OSCAR H. WILL & CO., BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA 
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Early and Hardy Varieties 
Will’s Winter Squashes 
Kurbiss (German) 
Squash-graeskar (Scandinavian) 
DAKOTA. (Pictured on inside front cover.) 
Professor A. F. Yeager’s cross between Table 
Queen and Mandan Squash. Top shaped, with 
dark green skin and pale orange flesh, Dakota 
is much earlier and more prolific than Table 
Queen and should be used in the same way. 
Pkt., 15c. 
WINNEBAGO. One of the very best of squashes. 
The squash is long, greenish black in color, 
and a good keeper. The bright orange flesh 
is thick, very dry and sweet and less stringy 
. than almost any other squash. Under normal 
conditions many Winnebago Squash will weigh 
over 30 lbs. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c; 
/2 lb., 75c; 1 lb., $1.35, postpaid. 
RED or GOLDEN HUBBARD. Similar to Im¬ 
proved Hubbard except for its orange-red color, 
but slightly smaller and decidedly earlier. The 
flesh is deep orange, dry and of splendid qual¬ 
ity. A superior table variety and an excellent 
keeper, this is a fine variety for the home gar¬ 
den. Pkt., 5c; oz., 13c; 14. lb., 35c; 1£ lb., 65c; 
1 lb., $1.10, postpaid. 
IMPROVED HUBBARD. The Standard Winter 
■ S<|iiash. More extensively grown than any 
other variety. The fruits are large, heavy and 
moderately waited. The shell is a dark bronze- 
green; flesh a deep orange yellow, fine grained, 
dry and sweet. Its quality is the standard of 
excellence. Pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; % lb., 30cj U>., 
58c; 1 ih., $1.00, postpaid. 
Improved 
Hubbard 
Culture: One ounce to 30 hills, Summer, and 
one ounce to 15 hills. Winter varieties. Plant at 
same time as cucumbers and melons, in hills 3 to 
4 feet apart for Summer sorts and 7 to 8 feet 
apart for the Winter varieties. About 45 seeds 
to the packet of Winter Squash and 70 to the 
packet of Summer Squash. 
Arikara 
BANQUET. A golden squash, the result 
of our cross between Buttercup and Gil¬ 
more, earlier and more prolific than 
Buttercup with Buttercup shape, thick 
dry orange flesh and fine quality. We 
raised many tons of Banquet Squash in 
19 38. We’re proud of this one. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 20c; Y\ lb., 55c; Yz lb., 05c; 
1 lb., $1.75, postpaid. 
Buttercup 
Squash 
Banquet Squash 
BUTTERCUP. Originated in North Dakota by Professor A. Yeager. 
The squashes weigh between 3 and 5 pounds with thin, tough green 
skin. There is no fibrous section and the thick, rich orange flesh has 
no tinge of green. It 
cooking. The flavor is 
This is just about the 
oz,, lSe; x /4 lb., 50c; y» 
is a good keeper with very little 
sweet and tine; the texture smooth 
best squash we have ever tasted. : - 
lb., 90c; 1 lb., $1.60, postpaid. 
ARIKARA. If 
that will set 
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and dry. 
Pkt., 8e; 
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you want the earliest large Winter Squash, the 
fruit and outyield all others under drought ednditibixs, 
plant the Arikara. The shell is salmon, varied with blue green; 
flesh orange tinged with green near the shell, of firm texture and 
fair quality. It is a wonderful keeper. Pkt., 8c; oz., 15c; y* lb„ 40e; 
y 2 lb., 70e; 1 lb„ $1.25, postpaid. 
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“The Buttercup Squash is just about the best squash we have ever tasted,’ 
quote from catalogue. Corrected this statement should read—This is the best 
squash (in the world, I’ll bet). 
MRS. LOUIS SCHLONDL, Sundance, Wyoming. 
