SEED GROWERS 
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SPINACH — Continued 
SAVOY BLOOMSDALE LONG STANDING 42 Days 
Similar to the older type but with a thicker, more round and lighter col¬ 
ored leal. Very slow to bolt to seed. 
VICTORIA 45 Days 
An excellent sort which forms a very large, exceedingly thick, dark green 
leaf somewhat curled in the center. 
VIKING 44 Days 
This new variety is excellent for market gardens and canning. Plant 
large, spreading, vigorous, long standing and heavily productive. Leaves 
very large, thick, dark green. 
VIROFLAY OR THICK LEAF 43 Days 
Grows very rapidly forming a cluster of large, very thick, slightly wrinkled 
leaves of fine color and quality. Recommended for market gardeners. 
SQUASH—SUMMER VARIETIES 
Culture. The directions for the planting of Cucumbers can he followed 
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 generously and thin 
to 2 or 3 plants to a hill. One ounce of seed plants 25 hills and 2 to 4 
pounds plants an acre. The Squash is recommended either for the table 
or the feed lot. Number of days given is from planting to ripe fruit. 
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GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK 56 Days 
This strain is a great improvement on the old variety of Crookneck. 
Jt is larger and better in every way. 
SUMMER CROOKNECK 50 Days 
A standard early and productive summer variety. Fruits about a foot 
long, moderately warted and of a bright yellow color. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH, SCALLOPED 55 Days 
A1 so called Cymling and White Patty Pan. It is the most popular of the 
white summer 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. 
MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH 56 Days 
A large strain of the Early White Bush. The fruits grow to about one- 
third more size. It is a desirable strain, especially where a larger size is 
required for market. 
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. 
