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JAMES J. H. GREGORY’S SEED CIRCULAR AND RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
The Hubbard and American Turban Squashes, &c. 
THE JHXTJBBAJRD SQUASH. 
The Hubbard Squash. As the original introducer 
of the Hubbard Squash I think I may rest from my 
labors, as it has been universally adopted throughout 
the country. I have introduced a new competitor, the 
Marblehead (see page ) to public notice. 
The yield of the Hubbard Squash, and indeed of all 
other varieties, differs vastly in different sections of the 
country, the crops varying from four to ten tons per 
acre. The whole matter of yield and culture is too 
extensive a subject to be fairly discussed in my limited 
space. The public will find this and many kindred top¬ 
ics fully treated of in my work on Squash Culture . 
Many of my friends have doubtless had their seed 
badly mixed by cultivating the Hubbard in the vicinity 
of other varieties of Squash. To such I would say that 
they will find my seed to be very pure ; the result of a 
careful selection of seed and perfectly isolated cultiva¬ 
tion for many years having been to throw out admix¬ 
tures, and leave the Hubbard remarkably pure. Let 
me not be understood as saying my seed is perfectly 
pure, for, as every farmer who has had experience knows, 
perfect purity in the Squash family is impossible; but 
the seed I raise is nearly perfectly pure,—as near, as the 
utmost care by isolation for years can make it, and the 
great difference in purity between this and the average 
seed of the market, every farmer who has tried it knows. 
American Turban Squash. 
I have sent this fine Squash 
out as the best of all fall squash¬ 
es, as good for fall as the Hub¬ 
bard is for winter. The type 
of the Turban is not so fixed as 
that of the Hubbard (the French 
Turban, Acorn, Hubbard, and 
Marrow, having originally en¬ 
tered into its composition); but 
American Turban, though occasionally a poor 
Squash may be found, let it be but fairly tested and 
beyond all question it will rank by far the dryest, the 
sweetest, the. finest grained and richest flavored of all 
fall Squashes. 
I have full faith that the Turban will soon be adopted 
throughout the United States as the best of all fall 
Squashes. 
Sg* I note that by one or more of the Philadelphia 
seed firms the Turban Squash is spoken of as a showy 
variety of but little value for domestic use. It is very 
evident that they have confounded the showy but worth¬ 
less French Turban with the American Turban Squash. 
I give extracts from a few letters which show how the 
American Turban is appreciated. ft 
“ Your American Turban Squash beats any I ever saw, and my neigh¬ 
bors who tested it say it is the best squash they ever saw. 
/Y! i • Ti -1 rr 1 Q17O TV 
“Mr. Lyon pronounces the Turban 
ever tried.” 
Howell , Mich., May 28, 1873. 
Squash the best squash he has 
Mrs. Sarah E. Lyon. 
“I unhesitatingly pronounce the Turban Squash the very best squash 
that grows. I have kept-them into January.” 
Greenvale , Iowa, March 24, 1873. Mrs. Martha Wolf. 
“ Your Turban and Hubbard Squash I found magnificent .” 
South San Diego, Cal, Oct. 25, 1872. John P. Wilson. 
“The Turban and Hubbard are both excellent, the former the best 
squash I have ever seen.” T- E. Mead. 
North Bridgton, Me., Feb. 1, 1872. 
“ The American Turban beats all fall squashes I ever raised or ate, for 
fine flesh and good flavor.” W. P. Tate. 
Clearfield, Pa., Oct. 30, 1872. 
“ The American Turban Squash is just the thing it is represented to 
be. One squash is worth a dozen eggs in the way of making egg custards^ 
and no person should be without them that likes something good to eat.’ 
Shady Grove, Washington Parish, La., July SO, 1872. S. E. Bankin. 
“ Your Turban Squash cannot be beat. It kept with me until March 
perfectly sound.” Jas. H. Crosby. 
Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y., May 9, 1872. 
“ I have bought seeds of you for several years and they have given the 
best satisfaction, especially the ‘ American Turban Squash,’ and Amer¬ 
ican Savoy Cabbage.” A. M. Walker. 
Cardiff, Mitchell Co., Iowa, Feb. 8, 1872. 
“ The American Turban is much better than I had supposed a squash 
could be. We have some now, March 18, that are good.” 
Castle Rock, Dakota Co., Minn., March 18, 1871. J. J. Cook. 
“ The American Turban Squash I had of you last spring proved to be 
the best squash I ever saw. I kept them into January. They w r ere 
sweet and nice.” Charles W. Strout. 
Wales, Maine, Feb. 5, 1871. 
“ The American Turban Squash surpasses in excellence any variety 
that I ever raised before, and it has kept well into the, winter.” 
Stowe, Mass., April, 1870. B. W, Fuller. 
“ I unhesitatingly pronounce the Turban Squash the very best squash 
that grows. It is the next thing to a sweet potato. I presume fifty 
different persons who have eaten the squash at my table have said the 
same thing.” H. D. Smalley. 
New Baltimore, Stark Co., Ohio, March 6, 1868. 
“ The Marblehead, Hubbard and Turban simply fill up the measure 
of my desire.” t * D. Wisterman. 
Kefferville, Ohio, Mch. 1874. 
The Cocoanut Squash. To those who like some¬ 
thing of the squash kind like the Canada Crookneck in 
flavor, only every way a great deal better, I would rec¬ 
ommend the little Cocoanut squash ; small, but exceed¬ 
ingly prolific, bearing a dozen squashes to a single vine. 
They are more ornamental for the parlor than the most 
beautiful of gourds. 
Mammoth Squash. Mammoth Squashes, though of 
but little value for table use, on rich land in those sec¬ 
tions where roots are but little cultivated, are very 
profitable as food for cattle. I give the substance of 
I letters received from a few of my correspondents, that 
