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SQUASH °s2.%8" 
Summer squash requires one ounce to 3@ hills. Winter varieties one ounce to 15 hills 
and 3 to 4 pounds per acre. 3 ae > 
Culture. Plant when the weather has become settled and the ground fairly warm. 
Bush varieties are planted 3x4 ft.; running varietes 6x8 ft; about 4 to 6 seeds per hill — 
and thin out later leaving the strongest plants about 3 to the hill. Hills similar to those — 
made for Cucumber with well-rotted manure or fertilizer are best. Winter varieties 
may be stored in a moderately warm dry place of even temperature. =f. ‘ 
Summer Varieties . : 7 on 
314 COCOZELLE GREEN BUSH or ITALIAN VEGETABLE MARROW. > 
(60 days.) This is a most delicious and fine flavored sort of Squash. The color is a aes 


deep green when young, ripening with alternate stripes of green and gold, The Eos 
eat) is jong end slendey It is used when 10 or 12 inches long and is boiled or cut 4 
in slices and fried in butter. , 5 
Table Queen Squash Pkt., 10¢; 0z., 25¢; 14 Ib., 80c. ; 
315 GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK. (55 days.) 
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This summer Squash has almost entirely replaced the ae, 
TO 5 AC ( O Crookneck type, in both home and commercial gardens. It ar 














differs from Crookneck only in shape; the “neck” in-— 
stead of being curved is straight and more attractive in 
appearance and much easier to pack in crates for shipping. — 
The fruit is lemon-yellow in color—about 14 inches long = 
and 3% inches in diameter. : ‘ 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 4% lb., 70c._ . ; 
316 EARLY YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK. (52 
days.) An extensively used summer sort, with bush type of — 
plant, and very prolific. Fruits curved at neck and weigh- 
ing about 8 pounds. Color is light yellow at early stage 
and covered with warts. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; %4 lb., 75c. 
317 MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH. (58 days.) Color is 
creamy white with comparatively smooth surface, somewhat 
flattened and scalloped. Vines are bushy, vigorous and very 
productive. Known as Patty Pan and Cymling in 
the South. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; %4 lb., 75c. ~ 
Winter Varieties 
318 TABLE QUEEN or DES MOINES. (58 
days.) Also called Acorn. Trailing in habit, with 
acorn-shaped fruits, which average about 6 inches 
long by 4 inches wide, just right to serve one-half 
to a person. Color dark green, except when over- 
ripe, when it changes to buff. Flesh is orange color 
and sweet. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; %4 lhb., 85c. 
319 IMPROVED HUBBARD. (105 days.) One of 
the best winter Squashes, flesh bright orange-yellow, 
fine grained, very dry, sweet and richly flavored. 
Fruit large, pointed at both ends; slightly warted. 
Skin bronze-green, Excellent keeper. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 40c; %4 lb., $1.25. 
320 GOLDEN HUBBARD. (100 days.) Similar to 
the old Hubbard excepting the skin is of a rich 
orange-red and heavily warted, flesh of extra fine 
quality. 5. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; % lb. $1.25. 
321 WARTED HUBBARD. (105 days.) Similar in 
fruit and shape to Hubbard except that the surface 
is very much warted. It is very handsome in ap- 
pearance and of extra quality. ne 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; %4 Ilh., $1.25. 
322 BANANA, (105 days.) Excellent winter Squash. 
Fruit 18 to 24 inches’ long and about 7 inches in 
diameter. Skin gray-blue and not so hard as that 
of the Hubbards. Flesh fine grained, deep yellow, 
Giant >ummer dry, sweet. 
356 PURPLE TOP STRAP LEAVED. (45 days.) A Straightneck Squash Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; %4 Ib., 90c. 
well-known early sort which is largely used in all sections. : 
Our stock is extra choice. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c¢; % Ib., 40c. 
Culture. The seed is sown from February to April in open beds. 
Ground must be clean, very finely pulverized, raked fine and smooth. 
It is customary to burn over the top of the bed by piling brush or 
litter to destroy weed seeds and add fertility for the young plants. 
After sowing, beds are protected with thin cotton cloth, similar to 
cheese-cloth, to protect them from Tobacco flies. About June Ist 
the plants are set in rich or highly fertilized ground in rows 4 feet 
apart each way. An ounce sows about 50 square yards, sufficient 
to set 2 or 3 acres. 
324 KELLY’S IMPROVED TYPE WHITE BURLEY. A 
heavy yielder of rich, bright leaf, large, long and broad. It is fast 
becoming the most popular type of Burley and is largely grown 
by planters in all Burley sections. 
PEt., 10c; 44 0z., 35c; oz., 60c. 
3825 JUDY’S PRIDE TYPE WHITE BURLEY. This variety 
has won great popularty in certain sections of Kentucky and 
Tennessee, and we think it is a good stand-up Burley. The leaf is 
broad, long and tapering, with prominent white ribs. The stalk 
is strong and holds the leaves well up off the ground. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 0oz., 35c; oz., 6Oc. 
TURNIPS 
Culture. For early use, sow in March or April, either 
broadcast, or in drills, using preferably Milan or Purple Top 
Strap Leaf or Globe. 
Turnips for main crop are sown from July to September 
15th, broadcast 1% to 2 Ibs. per acre. An ounce will sow 
about 300 feet. Turnips for greens can be sown as late as 
October 1st, and require 3 to 4 lbs. per acre. 
355 EARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN. (40 days.) Extra 
early variety which is very sweet and particularly valuable 
for sowing in early spring. Roots are medium size, plants 
purple, top flat. Best for private gardens and preferable 
to grow for early market crop. 
PkKt., 10c; 0z., 15c; 1% Ib., 50c. 
357 PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE. (55 days.) A very superior strain, pro- 
ducing large, smooth roots, which are sweet and tender, One of the best for 
early or main crop use. Excellent either when young or fully matured. 
PkEt., 10c; oz., 15c; % Ihb., 40c, 
359 POMERANIAN WHITE GLOBE. (75 days.) Flesh white, firm’and crisp; © 
@ very desirable early variety. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; %4 Ib., 40c. 
362 SEVEN TOP, FOR TURNIP GREENS. (45 days.) Used entirely for 
greens; popular in the South. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; % Ib., 25c. 
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Rutab 323 VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI or GOLDEN MACA- 
aga or Swedish Turnips RONTI. (60 days.) Like any squash, the fruits are set on 
Rutabagas require longer to mature than the common turnips and should be sown vining plants, The Vegetable Spaghetti is light golden » 
earlier, To get heavy crops of large turnips sow the seed June 15 to July 1 in rows color and measures about 10 inches long and 5 inches in . 
2 to 2% feet apart. Thin the plants to a foot apart. Rutabagas make excellent diameter. A good keeper and can be used as required. 
winter feed for sheep. For table use, Rutabagas can be sown later and will be of Cook whole and cut open. The flesh is in loose shreds, and 
better quality, but not as large as when sown early. is very tasty. ; 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; 14 lb., 90c. 
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365 AMERICAN PURPLE TOP. (90 days.) Our stock of this is extra choice 
and can be depended on by the most critical growers. Rutabagas besides being 
the best food for stock, is the sweetest of all Turnips for table use. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 55c, 



