SQUASH 
ACORN — The Individual Squash. The fruits are of nice size to handle, 6 to 
7 inches long and 4 to 5 inches in diameter. The thin shell is ribbed and very 
dark green in color. The orange yellow flesh is thick and of excellent quality. 
2 A good keeper. Squash of this variety may 
also be used as summer squash if picked 
when half grown. 
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK—Largest and 
one of the earliest of the crookneck summer 
squashes. Vines of° bush habit, large and 
more vigorous than Summer Crookneck. Fruits 
when mature are very large, often 1 to 2 
feet long, with exceedingly warted surface. 
The color is deep yellow. Its large size and 
attractive color make it a great favorite with 
market gardeners. 

= € BANANA — As its name implies, long and 
SS eee slender. A winter squash of excellent merit 
Crookneeck Sauash and very popular with the public. 
SUMMER SQUASH — Italian Marrow or Cocozelle. One of the most delicious 
additions to the Squash family. For piaquancy of flavor, tenderness and gen- 
eral palatability it has few equals. This plant does not make a vine, but 
grows in the form of a compact bush, and 5 or 6 hills is sufficient for a large 
family. The oblong green fruits should be picked when not more than 4 to 6 
inches lorg. If the fruits are allowed to grow larger they lose their deli- 
cacy of flavor, and when one fruit is allowed to mature, it checks the forma- 
tion of any more fruit on the plant. If planted early, it will fruit on the 
plant. If planted early, it will fruit from the latter part of June until 
October. 
PRICES ON ABOVE — Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c. Postpaid. 
CHICORY 
WITLOOF is a delicious winter vegetable. It makes one of the 
finest of all salads, is very fine served with French dressing 
and eaten like lettuce, and is also excellent boiled. Plant seed 
in May or June in open ground, and in fall, dig roots, cutting off 
leaves, and store in soil in a cool place until wanted for forcing. 
About a month before wanted, the roots should be planted in 
boxes of earth, in cool, dark place in cellar. If not grown in a 
dark place, should 
be banked up like 
celery, as it is the 
blanched stalks that 
are used. Coming 
as it does in the 
middle of the win- 
ter, it is bound to Li 
become popular as al 
it becomes better known 
Pkt. 10c: 3 pkts. 25c. Postpaid. 
ened 
GOURDS 
ORNAMENTAL — Calabash Pipe 
Dishcloth, Nest Egg, Pear-Shaped, 
Powderhorn, Sugar Through, A 
fine mixture of rare, useful, and 
ornamental varieties. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c. Postpaid. 



BALSAM PEAR 
Ornamental Vine with Edible Fruits 
A very ornamental and curious climbing vine, with 
glossy green foilage. Pear-shaped ornamental fruits 
known to Chinese as La-Kwa, and used extensively in 
China as a food for human consumption. Usually 
prepared for the table by boiling the fruits before 
they are ripe. Give it a trial both as an ornament 
Es FT ns and as an addition to your 
list of edible fruits. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c. 
Postpaid. 
WONDER 
BUSH CHERRY 
These bushes grow about 18 inches high—and bear 
heavy crops of the best flavored fruit you ever 
tasted. Although many use the fruit raw, all claim 
it makes better pie than tree cherries. The Wonder 
Cherry, sometimes called Ground Cherry, will bear 
eight weeks after planting the seed. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c. Postpaid. 
PARSNIPS 
IMPROVED HOLLOW CROWN — The. great cropper and considered the best 
for cultivation. The roots are long, smooth, tender, and very sugary. 
Pki. 10c; 3 pkts. 25c. Postpaid. 




