Yankee Hybrid is Earlier 

What are these girls doing? They’re picking squash blossom buds. Squash produce male and female blossoms on the same plant. The 
male blossoms have long stems; the female short ones. In making Yankee Hybrid cross we have to go through the fields early each 
morning and pick the male blossom buds from the rows that we are growing for seed so that the female flowers will only be pollinated 
from the flowers in the male rows which are a different inbred. The row in the right center of the picture is a male row. Blossoms are 
SUMMER SQUASH 
Vitamins Ab g 
2 Ibs. will plant 1 acre 
Summer squash should be planted after danger of 
frost anytime up to June 15th, | inch deep in hills 4 feet 
by 4 feet. Plant 6 to 8 seeds in each hill and thin to 
3 plants. 
*x YANKEE HYBRID: 45 days. This is a true 
first generation hybrid made by controlled cross- 
ing of inbreds of Connecticut Straightneck and Early 
Prolific. This cross produces a squash that is dis- 
tinctly earlier than either parent, is more productive 
and more uniform. The vine is bush type. Fruit 
medium yellow, straight and very slightly warted. 
Every Market Gardener knows what it means to 
have squash on the market ahead of his neighbors. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 45 cts.; \% Ib. $1.40; lb. $4.75. 
GIANT STRAIGHTNECK: 55 days. An improve- 
ment over the old Bush Crookneck as it packs better 
for shipping. Our seed stock is, we believe, one of 
the finest in the east. The plant is semi-bush type: 
the squashes are large warted and rich yellow in 
color. ~Pkt. 10 cts:; oz. 25' cts;:3414 lb.) 45) cts:; § fo oo Ee 
lb. $1.40. This week a price of $1.50 on summer squash; next week 50 cents. 
‘ Every squash grower has had this experience. Yankee Hybrid 
EARLY PROLIFIC: 50 days. Most widely grown of js nearly a week earlier than its nearest rival. This means more 
all Straightneck Summer Squashes. Vine dwarf, _ baskets at the $1.50 price. 
bush type. Fruits smaller and less warted than ; 
Giant Straightneck; color bright lemon yellow. CONNECTICUT STRAIGHTNECK: 50 days. Vine 
: ae ate d .: Ib. $1.65. bush type; earlier and more dwarf but more prolific 
SEN NG ABATE Stee UAE Ny than Giant Straightneck. Fruit large, slightly 
warted, medium yellow. Under some conditions 
produce fruits with undesirable greenish cast. Pkt. 
10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; % Ib: 50 \cts.; Ib. $1.50; 
LONG COCOZELLE: 65 days. Italian marrow 
bush type. Fruits are cylindrical, straight, smooth, 
dark green with light green stripes; often grow to a 
length of 20 inches. Very prolific. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
oz. 25 cts.; % lb. 60 cts.; Ib. $1.75. 
EARLY CROOKNECK: 50 days. Very popular in 
the South where squashes are picked young. 
Plants very prolific. Fruits curved at neck, light 
yellow, warted. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; % lb. 
50 cts.; lb. $1.50. 

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ae > “In 1940 you sent me two packages of Buttercup squash as 
are ; samples. I planted them in 1941. One of the finest squash the 
Early Prolific is a very attractive squash but not as early as Yankee Mrs. and I ever ate.”’ 
Hybrid. If summer squash are picked regularly they will produce January 20, 1942 F. L. Henningsen, 
for a long time. LeFever Falls, Rosendale, N. Y. 
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