Buttercup Is Best 

Butternut squash has not particularly impressed us. 
Buttercup. 
It is attractively new and different, a prolific bearer, but not as good quality as 
We suggest you try Butternut; perhaps our tastes differ. 
WINTER SQUASH 
Vitamins Ab Cg 
Pkt. will plant 6 hills 
3 to 4 Ibs. will plant 1 acre 
Winter squash seed should be planted as soon as all 
danger of frost is past, so as to give the squash plenty 
of time to mature. Plant in hills © feet by 8 feet, 6 
seeds per hill. Thin seedlings to 3 plants per hill. 
Each year we have been growing more of our squash 
seed on our Eastern farms. This Eastern seed is 
better isolated and more carefully selected. The cost 
is considerably higher, however, we have found that 
our trade demands this high quality seed and gladly 
pays the difference in price. 
BUTTERNUT: 60 days. A new late summer or early 
fall squash. Butternut fruits are 10 to 12 inches 
long. The flesh is dry, yellow and makes excellent 
pies but is rather stringy and not as good as later 
varieties for table use. Pkt. 20 cts.; oz. 60 cts.; 
% Ib. $1.75. 
* TABLE QUEEN: 58 days. (Eastern grown). Also 
called Acorn. ‘These individual squashes are 5 to 6 
inches long by 4% inches in diameter. They are 
ribbed, smooth and dark green in color. Very pro- 
lific and keep well. It is customary to bake these 
whole or halved. After baking, add butter and sea- 
soning and serve in the shell. Table Queen fits the 
needs of the small family, restaurant and _ hotel. 
Pkt. 10. cts.; oz. 30 cts.; 4% lb. 90 cts.; lb. $2.75. 
ROYAL ACORN: (Mammoth Table Queen, Western 
grown). 58days. Anew large type of Table Queen 
6 to 7 inches in length and 5 inches in diameter. 
Royal Acorn has become quite popular in the past 
two or three years. We have not listed it before 
because we felt it was not sufficiently uniform in 
colorrand shape. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 4 Ib. 
70 cts.; lb. $2.00. 
*xDELICIOUS: 102 days. (Eastern grown). One 
of the better quality winter squashes. Fruit is top- 
shaped and weighs from 7 to 8 lbs. Skin dark green 
with light green stripes toward blossom end. Flesh 
is thick, dry and very fine quality. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
oz. 35 cts.; % Ib. $1.05; Ib. $3.15. 
*xBUTTERCUP: 100 days. (Eastern grown). A 
small family size winter squash of exceptionally fine 
quality. This is the best eating squash that we 
know of. Dark green in color, flattened, weighs 
three to four lbs., turbaned blossom end and very 
small seed cavity. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; % lb. 
$1.10; Ib. $3.25. 
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GREEN HUBBARD: 105 days. (Eastern grown). 
The standard winter squash. Fruit weighs from 
10 to 12 lbs., pointed at both ends, slightly warted, 
dark bronze-green in color with a thick orange-yellow 
Hes. Pkt. 15 cts-: oz. 35 cts); % Ibs $1.00-7Ib. 
$3.00. 
GOLDEN HUBBARD: 100 days. (Western grown). 
Similar to Green Hubbard but earlier, smaller and 
more. prolific. Fruits weigh 8 to 10 lbs. and are 
moderately warted. Skin orange-red. Flesh deep 
orange, Pkt; 15 cts. oz. 25 cts:394 lb. 75 ctsi; 
Ib. $2.25. 
BLUE HUBBARD: (Our own strain, Eastern grown.) 
110 days. A large winter squash that is becoming 
more popular each year, due to its excellent quality. 
Fruit large, long and pointed at both ends; skin blue- 
grey and slightly ridged; weighs from 12 to 14 lbs., 
some larger. We believe that we have one of the 
purest strains on the market. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 
35 cts.; \% lb. $1.10; lb. $3.50. 
WESTERN GROWN BLUE HUBBARD: 110 days. 
This differs from our eastern strain in that it is 
shorter. Resembles the Green Hubbard in shape 
but isslarcers§ Pkt. 10) cts;; oz. 25 cts.2°4% 1b. 75 
cts.; lb. $2.25. 
WARTED HUBBARD: 110 days. (Western grown). 
Somewhat larger than Green Hubbard, and more 
heavily warted. Fruits about 14 pounds, pointed 
at each end. Very dark green, flesh deep orange- 
yellow, dry, and sweet. Very prolific, stores well. 
Pkt.15 cts.; oz. 25 cts:; 1% Ib.75-cts.; lb. $2.25. 
SALSIFY or Vegetable 
Oyster 
Pkt. will sow 12 ft. row 
1 oz. will sow 100 ft. row 
Sow seed thinly % inch deep in rows 2 feet apart. 
Thin seedlings to 3 inches apart. 
* MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND: An improved 
variety that grows very large and is of fine quality. 
Roots 6 to 8 inches long, 1 to 1% inches thick, taper- 
ing, smooth, dull white. Pkt. 15 cts.; % oz. 30 
cts.; oz. 45 cts.; % lb. $1.35; Ib. $4.00. 
