SQUASH for Summer and Winter Use : 5 
An ounce will plant from 16 to 25 hills. 
Squash seed should be planted at about the same time and in 
the same manner as cucumbers and melons. 
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. 
The hills should be 

* 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; oz., 25c; % Ib., 85c; Ib., 
$2.50. 
The fruits are of a yellowish brown color 
Butternut and bottle-shaped. Flesh is yellow, dry, 
sweet and excellent flavor. Small seed cavity. Keeps 
well into the winter months. Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c. 
; ; W. A selection of the Hub- 
Chicago or Warted Hubbard page iene: Wace’ 
shell. Pkt., 10c; 0oz., 25c; 14 Ib., 85c; Ib., $2.50. 
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; oz., 25c; 14 Ib., 85c; Ib., $2.50. 
* W. A well-known and favorite winter 
Green Hubbard Wy. ty, 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; oz., 25c; 14 Ib., 85c; Ib., $2.50. 
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; oz., 25c; 14 Ib., 85c; Ib., $2.50. 
* tone 4 fine home garden variety. Medium 
Golden Delicious size, with deep orange shell and thick 
orange flesh. A good keeper. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 Ib., 
85c; Ib., $2.50. 
: For early planting the Crook- 
Farly Summer Crookneck For, ie Pate tee week 
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; 
oz., 20e; %4 lb., 50c; Ib., $1.40. 
, 
Vine larger and of more 
Mammoth Summer Crookneck ine Jarger and of more 
ea Crookneck. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % Ib., 50c; Ib., 
* 1 Early, mostly straight necked and 
Farly Giant Summer much larger than the Summer 
Crookneck. A fine quality, growing from 14 to 16 inches 
long. Extensively used by market gardeners and excep- 
tionally good for home gardeners. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 
1% \b., 50c; Ib., $1.50. 

Acorn or Small Table Squash 

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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 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.50. , 
Dark green 
Italian Vegetable Marrow 2: eee es 
coming marbled with yellow as they 
mature. The young fruits when fried 
in oil, constitute a vegetable delicacy 
very popular. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 Ib., 
50c; Ib., $1.40. 
Q Desirable 
Table Queen or Des Momes sa fruits 
and market garden use. Acorn-shaped 
fruit, ribbed, smooth, thin shelled, 
dark green, flesh light yellow, bakes 
well, with sweet inviting flavor. Pkt., 
10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.40. 
Golden Table Queen or Des Moines 
Similar to the green. Rich, buttery, 
sweet, golden flesh, % inch thick. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 20c; % Ib., 50c. 

Has a shell generally 
Warren Turban harder and thicker 
than the Essex Hybrid. The color is a 
deeper and richer orange, while the 
quality, is decidedly better. Grown 
very extensively by market gardeners. 
aon 10c; oz., 25c; %4 Ib., 85c; Ib., 
iq Lhe Squash are of the 
Yankee Hy brid finest type and very 
paces The skin has a waxy yellow 
color, very attractive. Early and pro- 1 i 
lific. Pkt. 10c; 0z., 35¢; 14 Ib., $1.00. Straight Soicak 

Butternut Squash 

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Vegetable Seeds 
ROSS BROS. CO., Worcester, Mass. _ 
