
60 F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
SOUASHES FOR SUMMER AND WINTER. 
Any good enriched soil is adapted to the 
growing of Squash. The seed should not 
be sown in the spring until danger from 
frost is past and the ground is warm. 
Plant in hills (about 8 to 10 seeds to a 
hill) the early sorts 4 to 6 feet apart, the 
late varieties 8 to 12 feet. Thin out to 
three plants in the hill. Keep the earth 
about the plants loose and free from 
weeds. One ounce for 25 hills, 3 to 4 lbs. 
per acre. 
Summer Varieties 
These varieties, unlike the winter squashes 
are suitable for use only when young. Fine 
in summer and early fall. 
*EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOP (Ben- 
ning’s Green Tinted)—A very early sum- 
mer variety. Fruit flattened and _ scal- 
loped, about 8 inches in diameter, with a 
creamy white greenish tinted skin. Pkt. 
Sc, 1 oz. 15c, % Ib. 30c, 1 Ib. 90c, 2 lbs. 
$1.70. 
GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK — A 
selection from the Crookneck squash but 
with a straight rather than a crooked 
neck, making it easily packed for ship- 

White Bush Scallop Squash 


Black Zucchini 
ping. Fruits intensely warted, 18 to 20 
inches long, deep orange in color with a 
thick meaty neck. Pkt. 5c, 1 oz. 15c, % Ib. 
35c, 1 Ib. 90c. 
* GOLDEN SUMMER. CROOKNECK — The 
fruits are of the true crookneck type, heav- 
ily warted, and of light golden color. Pick 
when small for tenderness. Pkt. 5c, 1 oz. 
15c, % lb. 35c, 1 Ib. 90c, 2 Ibs. $1.70. 
LAGENARIA LEUCANTHA LONGISSIMA 
(Cucuzzi Caravassi) — An edible gourd 
grown mostly by Italians. Fruits often 36 
inches long; 4 to 6 inches in diameter. 
Vines trailing in habit, and should be trel- 
lised to grow straight fruits. Pkt. 10c, ¥% 
oz. 25c. 
*ZUCCHINI (Black Fruited Strain) — An 
improvement over the “gray-striped”’ 
strain. Fruits smooth, cylindrical, and of 
handsome deep dark green color, free from 
striping or mottling. Pkt. 5c, 1 oz. 15c, %4 
Ib. 35c, 1 Ib. 90c. 
Winter Varieties 
Varieties in this class are good keepers, 
and used extensively for baking, pies, and 
canning purposes. 
*BANANA — Cylindrical fruits, with 
smooth greenish-gray skin. Orange-yellow 
flesh is firm and solid and free of all fibers. 
Delicious flavor. Excellent for pies. Pkt. 
5c, 1 oz. 15c, 4 Ib. 45c, 1 Ib. $1.25. 
*HUBBARD GREEN WARTED — Hana- 
some dark green fruits, rough and slightly 
warted. Flesh of rich golden-yellow, fine 
grained and dry. Fine for baking and for 
pies. Pkt. 5c, 1 oz. 15c, %4 Ib. 35c, 1 lb. $1. 
*TABLE QUEEN or ACORN — A small, 
acorn-shaped squash, smooth, very dark 
green, with deep ridges. The flesh is light 
yellow, and when baked and eaten from 
the shell it is a real treat. Pkt. 5c, 1 oz. 15c, 
VY Ib. 35c, 1 Ib. $1.00. 
TURBAN—Mostly grown as a curiosity, 
although flesh is sweet, and a fine orange- 
yellow color. Fruits variegated, with a 
curious swelling at the blossom end striped 
with red. Pkt. 5c, 1 oz. 15c, % Ib. 50c. 

Squash, Hubbard Green Warted 

Garden Fresh Turnips for Your Table 
Turnip, Purple Top White Globe 

. Two pounds per acre in drills, 3 pounds 
| broadcast. Turnips do best in highly en- 
riched sandy or light loamy soil. Com- 
mence sowing the earliest varieties in 
_ January, in drills from 12 to 15 inches apart 
| and thin out nearly 6 to 8 inches in the 
_ row. For last planting or main crop, sow 
/ in July and August. 
EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH — 40 days. 
_ A most excellent early variety. Roots med- 
, jum size, flat, color white; very early, 
_ sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1% lb. 
40c, Ib. 75c. 
GOLDEN BALL or ORANGE JELLY — 60 
days. A yellow-fleshed globe-shaped va- 
riety of medium to large size, smooth and 
| of light yellow color with small green 
crown. Flesh is light yellow, fine-grained, 
and sweet. A fine keeper and heavy crop- 
per. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, ¥2 lb. 40c, Ib. 75c. 
PURPLE TOP, STRAP-LEAVED—45 days. 
A very early strap-leaved variety having 
scant, erect, entire, stiff leaves. Roots are 
regular in shape, flat and medium-sized, 
purple-red above ground, white below. 
Flesh is white, fine grained and tender. 
Best when 2¥2 inches in diameter. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 15c, ¥2 lb. 40c, lb. 75c. 
*PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE—55 days. 
As indicated by its name this variety is 
white under ground, purple above, flesh 
white, fine grained and tender; should be 
used when about 3 inches in diameter. 
Keeps well and good for market use. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 42 lb. 40c, Ib. 75c. 
JAPANESE FOLIAGE TURNIP (Shogoin)— 
50 days. An excellent variety where “‘tur- 
nip greens’ are desired. Leaves very 
large, thick, juicy and tender and are pro- 
duced upright often 2 to 3 feet high. Bulbs 
globe shaped, snow white, solid, mild and 
tender. Not subject to disease like other 
varieties of foliage turnips. Also used by 
canners. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 2 Ib. 40c, Ib. 75c. 


