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Penguin Courds 
LARGE GOURDS 
LACENARIA. This species includes many varieties 
of hard-shell gourds of various shapes and sizes, 
the firs are white, showy, fragrant and pretty. 
Bird’s Nest. Hour glass shape, very graceful. 
Giant Bottle Gourd known as Chinese Water Jug. 
Large bottle-shaped with long neck. 
Cave Man’s Club, knobby, long handle club-shaped 
dark green variety. 
Hercules Club, a vigorous vine with branched 
tendrils and broad leaves, the fruits are club- 
shaped; sometimes attain a length of 6 ft. and 
are used by some people as food, easily grown. 
Longissima. Giant gourd 5-6 ft. long, edible. 
Penguin, Powder Horn or Calabash, large and in- 
curved like powder horn. 
Siphon or Dipper, a handsome vine, fruits having 
a long neck; used for dippers, bird houses. 
Sugar Trough, huge, used as troughs, lard tubs. 
Large Turk’s Turban. A giant ornamental, squash- 
like gourd of bright yellow and orange. 
Complete Mixture Lagenaria Courds in a fine 
assortment. 
VEGETABLE-SPONGE GOURDS 
LUFFA, (Creen. Snake), hha, 15 ft. (Singkwa). 
The fruit may be eaten when young, cooked 
like squash. Fruit. sometimes 10 ft. long. 
Dish Rag Gourd, Acutangula, hha, 15 ft. Very hand- 
some foliage, golden flrs. Long showy fruits. 
Fibre used as dishcloth when fully mature. 
BOOK, ‘The Garden of Gourds”’ 
It’s fashionable to use Gourds for colorful decora- 
tions. Dr. H. Bailey tells how to select, grow, 
and arrange them in this interesting, helpful $950 


Hercules Club Courd 
Small Mixed Gourds 
All Gourds regular pkt. 5c, 

Dipper Courd 




Striped pear, Nest egg, Apple — 
Jumbo pkt. 10c. 
SMALL GOURDS 
OVIFERA COURDS. These are vines with tendrils 
and yellow firs, bearing small fruits of various 
sizes, shapes, and colors. They are easily 
grown, will trail, and produce their litthe hard- 
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Apple Gourd, shape of an apple, creamy-white. 
Bicolor, green and golden yellow, variegated. 
Flat Striped. Fiat, disk-like gourd with fancy green 
and white stripes. 
Holy Crown. Odd fingered variety, the Crown of 
Thorns or Ten Commandment Gourd. 
Miniature Bottle, round dark green, gold Stripes, — 
choice bottle shaped variety. 
Nest Egg, the shape and color Of an egg. ; 
Ornamental Pomegranate (Queen’s Pocket Melon). 
pie deliciously perfumed. Fine for Lady’s 
charm. : 
Orange, resembles an orange in size, shape, color. 
Gourd, pear-shaped, striped yellow. 
Striped Pear 
and white. 
Spoon, small, ball-shaped with long slender neck. 
Warted Sorts, small gourds in mixed colors and 
shapes. Interesting novelty 
Complete Mixture Ovifera Gourds. All of the ins 
teresting shapes and colors. 
COMPLETE MIXTURE of Large and Small 
MOMORDICA, Balsam Apple, hha, 6 ff. 
gourds. . 
Showy, 
yellow flrs with. brown spots, rich orange apple-— 
shaped fruits. ; ‘ 
Pasar Pear. Pear shaped fruits used in making 
salves. i 
FIRST GOURD BOOK. 
Author and Lecturer. 
The little book is invaluable for Gourd lovers’ 
with concrete descriptions, 
information and. direc- 
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All Seeds: Pkt. 5c, 21 for $1.00—Jumbo Pkt. 10c, 11 for $1.00 

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A lasting table decoration of charm and heauty—Park’s Gourd ; 




By Helen M. Tillinghast, 
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