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PETER HENDERSON & CO.. NEW YORK 
R ummer squash.... 
Kurbiss. Courge. Calabasa Tomtanera. 
Bush sorts, 1 oz. for 50 hills. Bush varieties, 5 to G lbs., and running varieties, 3 to 
4 lbs., in hills for an aero. 
Squashes are of luxuriant and vigorous growth, and although they will grow readily 
on almost any soil, they will well repay generous treatment. Like all vegetables of 
this class it is useless to sow until the weather has become settled and warm. Light 
soils are best suited for their growth, and it is most economical of manure to prepare 
hills for the seeds in the ordinary manner by incorporating two or three shovelfuls of 
well-rotted manure with ‘lie soil for each hill. I" or the bush varieties, from three to 
four feet each way, and for the running sorts, from six to eight feet. Eight or ten 
seeds should be sown in each hill, thinning out after they have attained their rough 
leaves, leaving three or four of the strongest plants. 
Scalloped Varieties 
“ Pattypan ” Squash. 
LONG ISLAND WHITE BUSH 
A selection of tho old White 
Bush Scallop, and a vast im¬ 
provement, having less promi¬ 
nent ridges and being much 
deepor, so that a single 
Squash actually contains 
nearly twice as much weight 
as tho old sort. In addition 
to this, it is of finer quality 
and very prolific. 10c. pkt., 
20c. oz., 35c. lb., $1.00 lb. 
GOLDEN CUSTARD BUSH. 
Exceeds in sizo any of tho 
scalloped sorts, frequently two 
foot in diameter. A dark rich 
golden yellow. Quality excel¬ 
lent. It grows in bush form 
wonderfully productive. 10c. pkt., 
15c. oz., 30c. jx lb., 90c. lb. 
SILVER CUSTARD. A fitting com¬ 
panion to tho Golden Custard Bush 
Squash. Grows to an immonso size, 
often producing single Squashes 18 
inches in diameter, of a delicato white 
color, and of ('most quality. Very productive. 
(See cut.) 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 30c. ^lb., 90o. lb. 
WHITE BUSH SCALLOPED. “Cymling.” This and the Yellow Bush 
Scalloped aro esteemed tho earliest, and are grown almost exclusively for 
first crop. From tho hard texture of the rind it is well suited for shipping, 
and they aro grown exclusively at the South for that purpose. 5c. pkt., 
lOe. oz., 20c. W lb., 60c. lb. 
YELLOW BUSH SCALLOPED. Differs from the white only in color. 
5c. nkt., 10c. oz., 20c. V lb., 00c. lb. 
VEGETABLE MARROW. A favorite English sort. The fruit is very 
variable in size, from nine to eighteen inches in length, and from four to 
six inohos in diameter. Skin a greenish-yellow, flesh white, soft and of 
rich flavor. This is entirely distinct from all of the preceding. Plant 
eight feet apart. (See cut.) 5c. pkt., 15c. oz., 40c. 3^ lb., $1.00 lb. 
PERFECT GEM. Equally desirable either as a summer, autumn or winter 
Squash. It is a strong grower and a largo yielder. The Squashes are from 
four to six inches in diameter, of a creamy white, with thin, smooth shell, 
slightly ribbed. Tho flesh, cooked, is dry, sweet and rich in flavor, and 
freo from the strong taste often found in winter sorts. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz. 
20 c. 34 lb.. GOc. lb. 
PINEAPPLE. A summer, fall and winter variety. The color of the skin 
is a creamy white. In time of ripening it comes in with tho Perfect Gem, 
and is of excellent quality when quite young, and keeps well all winter. 
The flesh is also of a creamy white color, fine grain and splendid quality, 
having a rich cocoanut flavor. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. % lb., $1.00 lb. 
Crookneck 5quash. 
MAMMOTH BUSH SUMMER CROOKNECK. The crookneck 
class of Squashes surpasses in quality any of the summer varieties, 
and in the Mammoth we have the delicious buttery flavor of the 
original sort, but of just double the size. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 20c. 
oz., 35c. K lb., 80c. lb. 
YELLOW BUSH SUMMER CROOKNECK. A much esteemed 
variety. The fruit is orange yellow, covered with warty excres- 
cences. It is considered the best flavored of tho summer 
varieties. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 20c. 3^ lb., 60c. lb. 
HENDERSON’S NEW “CREAM-COLORED” 
CROOKNECK. A new, beautiful and distinct 
variety of the old favorite Summer Crookneck. 
It has a compact bushy habit, producing 
Squashes twice the size of the common sorts, 
tho average length being eighteen inches to 
two feet, and they often weigh five and six 
pounds each. The cream-colored exterior 
is very attractive. Although so much 
larger than tho old variety, it is equally 
early and very productive; flesh dry and 
of a most agreeable flavor, especially so 
when picked at tho right time (as all 
Squashes of this class should be), before 
the shell has formed or can bo broken by 
the thumb nail. Price, 10c. pkt., 20c. 
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NEW RUSH BQUA8H, 
*' SILVER 
CUSTARD." 
GOLDEN JUBILEE PREMIUMS, in commemoration of this our 50th business 
anniversary, OF YOUR OWN SELECTION. See page 7. 
MAMMOTH BUSH SUMMER CROOKNECK 6QUASH. 
