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MARROW, ITALIAN VEGETABLE, or COCOZELLA (55 days)—A 
summer variety of bush habit. Fruits oblong, 16 to 18 inches in length and 
5 inches in diameter; color dark green, marbled with yellow and dark 
green stripes, carrying 5 furrowed ribs the length of the fruit. Very early. 
SCALLOP, EARLY WHITE BUSH (50 days)—Very early summer squash; 
fruit flattened and scalloped, about 8 inches in diameter, comparatively 
smooth on surface and creamy white in color. Also known as Patty Pan. 
SCALLOP, MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH (55 days)—Very similar to Early 
White Bush, though much larger; 10 to 12 inches in diameter, and of a 
clear, waxy-white color. 
SCALLOP, GREEN TINTED WHITE BUSH (50 days)—A squash 
similar to White Bush Scallop, but carrying a fresh green tinge well 
towards maturity, making an attractive market sort. When fully matured 
the fruit becomes pale brown in color. 
SCALLOP, EARLY YELLOW BUSH (50 days)—Quite identical with 
White Bush except in color, which is deep orange. 
SCALLOP, MAMMOTH YELLOW BUSH, or GOLDEN CUSTARD 
(55 days)—A mammoth strain of Yellow Bush Scallop. 
STRAIGHTNECK, GIANT SUMMER (55 days)—A selection from the 
Crookneck squash but with a straight rather than a crooked neck, and 
thus being more easily packed for shipment. Fruits intensely warted, 18 
to 20 inches long, deep orange in color with a thick, meaty neck. 
TABLE QUEEN, ACORN, or DES MOINES (58 days)—A trailing vari¬ 
ety, producing acorn-shaped fruit with a thin, distinctly ribbed, dark 
green shell; 6 inches long by 43^ inches in diameter; flesh light yellow and 
bakes well. Quite early. 
ZUCCHINI, BLACK (55 days) —An improved strain of the popular Italian 
Marrow. Skin entirely black. 18 inches long by 5^/2 inches in diameter and 
distinctly fluted. (Illustrated below.) 
