WHOLESALE GA RDEN SEEDS 
SQUASH—Winter Varieties (Continued) 
Red or Golden Hubbard 1 1 0 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 
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 6 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. 
Bison 93 days 
An extra early self-topping variety de¬ 
veloped and introduced by Dr. Yeager of 
North Dakota. Fruits are scarlet or red, 
medium size, thin cell wall. Vine is dwarf, 
vigorous and a heavy producer. Recom¬ 
mended for the Northwest as an early 
variety. 
Bonny Best 105 days 
Splendid large second early tomato. A gen¬ 
eral purpose variety, valuable for forcing, 
and for canning. Fruits medium large, flat¬ 
tened globe-shape, smooth, color intense 
scarlet. A vigorous grower and quite proli¬ 
fic. Uniform in size. 
Break O’Day 98 days 
A new variety developed by the U. S. Dept, 
of Agriculture. Fruits scarlet, globe shaped, 
very solid. Borne in clusters on rather open 
vines. Excellent shipper. Disease resistant. 
Free from cracking. 
Chalk’s Early Jewel 105 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 1 1 0 days 
Medium size globular fruits, rich pur¬ 
plish pink, smooth, firm flesh. Valuable for 
shipping. Vines vigorous and productive. 
Gulf State Market 1 1 0 days 
A resistant, purplish-pink, globe shaped 
sort developed from Early Detroit, larger 
and matures in same time. Free from cracks 
or blemishes at blossom end. Flesh solid 
and meaty. A good shipper. 
Bonny Best Tomato 
John Baer (Similar to Bonny Best) 
105 days 
June Pink 95 days 
A very early pink sort. The vine is simi¬ 
lar to Earliana and branches freely. Fruits 
produced in clusters of 6 to 8 fruits. Medi¬ 
um size, uniform, smooth and very attrac¬ 
tive. Produces throughout the season. A 
favorite with home gardeners. 
Red Head 105 days 
(Quite similar to Chalks Early Jewel.) 
Fruits bright red, large, smooth, nearly 
globe shape, very meaty and have small 
seed cavities. Vines of medium growth and 
quite open. 
Red River 
An improved selection of Earliana de¬ 
veloped in North Dakota. A good vigorous 
yielder. The fruits are similar to Earliana 
but are smoother. 
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