SQUASH for Summer and Winter Use 
An.ounce will plant from 10 to 25 hills. 
Squash seed should be planted at about the same time and in 
the same manner as cucumbers and melons. The hills should be 
9 feet apart each way, slightly elevated and highly manured. 
Bush varieties may be planted closer together. Use plenty of seed. 
as the bugs will destroy some plants. 

* Special Market Gardeners’ strain. 
Blue Hubbard The Symmes Blue Hubbard is an en- 
tirely distinct variety resembling the Warted Hubbard 
in shape. It is a pale light blue color, very thick 
meated, dry and very sweet; its eating qualities can 
not be surpassed. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; %4 Ib., 60c; Ib., 
$2.00. 
“ W. A selection of the Hub- 
Chicago or Warted Hubbard bard, with thickly warted 
shell. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., 60c; Ib., $2.00. 
A rich orange-red instead of the dark 
Golden Hubbard olive-green of the old Hubbard, the flesh 
is thick and a little deeper colored. Good quality, fine 
grained and dry. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., 60c; Ib., $2.00. 



* W. A well-known and favorite winter 
Green Hubbard variety, more largely grown than any 
other. We offer a choice strain, considered by some of our 
customers to be superior to the popular Chicago Hubbard. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., 60c; Ib., $2.00. 
Delicious A fall and winter variety. Color, usually dark 
green. Shell moderately hard but very thin; 
flesh thick, very fine grained, sweet and of finest flavor. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; %4 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.40. 
* Cr A fine home garden variety. Medium 
Golden Delicious size, with deep orange shell and thick 
orange flesh. A good keeper. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; Ib., $1.40. 
*1 An old, well-known orange turban sort. 
Essex Hybrid Flesh is dry. sweet and thick, bright orange 
color. Pkt, 10c; oz., 20c; 4% Ib., 60c; Ib., $2.00. 
For early planting the Crook- 
Early Summer Crookneck Heck Cy oe al sedate Coes 
land to almost the exclusion of any other. This, while 
much smaller than the Mammoth Crookneck, is yet large- 
ly grown, many considering it of better flavor. Pkt., 10c; 
0z., 20c; %4 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.40. 
Mammoth Summer Crookneck Vine larger and of more 
vigorous growth than the 
Seite Crookneck. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % Ib., 50c; Ib., 
* M Early, mostly straight necked and 
Early Giant Summer much larger than the Summer 
Crookneck. A fine quality, growing from 14 to 16 inches 
long. Extensively used by market gardeners 
and exceptionally good for home gardeners. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 1%4 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.50. 
Acorn or Small Table Squash 



The Meat 
is Thicker 
and Keeps 
Longer than 
the Original 
Hubbard. 
A Ross 
Recom- 
mendation. 
Blue Hubbard Squash 

° : It is 10 days earlier than other 
Early P rolific Straightneck Summer Squashes. The squash 
is smaller than the old Straightneck, smooth and has a 
clear yellow color. The vine is dwarf and very prolific. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 lb., 50c; Ib., $1.50. 
: Dark green at first, becoming 
Italian Vegetable Marrow marbled with yellow as they 
mature. The young fruits when fried in oil, constitute 
a vegetable delicacy very popular. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 
1% Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.40. 
. Desirable for home and mar- 
Table Queen or Des Moines ket garden use. Acorn-shaped 
fruit, ribbed, smooth, thin shelled, dark green, flesh light 
yellow, bakes well, with sweet inviting flavor. Pkt., 10c; 
0z., 20c; 1% Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.40. 
Similar to the green. 
Golden Table Queen or Des Moines jc), buttery. ene 
golden flesh, % inch thick. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % Ib., 50c. 
Has a shell generally harder and thicker 
Warren Turban than the Essex Hybrid. The color is a 
deeper and richer orange, while the quality is decidedly 
better. Grown very extensively by§ 
market gardeners. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 
% Ib., 60c; Ib., $2.00. 
*1 The Squash are of the 
Yankee Hybrid finest type and very 
uniform. The skin has a waxy yellow 
color, very attractive. Early and pro- 
lific. Pkt., 15¢; oz., 60c; 14 Ib., $2.00. 


















Early Giant 
Delicious Squash Straightneck Squash 

26 
Vegetalle Seeds 
ROSS BROS. CO., Worcester, Mass. 
