. $2.00. Postpaid. 
Yellow Summer Straightneck ™®^eii-k™o^n 
Yellow Crookneck but the fruits are straight, which makes 
it better for packing. They are 18 inches long, warted and 
deep rich orange. About 80 per cent come true. Pkt. 5 cts., 
oz. 10 cts., M lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. Postpaid. 
Giant Yellow Summer Straight Neck Squash. 
Boston Marrow. A". oW standard variety, with thin 
skin of deep orange, mottled with 
cream when ripe. Our strain of the Boston Marrow is as 
pure as selection can make it, and must not be con¬ 
founded with the common stocks sold at low prices. Pkt. 5 
cts., oz. 10 cts., ^4 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. Postpaid. 
Chicago, or Warted Hubbard. quaut^^lTd 
largely used in the Northern States, as it may be kept 
through the winter. The shell is a bronzed green, some¬ 
times shaded with yellow and orange with orange-yellow 
flesh, and is of splendid quality. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., V-i 
lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. Postpaid. 
BpliriflllC! winter squash will admit 
,_1 that this variety has been well named. It 
is not yet perfectly uniform in size and coloring, but can be 
commended as perhaps the sweetest and best grained of all 
table squash. The weight runs from five to ten pounds each, 
the skin is dark green and the flesh, which has remarkable 
thickness, is a dark orange. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^ lb. 30 
cts., lb. $1.00. Postpaid. 
Golden Hubbard. kk 
_ the Chicago Warted Hubbard, but 
smaller. The skin is yellow with flesh deep golden yellow, 
of rich flavor and cooks very dry. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., ^ 
lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. Postpaid. 
Mptnirinfll With extra care this orange-yel- 
iTxammum smooth-skinned squash will 
attain a really enormous size, specimens having been grown 
weighing nearly a hundred pounds. It is of good quality, 
the flesh being extra thick, sweet and very fine grained. 
Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., M lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. Postpaid. 
Yellow Summer Crook Neck JaHy^^irop, ind 
the best and richest summer bush squash; skin bright 
yellow, and when true, covered with warty excrescences, the 
shell becoming exceedingly hard when ripe. Pkt. 5 cts., 
oz. 10 cts., % lb. 30 cts., lb. 90 cts. Postpaid, 
Those who prefer the yellow bush 
IjOiaen ^.^USldra. gqyash win And this the best for 
their use, as it is decidedly superior to the ordinary Golden 
Bush. It is quite large, beautifully colored, and of the best 
quality. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. Postpaid. 
Wood^s Prolific Early White Bush. 
Every market gardener who grows “cymblings” should plant 
a portion of his crop in this variety. It is a full week earlier 
than our Silver Custard, and has been a source of great 
profit to Southern growers. The flesh is finely grained and 
of good flavor, but it is not nearly so large or so showy as 
the Silver Custard. Pkt, 10 cts., oz. 15 cts,, 34 lb. 35 cts., 
lb. $1.35. Postpaid. 
Tait^s Thoroughbred Silver Custard. 
This squash is considered by many to be the best White 
Bush “Cymbling.” It is of a silvery white color, early, large, 
handsome, and of splendid quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 
% lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. Postpaid. 
OraUfifC IVIarrOW ^ number of years this fine 
_^ squash — a great improvement 
upon the Boston Marrow-—has been only partially appreci¬ 
ated, but we note that it is now taking the prominence to 
which it has always been entitled. It is perhaps the most 
delicately flavored of all, and is especially valuable to truck¬ 
ers on account of its earliness. It is remarkably prolific, and 
we recommend it for both the early and late crops. Pkt. 5 
cts., oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 30 cts., lb. 90 cts. Postpaid. 
Table Queen Squash. 
Table Queen, 
known as “Des Moines.” The 
fruits are acorn-shaped, dark 
green, deeply ribbed, with yel¬ 
low flesh. They grow about 6 
or 6 inches long, 4 inches in 
diameter, and are very prolific. 
It keeps well, can be cooked 
whole when young, and is ex¬ 
cellent for pies. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 15 cts., 34 lb. 35 cts., lb. 
$1.25. Postpaid. 
Vegetable Marrow. (See page 44.) 
Remember we deliver free at catalogue prices—except where noted. Write for special prices in large quantities. 
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