fames Vick's Sons, Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
Vegetable Seeds 
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SQUASH 
Squash likes a rich soil, and it is best to manure in the hill. Plant a dozen seeds 
in each hill, and when danger from “ bugs" is over pull up all but three or four, 
tor bush sorts, make hills four or five feet apart each way, and for the running 
kinds twice that distance. Winter Squash should be ripened thoroughly, or 
they will not keep through the winter. One ounce of early varieties for fifty hiils 
and two ounces ol late will plant fifty hills; three to four pounds per acre. 
Packet, 5 cents; oz., io cents; ' 4 ' lb., 30 cents; lb., $1.00; 
except as noted ; all postpaid. 
Summer Squash 
Mammoth White Bush Scallop (Silver Custard). The best of 
the scalloped Squashes. Handsome and of fine quality. 
Mammoth Bush Summer CrooKnecK. The 
richest and best of the Summer Squashes. Early and productive. It is almost 
twice as large as the ordinary Summer Crook neck. 
Autumn and Winter Sorts 
The Delicious is the result of years of careful selection 
crossing, and isolating. In size it resembles the Hubbard. In thickness of flesh 
it surpasses nearly every variety. The color is a dark orange. For table use no 
other variety compares with it in its remarkable combination of fineness and com¬ 
pactness of grain, dryness, sweetness, and exceeding richness of flavor. It is a 
fall and winter squash. Though at any time excellent, it does not acquire its 
best quality until winter. 
Early Prolific Orange Marrow, An improvement by 
selection from Boston Marrow ; not so large but much earlier. Skin orange 
colored ; flesh deep, fine-grained, and of delicious flavor. Packet, 5 cents ; 
oz., 15 cents ; # lb., 35 cents ; lb., $1.10. 
CW Golden Bronze, Weight from eight to ten pounds; 
color, a dark grayish green with bronze on the upper surface when ripe ; flesh 
golden yellow, very thick, fine-grained, dry, sweet, and of delicious flavor. 
Matures early, and is a splendid keeper and good yielder. As a Squash for 
the table and pies it has no superior. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; y lb., 
35 cents ; lb.,. $1.10. 
The standard Winter Squash ; no better variety grown ; more 
generally cultivated as a late sort than any other. Flesh fine-grained, dry, and of 
excellent flavor. 
Chicago Warted Hubbard. This has some points not seen in the old 
Standard, the shell having a dark green, almost a black color ; and also distin¬ 
guished by a dense covering of knots (warts). It is of first-class quality. Packet, 
5 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; y lb., 35 cents ; lb. $1.10. 
New Golden Hubbard. This is a true Hubbard Squash except in color, 
which is a bright orange-red. The flesh is deep golden yellow. This deserves 
to and will become a most popular variety. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; 
Vk lb., 35 cents ; lb., $1.10. 
nr ^ok. A winter variety possessing much merit. Shell a bright yellow ; 
flesh straw-yellow, dry and sweet, and of good flavor. Matures 
early, a sure cropper, and very productive. May he used at any 
stage of growth. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 15 cents; y lb., 
35 cents ; lb., $1.10. 
Essex Hybrid or Hard Shell Turban (Warren). Across 
between the Hubbard and American Turban, having the color, 
shape, and fine quality of the Turban, with the dryness and hard 
shell of the Hubbard. Flesh thick, fine grained, and solid. A 
good keeper. Very productive, early and of rapid growth. 
Packet, 5 cents; oz., 15 cents; y lb., 35 cents ; lb., $1.10. 
Sibley, or pikes Peak. A very distinct and valuable variety, 
Shell pale green, very hard ; flesh solid and thick, orange color ; 
flavor rich and delicate. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 15 cents; y lb., 
35 cents ; lb., $1.10. 
Boston Marrow. Very popular in the Boston market. Oval 
shape; skinyllow; flesh orange-colored and fine-grained. 
Mammoth Chili. The largest of all Squash; grows to an 
enormous size. One of the most profitable sorts for stock-feeding. 
Keeps well throughout the winter. This variety is also exten¬ 
sively grown for fair exhibits. Packet, 10 cents ; oz., 20 cents; 
y lb., 50 cents ; lb., $1.75. 
Vegetable Marrow. Flesh rich, salmon v eilow, dry and fine¬ 
grained. Excellent as a pie-squash. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 
15 cents 5 Va lb., 35 cents ; lb., $1.10. 
HUBBARD SQUASH, THE STANDARD SORT 
