Squash Pays Better Than Many Other Crops and Grows With a Minimum Amount of Labor 
SQUASH 
Plant 2 pounds per acre of bush varieties and 1 pound per acre of running varieties. 
Squashes exhibit greater variation in plant and fruit character 
and hybridize or cross and become mixed more readily in seed 
production than any other vegetable. Consequently, squashes 
are given special care and attention in our breeding grounds in 
the north and west. Pedigreed lines are established by cover¬ 
ing buds on most desirable plants with bags to control pollina¬ 
tion and prevent crossing. Market seed is grown from these 
pedigreed lines in fields well-isolated from any other squash 
variety. In this way we are able to supply our customers with 
uniformly true-to-type strains of squash seed. 
Culture. This is one of the quickest and easiest crops that 
can be grown, and often proves very profitable. The earliest 
varieties begin bearing in six to seven weeks from time of 
planting the seed. Squashes can be grown on almost any kind 
of soil. Use from 800 to 1,200 pounds of fertilizer per acre. 
For bush varieties, have rows 4 feet apart and hills 2 feet 
apart in the row; running varieties should be planted 6 by 8 
feet. Put six to eight seeds in each hill, and thin out to two 
plants when 3 inches high. Squash in Florida is a good paying 
crop for fall or spring. Plant in spring, during January, Feb¬ 
ruary, and March; in fall, from August until October. The 
early Squash brings the big money. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
BUSH VARIETIES 
EARLY YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK. (48 days.) 
This is the most popular variety and most extensively grown 
variety in Florida and the South. This variety is similar to 
Giant Crookneck except in size and earliness. The fruit is 
smaller, with a thinner neck, and matures slightly earlier. Its 
rich golden yellow color gives it a very good market appear- 
anee, and it is in big demand in southern markets. Our stock 
of this variety is exceedingly prolific, and absolutely true to type. 
Giant Yellow 
Summer 
Straightneck 
A distinct 
improvement 
on the Crookneck strain 
as it packs to better 
advantage for 
shipping. 
GIANT YELLOW SUMMER STAIGHTNECK. (52 days.) 
Similar to Giant Yellow Summer Crookneck except with a 
straight instead of a curved neck, making it easier to pack. Its 
deep, rich, orange color makes a demand for it on any market. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Mlb. 30c; 1 lb. 90c. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Mlb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
GIANT YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK. (50 days.) 
As the name implies, the fruits are large, with a rather thick 
neck. The vines are of bush type and grow vigorously. This 
Squash has gained great popularity due to its fine market ap¬ 
pearance. It is not quite as prolific, and somewhat later and 
larger fruited than Early Yellow Summer Crookneck. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; ^41b. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
COCOZELLE. (Long Slender Italian Vegetable Marrow.) ’ 
(50 days.) This is the true Italian Vegetable Marrow type. The 
fruit is 10 to 12 inches long, slender, 1 to 114 inches in diame¬ 
ter, cylindrical in shape, dark green in color. Our stock of this 
variety produces a small, bushy, open type of plant, with small, 
deeply cleft leaves, but with an immense yield of uniformly true 
to type fruits. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 141b. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
EARLY SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK. (New.) (42 days.) 
This new development is ten days earlier and more productive 
than other strains of Summer Straightneck Squash. The plants 
are less vigorous, and the fruits are smaller, less warted, much 
more uniform, and of brighter yellow color than other strains. 
Valuable for both home and market use. Seed supply very 
limited. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 141b. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75. 
BLACK ZUCCHINI. (50 days.) An improved strain of short, 
thick Italian Vegetable Marrow, producing short, thick, blocky 
fruits, ranging from 7 to 9 inches in length, very dark green, 
almost black, in color. Our stock is uniformly true to type. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 141b. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
ZUCCHINI. (Short Thick Gray Italian Vegetable Mar¬ 
row.) (50 days.) This variety is similar to Black Zucchini, 
except in color, the fruits being light green, mottled with gray. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 141b. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
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Cocozelle Squash, or Long Slender Italian Vegetable Marrow 
A typical specimen of Kilgore’s stock grown in our Proving Grounds 
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For Best Results Plant Kilgore’s ’^Bred-Rite” Seeds 
