James Vick’s Sons, Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
Vegetable Seeds 33 
SQUASH 
Squash likes a rich soil, and it is best to manure in the hill. Pla.it a dozen seeds 
in each hill, and when danger from “bugs” is over pull up all but three or four. 
For 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 hills 
and two ounces of late will plant fifty hills; three to four pounds per acre. 
Packet, 5 cents; oz., 15 cents; X 4 ° cents; lb., $1.25; 
except as noted; all postpaid. 
Summer Squash 
Mammoth Bosh Summer CrooK- 
_ The richest and best ot the Summer Squashes. Early and pro- 
**^^*“ # ductive. Color golden yellow; flavor sweet and rich. It is 
almost twice as large as the ordinary Summer Crook neck. ; 
Mammoth White Bush Scallop 1 Silver Custard). The best of 
the scalloped Squashes. Handsome and of fine quality. 
Fall and Winter Squash 
C 1 ° s ‘ ze ^ 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 compactness 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. Specially reselected strain. 
Packet, 10 cents; oz., 20 cents; lb., 
50 cents ; lb., $1.75. 
Early Prolific 
Orange Marrow. 
An improvement by selection from 
Boston Marrow; not s o 
large but much earlier. 
Skin orange-colored ; flesh 
deep, fine-grained, and of 
delicious flavor. 
The 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 
' .good yielder and splendid 
...keeper. As a Squash for 
d .he table and pies it has 
no superior. 
DELICIOUS SQUASH 
MAMMOTH SUMMER CROOKNECK 
HUBBARD SQUASH 
The standard Winter Squash ; no better 
^ ^ ^ variety grown ; more generally cultivated 
as alatesort 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 distinguished by a dense covering of 
knots (warts). It is of first-class quality. 
New Golden Hubbard. This is a true 
Hubbard Squash except in color, which is a 
bright orange-red. The flesh is deep golden 
yellow. 
Fordhook. a very fine winter variety. Shell 
a bright yellow ; flesh straw-yellow, dry and 
sweet, and of good flavor. Matures early, a 
sure cropper, and very productive. May be 
used at any stage of growth. 
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 
GOLDEN BRONZE SQUASH 
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. 
Boston Marrow. Very popular in the Boston market. Oval 
shape; skin yellow; 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. 
Vegetable Marrow. Flesh rich, salmon yell ow, dry and fine¬ 
grained. Excellent as a pie-squash. 
loli l-\r An important reason why you should 
V^lXdllvjr use Vick’s Quality Seeds is that they 
* are of the highest grade in every respect . 
Economy in seed buying is advisable (as in 
many things ), but don't buy seeds because 
they are advertised on the bargam counter. 
Buy of a reliable house, 
and get good seed; this is tiCOnOlTiy 
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