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SQUASH. 
German, Kurbiss. — French, Courge. — Spanish, Calabasa Tontatura . 
Squashes will grow readily on almost any soil, but will well repay generous 
in May in hills about six feet apart; have the soil well enriched with a good 
manure or compost to each hill. Sow eight or ten seeds in a hill, to allow 
Three or four of the strongest plants are enough to leave for each hill. 
White Bush Scalloped, an early market variety, excellent for shipping, 
tender and well-flavored .. . .. : * * v 
Yellow Bush Scalloped, a sub-variety of the above, principally differing in 
color... 
Long Warted, or Summer Crookneck, early, productive, and the best i 
summer use; fruit bright yellow, and covered with warty excrescences. 
Boston Marrow, a much esteemed variety, coming in about ten days later th 
the bush sorts; color rich orange, a good keeper, and of unsurpassed fla\ 
American Turban, the dryest, sweetest, finest grained, and most delicious 
all squashes. 
Hubbard, a favorite winter squash, and more largely grown as a late sort th 
any other; of large size, flesh fine grained, dry, and of excellent flavor. . . 
Marblehead, an excellent new variety, color of shell blue. It is remark 
for its combination of sweetness, dryness, and delicious flavor. It yi 
equal to the Hubbard, and its keeping qualities are said to be better.... 
Essex Hybrid, (new,) an improved American Turban, having the color, shape 
and superior qualities of the Turban, with the dryness and hard shell oi 
the Hubbard. It is not only one of the richest flavored, finest graineci 
and sweetest of all the squash family, but one of the very best keepers 
Canada Crookneck, small, but of excellent quality and fine flavor . 
soft, and of rich flavor ; quite distinct from any of the preceding. 
Butman, this new squash is a cross between the Yokohama and Hubbard 
The flesh is between a salmon and a lemon color. Tt has all the qualitie: 
of a first-class squash, being very dry, fine-grained, and of excellent flavor 
Size medium; color light stone, distinctly striped and splashed with 
yellowish white. 
Perfect Gem, the vines of this variety grow at first like those of the summer 
squash, and usually produce a few fruits near the root; if these are picked 
when green and used like summer squash, the plant will throw out long 
runners, bearing a great number of squashes which may be allowed to 
ripen. The fruits are small, nearly round, slightly ribbed, and have a 
thin, smooth, creamy-white skin. The flesh is fine-grained, dry, very 
sweet, and of delicious flavor. It is remarkable for its keeping qualities. 
Squash Cocoanut, an excellent variety, highly prized for its beautiful appear¬ 
ance and unsurpassed flavor. It is a strong grower and very abundant 
yielder, producing from fifteen to twenty squashes on a vine. We 
recommend all our friends to plant a trial package, for we feel assured 
that they will be highly pleased with it and will plant a larger quantity 
the coming season. 
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KENNEY’S EARLY AMBER SUGAR CANE. 
This variety of sugar cane has lately become very popular in many parts of the Eastern states 
and is highly recommended by those who have tried it for making either syrup or sugar, coming 
to maturity early, yielding enortnously, and making the best granulated sugar, equal or superior to 
that made by Southern cane. The yield per acre is from 150 to 200 gallons of fine syrup, and the 
amount of sugar produced is about o lbs., to the gallon of syrup. It is also very valuable as a 
forage plant, as it is exceedingly rich in saccharine matter, it makes a very valuable feed for milk 
cows. Our stock of seed is of the purest and best quality, warranted to be genuine and true to 
name. Sow 12 quarts to the acre. Price per bushel, £6.00; peck, $2.00; quart, 25 cents. 
SUNFLOWER. 
The Sunflower, during the past few years, has attracted considerable attention as a profitable 
field crop. It is claimed that it produces a larger return in forage than almost any other crop ; 
the leaves being the parts used for stock. The seed has also a commercial value, being used for 
manufacturing oil. It is also being planted in low, swampy ground, as an absorbent of the miasma 
of those sections, and with highly gratifying results. 
Pt. Qt. Bush. 
Large Russian,. . .25 $4.00 
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