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SEED GROWERS 
Squash— 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
GIANT STRAIGHTNECK. (55 days). A dis' 
tinct improvement on the Crookneck strain as 
it packs to better advantage for shipping. Pop¬ 
ular with market gardeners and shippers. Plant 
is of bush type; fruits thick-necked, heavily 
warted, straight, lemon-yellow in color; flesh 
thick, light yellow. At its best fresh from the 
home garden. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH, SCALLOPED. (55 
days). Also called Cymling and White Patty 
Pan. It is the most popular of the white sum¬ 
mer types of Squash. The fruits are rather 
small, quite flat with ridged or scalloped edges. 
The vines are extremely prolific and disease 
resisting. Used when but a few days old they 
are very tender. 
EARLY YELLOW BUSH, SCALLOPED- (55 
days). It is similar in all respects to the Early 
white Bush except in the color of the skin, 
which is a golden yellow. It is not quite so 
prolific, nor is it as widely used. 
ITALIAN VEGETABLE MARROW. (60 days). 
A distinct variety of Squash of bush form. 
Fruit grows to a length of about 20 or more 
inches, with a diameter of 3 to 4 inches; skin 
smooth, of a dark green color, marbled with 
yellow or with paler green. All through Italy, 
where the Squash is grown, the fruits are eaten 
when quite young, sometimes even before the 
flower has opened. 
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK. (56 days). 
This strain is a great improvement on the old 
variety of Crookneck. It is larger and better 
in every way. 
SUMMER CROOKNECK. (50 days). A stand- 
WINTER 
OqUaStl VARIETIES 
WARTY HUBBARD. (100 days). Somewhat larger 
in size than the well known Hubbard and of equal 
quality but is more heavily warted and the shell is 
very dark green, almost black, in color. Our stock of 
this variety is exceptionally true. Many Chicago 
home gardeners grow a winter’s supply with little 
trouble. 
ACORN, DES MOINES OR TABLE QUEEN. (58 
days). A trailing variety producing acorn-shaped 
fruit with a thin, distinctly ribbed, dark green shell; 
6 inches long by 4|/2 inches in diameter. Flesh light 
yellow and bakes well. Each fruit makes two nice 
servings. Convenient for the small family. 
ARIKARA. (95 days). Long runner; quite heavy 
growth. Fruits are spindle shaped and tapered at both 
ends, medium large, 8 x 12 inches, smooth, thin, hard 
shell, pink in color with some stripe and blotch of 
pale green. Flesh is thick, fine grained, well flavored, quite 
dry and orange-yellow in color. An excellent winter keeper. 
BANANA. (110 days). A prolific, oblong variety, 2^ feet 
in length by 6 inches in diameter, having a gray-green shell; 
solid dry flesh and small seed cavity. Rather late in maturing. 
BUTTERCUP. (100 days). A fine new Squash of excellent 
quality, 4 j /2 by 6 J /2 inches in size. The outside color is 
green with stripes and spots of gray. There is a heart-shaped 
protruberance at the blossom end. The dry, thick flesh, tex¬ 
ture and keeping qualities of this Squash are excellent. 
MAMMOTH CHILL (110 days). Grown for exhibition and 
stock feeding. Specimens have been grown to weigh 150 
pounds. Fruits oblong; skin quite smooth but with broad, 
open netting and rich orange-yellow color. 
DELICIOUS. (105 days). Fruits broad top-shaped, com¬ 
monly 7 to 8 inches long; skin very dark green, fairly 
smooth; rind thin but hard; flesh extremely thick, bright 
yellow, fine grained and dry, without fiber and highest qual¬ 
ity. 
GOLDEN DELICIOUS. (105 days). Valuable for canners 
because of the high starch content of its flesh and the bright 
red-orange color of the exterior. In shape, size and season it 
is practically the same as the original Delicious. 
HUBBARD. (100 days). The standard winter Squash. Fruits 
large, heavy and moderately warted, shell dark bronze-green 
showing more or less light green markings toward blossom 
end; flesh bright orange-yellow, fine grained, thick and dry. 
BLUE HUBBARD. (110 days). This excellent Squash of the 
Hubbard type is light blue in color with hard shell and 
thick, fine grained flesh, which is very tender and by far 
the best flavored of the winter Squashes. This variety is 
very popular in the East. 
RED OR GOLDEN HUBBARD. (100 days). This is a very 
distinct sort of the shape and general character of the Hub¬ 
bard but a little smaller; color rich orange-red instead of the 
dark olive-green. 
ALL SQUASH PRICED AT: Pkt., 10 c; oz., 20 c; M lb., 40c. 
ard early and productive summer variety. Fruits 
about a foot long, moderately warted and of a bright 
yellow color. 
SWEET POTATO or DELICATA. (55 days). Early and 
very prolific; of oblong shape. Ground color orange- 
yellow splashed and striped with very dark green. Al¬ 
though of small size the Squashes are very solid and 
heavy while the quality is rich and dry. 
Culture. The directions for the planting of cucumbers can be fol¬ 
lowed with slight modifications for Squash or Cymling. Plant the 
Summer Squash in hills 4 feet apart and use before mature. Plant the 
Winter Squash in hills 6 to 8 feet apart; handle without bruising and 
store in a dry, moderately warm place for winter. Plant the seed gen¬ 
erously and thin to 2 or 3 plants to a hill. One ounce of seed plants 
25 hills and 2 to 4 pounds plant an acre. The Squash is recom¬ 
mended either for the table or the feed lot. Number of days given 
is from planting to ripe fruit. 
Acorn, 
Dcs Moines or Table Queen 
