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DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO 
Squashes 
WINTER SQUASH 
TABLE QUEEN OR ACORN (58 days) 
CULTURE—1 oz. for 20 to 40 hills, 4 to 6 lbs. to one acre, 
depending on the variety whether small or large seeded. 
Squash does best on heavy well manured and moist soil. 
Plant about May 10th. To escape the ravages of stink bugs in 
our locality the growers delay planting and plant squash be¬ 
tween June 20th and July 1st in hills 3 by 4 feet, dropping 5 
seeds in each hill. The winter varieties, like Hubbard, require 
more room and the hills should be 8 by 6 feet. Cultivate often 
but shallow. 
SUMMER SQUASH 
ENGLISH TEGETABLE MARROW (56 days)— Large, white 
oblong fruit, striped light green. A most delicious vegetable. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c; 1 lb. 80c, prepaid. 
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK (55 days)— Fruit rich yel¬ 
low, thickly warted. Of dwarf bush habit, heavily productive. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 20c; 1 lb. 80c, prepaid. 
EARLY SUMMER CROOKNECK (48 days)—A week earlier 
but not as big as Giant Summer Crookneck, exceedingly pro¬ 
lific. A fine and very popular variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 
lb. $1.00. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH (52 days) 5ST a * pr£ 
ductive bush variety, fruit rounded, creamy white, scalloped, 
about 10 inches in diameter. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 20c; 1 
lb. 80c, prepaid. 
GIANT STRAIGHTNECK (55 days)—Is the same as Giant 
Crookneck but without the curved neck. Pkt. 10c; oz. 10c; 
lb. 90c. 
After many years of effort, we finally are rewarded and 
offer perfectly fixed seed producing nothing but dark green 
fruit of uniform size of unequaled quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 
ib. $1.00; 10 lbs. $7.00. 
CHICAGO HUBBARD (115 days) —Fruit dark green, thickly 
covered with warts, average weight 16 lbs. Flesh thick, dry, 
sweet. Fine for storing. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. 
$ 8 . 00 . 
BENNING SQUASH (55 days) —Green tinted white bush scal¬ 
lop squash. When picked very small hardly more than set 
on, served with butter are very appetizing. Ready seller in 
all markets. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. $1.00. 
COCOZELLA VARIETIES 
BLUE HUBBARD (115 days) —Of bluish-green color, heavily 
warted, average weight 15 lbs. per fruit. Quality high. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 10c; lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $8.00. 
GOLDEN HUBBARD (105 days) —The color is bright golden, 
the rind covered with rather coarse warts. Weight per fruit 
9 lbs. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. $1.00. 
Cocozella squashes, also known as Italian Vegetable Mar¬ 
row, are a distinct type, the fruit highly flavored and tasty. 
Consumed when well developed or in their baby stage, rightly 
prepared for the table, Cocozella squash is a first rate deli¬ 
cacy. The most widely grown is the Gray Zucchini, Black 
Zucchini is the earliest, Green Cocozella is favored by the 
French and Italians. Extra Long Green is a favorite in the 
South where it grows to perfection. All Cocozellas offered by 
us are bush, not vining. 
GRAY ZUCCHINI (60 days) —Fruit foot long, four inches 
through when well developed, dark green mottled with light 
green. 
BLACK ZUCCHINI (52 days) —Well developed fruit, 14 inches 
long, four inches through, black-green when young. 
GREEN COCOZELLA (60 days) —Fruit 16 inches long, four 
inches through, deep green when young, ripening with alter¬ 
nate stripes of green and gold. 
EXTRA LONG GREEN COCOZELLA (60 days)— Fruit 20 in. 
long, slender, only 3*4 inches through, black-green when 
young of very attractive appearance. 
ANY VARIETY OF COCOZELLA: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. $1.00; 
10 lbs. $7.00. 
STORED SQUASH —To minimize loss it is imperative to 
exercise greatest care in harvesting to avoid bruising or even 
scratching as decay starts from even slight injury. Even the 
hardest skinned squashes are easily bruised and will sooner 
or later spoil in storage. 
SQUASH OR STINK BUGS —These cannot be destroyed with 
insecticides. Strong nicotine solution kills them but it also 
kills the vines. The only way to do if one wants to exter¬ 
minate them is to lay planks in the squash patch, get up 
early in the morning and kill all the bugs that are gathered 
under the planks. If this is done for a few days there will 
be no bugs. 
BANANA SQUASH (120 days) 
Produces a heavy crop even when other winter squashes 
fail, owing to diseases or unfavorable weather. The strain 
we offer is the better strain of two, namely the orange 
skinned and orange fleshed, a much better strain than the 
Gray Banana strain. For quality, sweetness of flesh, high 
flavor, productiveness and high cropping qualities, try our 
strain of Banana. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 80c. 
GREEN DELICIOUS (115 days) —One of the best for quality. Top 
shaped, green, striped with a lighter green, rind hard and smooth. 
Excellent keeper. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. $1.00, prepaid. 
GOLDEN DELICIOUS (115 days)—Fruit top shaped of bright red¬ 
dish-orange color with deep green tip at blossom end. Flesh thick, 
golden orange, sweet and extremely dry. High class for canning 
and storing. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. $1.00. 
Squash is divided into two 
broad classes, summer squash 
or those prepared (as a rule) by slicing, rolling in flour, 
cracker crumbs, ground parched sweet corn, etc.; and winter 
squash, which is cut or broken into moderate sized pieces and 
baked in the oven or made into pies. 
If you want a real treat in Summer Squash try COCO¬ 
ZELLA. It is in its prime when about 8 inches long. At this 
stage they are very tender and sweet and have no hard rind. 
If prepared like Egg Plant you'll find a dish you’ll truly like. 
The finest flavored and best squash for baking and pies is 
DELICIOUS; for storing for winter the old standby, HUB¬ 
BARD, has no superior. Banana is of large size and wherever 
this feature is particularly desirable it is the sort to plant. 
About the handsomest of all squashes is Golden Delicious. 
Its vivid orange color catches the eye. It also ranks high in 
quality. 
SQUASH TABLE QUEEN OR ACORN is easy to produce and 
always sells readily. It is important to use seed that will 
produce fruit true to type. Our seed of Table Queen runs 
99% pure and uniform. 
About Squash Varieties 
