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SQUASH, One ounce will plant 40 to 50 hills 
Sow in well prepared seed beds about May when warm weather is established, making the hills 4 ft. apart for the bush 
type and 8 ft. apart for running vines, leaving 3 or 4 plants to a hill. 
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Pattypan or Silver Custard. Also called “White Bush.” Early and very popular for 
home or for market. Fruit is flattened, with a scalloped rim. Skin a 
creamy white, and smooth. $0.05 $0.10 $0.25 $0.80 
Golden Crookneck. An early Summer type. Fruit about a foot long and curved; skin 
a bright yellow and warted. 
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Cocozella (Italian Marrow). Early; bush type. Oblong fruit 12 to 15 inches long and 
4 inches thick. Color dark green with yellow and green stripes; ribbed 
lengthwise. 
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Golden or Red Hubbard. Of medium size, somewhat oval in shape. Shell is moder¬ 
ately warted, a rich orange-red color with occasional stripes at one end. 
Flesh a deep orange, dry and of excellent quality. A very good keeper. . . 
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Improved Hubbard. Similar to the last named variety, but the fruit is larger and the 
color a very dark green. Flesh is a deep yellow, thick, fine grained and dry. 
An excellent Winter sort. 
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TOMATO. One ounce for about 2,000 plants 
For early plants sow in hotbed during February and when plants are 3 inches high, transplant 4 inches apart into 
flats or cold frames, exposing them to open air on mild, sunny days. Plant in open ground when all danger of frost is past, 
preparing hills 4 feet apart of rich, loamy soil a foot deep. 
Early Dawn. A distinctly early fruiting variety. Bright red, smooth, medium size. 
Firm meaty flesh. 
Spark’s Earliana. Early. Fruit of fair size, round, smooth and solid. Color, bright 
scarlet. 
Early Jewel. An excellent variety, ripening about ten days later than Earliana. The 
crimson fruit is round, smooth and solid. 
Bonny Best. A medium sized, bright red, smooth, solid fruit. Very productive; ripens 
a week to 10 days later than Earliana. 
Marglobe. A disease resistant, very productive medium early variety. Fruit, deep 
scarlet, of good size, smooth and very solid, with small seed cavities. Es¬ 
pecially desirable for the market gardener and for canning. 
Stone. A specially selected strain of this very popular tomato. Fruit is large, smooth, 
solid and meaty; color a deep red. Plant is vigorous and productive. 
Scarlet Beauty. Appropriately named. A very dependable cropper of large, smooth 
fruit. Well adapted for canning. 
Matchless. A bright red, smooth second early variety. A favorite with some growers 
for many years. ....'. 
Greater Baltimore. A main crop, productive variety popular with market gardeners 
♦ and caYmers. Fruit is red, of good size and firm. 
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Yellow Plum. 
Small fruits that are used for preserves. 
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TURNIPS. One ounce for 250 ft. of row; 23^ lbs. per acre 
For an early crop sow about May 1st, and for late Turnips sow during August; as moisture is essential to germination, 
it is desirable to do seeding just prior or immediately following a rain. When plants are a few inches high, thin out to 
4 or 5 inches. 
Purple Top White Globe. The skin is purple on upper part of root and white below. Flesh is 
white, tender and sweet. One of the most popular for table. 
Purple Top Flat or Strap Leaf. Similar to the above variety except that its shape is flat 
instead of globular. 
Amber or Yellow Globe. (Green Top.) Skin and flesh are yellow. Grown principally for 
table use, being the most popular of the yellow fleshed variety. 
Golden Ball. The merit of this variety is not fully appreciated in this market. The root is of 
medium size, round, smooth. Flesh is yellow, crisp and of excellent quality. 
Yellow Aberdeen. (Purple Top.) Flesh is yellow, sweet and fine grained. A medium sized 
root and good keeper. 
White Cow Horn. Clear white roots growing 10 to 12 inches long and slender. 
Seven Top. Grown for the t >ps only, which are used as greens. 
Ruta Baga. Purple top, yellow. Grown principally as a feed for stock. Sow one ounce to 200 
ft. of row or 1 V 2 lbs. per acre, about the first of July; thin out the plants leaving 
about 8 inches between each. 
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