GARDEN SEED ANNUAL 
SQUASH 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Culture —Early in May, or as soon as 
the ground is warm, plant 8 or 10 seeds 
in a hill, the hills 4 to 6 feet apart. 
Later thin out, leaving the three strong¬ 
est plants in each hill.. One ounce to 
25 hills; 3 to 4 pounds per acre. 
BANANA. A prolific variety, long, with a grayish 
green shell. 
EARLY SUMMER CROOKNECK. A light yellow, 
tender, and smaller crookneck than the Giant. 
It is earlier, and the squashes are about 10 
inches in length. 
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK. For years the stan¬ 
dard variety. Grows large, dark yellow and 
well-warted fruit with a crook neck, about 18 
inches long when mature. 
GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK. Similar to Giant 
Summer Crookneck, except that it has no 
crook neck. Less apt to break in shipping. 
FORDHOOK. (Vining). A small squash, of ob¬ 
long shape, about 8 inches long, light yellow in 
color and slightly ribbed. Excellent for sum¬ 
mer or winter. 
FORDHOOK. (Bush). A bush type, similar to the 
Vining Fordhook. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOP. (Cymling, or Pat¬ 
ty Pan). An early summer sort, with flattened 
fruit of creamy white color, scalloped around 
the edges. 
EARLY YELLOW BUSH SCALLOP. Similar to Early 
White Bush Scallop, but a deep orange color. 
GOLDEN CUSTARD. (Mammoth Yellow Bush). A 
large strain of Yellow Bush Scallop. 
GREEN TINTED WHITE BUSH. A strain of White 
Bush Scallop which has a greenish white shell, 
which changes to dull yellow and finally a 
pale brown at maturity. 
VEGETABLE MARROW. (Bush). An English va¬ 
riety for summer or fall use. Oblong in shape, 
skin pale yellow, with white flesh. 
Blue Hubbard 
Giant Summer Straightneck 
VEGETABLE MARROW. (Trailing). A trailing 
variety, otherwise the same as the bush type of 
English Vegetable Marrow. 
ITALIAN VEGETABLE MARROW. (Cocozella di 
Napoli). A bush type of summer squash with 
dark green fruit, marbled with lighter green 
and yellow stripes. Frm 14 to 18 inches in 
length and about 5 inches in diameter. 
WINTER VARIETIES 
Culture— RiWs to be 4 feet apart in the row, 
rows 8 feet apart. Eight ounces for 100 hills, 
2 lbs. per acre. 
BLUE HUBBARD. An extra high quality Hubbard 
squash, especially popular in New England. The 
shell is lightly warted and a bluish-gray color. 
BOSTON MARROW. An old favorite; shaped much 
like a Hubbard, bright orange skin and yellow 
flesh. Favorite for pies. 
DELICIOUS. Medium in size, top-shaped, with a 
hard, dark green shell and yellow flesh. Best 
adapted to home gardens. 
ESSEX HYBRID. A turban-shaped squash of 
terra cotta red color. A good keeper and of 
the best quality. 
GOLDEN DELICIOUS. A new variety, like the old 
green-shelled Delicious, excepting that the shell 
is a golden-red color, A favorite with canners. 
GOLDEN HUBBARD. Slightly smaller than the 
other Hubbards, with a golden-red shell, 
moderately warted. The flesh is deep orange. 
IMPROVED HUBBARD. The old standard green 
Hubbard. The shell is dark green, hard, mod¬ 
erately warted; the flesh is orange-yellow, dry 
and of good quality. 
TABLE QUEEN. (Des Moines). A small, acorn 
shaped squash, deeply ribbed, with a smooth 
very dark green shell. Flesh light yellow and 
of good quality. 
WARTED HUBBARD. Similar to Improved Hub¬ 
bard, but more roughly warted. This is pre¬ 
ferred by some markets. 
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