

matkets. The fruits are golden russet or light 
tan in color with long, generally curved necks 
and a bulbous seed end. They average to weigh 
about 4 to 5 Ibs. each. When mature, the flesh is 
a rich orange color, dry and sweet with only a 
small seed cavity in the bulbous end. The neck 
is solid. When green, the fruits can be used just 
as the summer bush varieties but with much 
more flavor. When fully matured and carefully 
handled and stored they can be kept all winter. 
Will not cross readily with pumpkins or other 
squashes. 
Squash — Butternut (Eastern States strain) 
—A heavy yielding strain. Fruits 10-12” 
long, 4-5” thick with a small bulb and solid 
neck. Flesh is fine-textured, sweet and ex- 
cellent for pies. Skin is tan-colored and smooth. 
Culture — Fall and Winter Squashes 
One ounce of seed plants 20 hills — 4 lbs. 
per acre. Plant after danger of frost, 1’’ deep 
in 8 by 8’ hills, 6 seeds per hill. Thin to 2 or 3 
plants per hill. Keep down weeds and control 
leaf-feeding insects and the stalk borer. 
TOMATO 
Pennheart — An extra early variety devel- 
oped by Dr. C. E. Myers of Pennsylvania State 
College and first grown commercially in 1943. 
The vine is dwarf or determinate, developing 
to only about 30’’ in diameter. The plants 
should be started medium early and not sub- 
jected to any checks in growth before setting 
in the field. They then produce heavily over a 
short early period before standard vine varieties 
yield a commercial picking. Foliage is held 
well, giving considerable protection from sun- 
scald. Fruits are generally smooth, flattened 
globe in shape, deep red in color, often with a 
green shoulder, and weigh 5 to 7 ozs. 
This variety is intended to be useful only for 
a first early crop. Close planting — 18 x 30’ — 
ptoduces a heavy yield for the area occupied 
before the standard vine varieties come into 
production; and after the early crop is har- 
vested there is still time to produce some quick 
growing crop on the same land. 
Bonny Best (Shirley) — Selected for earli- 
ness, vines somewhat susceptible to blight, 
medium size, fruit protection by foliage fair. 
Fruits are a flattened globe, 5-6 ozs., smooth, 
of deep red color, thick-walled, and mature 
rapidly. 
Stokesdale — A highly productive, red- 
fruited variety in the John Baer season (73 
days) and resistant to fusarium wilt. The vine 
is vigorous and leafy, but it fruits so heavily 
that some extra nitrogen must usually be sup- 
plied about the time the first fruits ripen to 
retain the foliage. The fruits are of medium 
size, 5 oz., globular, 5 to 6-celled and medium 
red. Crop short; available only in four oz. 
packages. 
Pritchard — A second early variety devel- 
oped by the USDA and noted for disease re- 
sistance. Fruits are large, smooth, globular, 
solid, with thick walls and small seed cavity, 
scarlet in color and self-topping. A good vari- 
ety for market and home gardens and for 
canning. The plant is very prolific and vigorous 
in growth, affording excellent protection for 
the fruit from sun scalding. 
Marglobe — Developed by the USDA and 
noted for its high yields and resistance to 
fusarium wilt. Plant is medium to large and 
affords good fruit protection. Fruit is medium 
The Eastern States strain of Butter- 
nut squash excells in thick-fleshed 
fruits . . . grand for pies, too! 

to large, globe-shaped, bright red, smooth, 
thick-walled, good quality and borne in clus- 
ters of 4 or 5. Used extensively for homes, 
market and canning. 
Rutgers — Developed by the New Jersey 
Experiment Station from a cross of J.T.D. and 
Marglobe. The vines are vigorous and rank 
growing under moist conditions. The fruit is 
deep scarlet, firm fleshed and of flattened globe 
shape, larger than Marglobe. For proper 
growth and fruiting, nitrogen applications 
must be withheld until after fruit setting; nitro- 
gen can then be applied as a side-dressing. 
Tomato Culture 
One ounce of seed should produce 3000 
plants, enough for 34 acre unpruned or % acre 
staked and pruned. Sow in greenhouse early in 
March (7 to 9 weeks before planting). Trans- 
plant to 2 x 2” or more to avoid crowding. 
Harden off and transplant to the field after dan- 
ger of frost, about May 15 or earlier if pro- 
tected. Set 2 x 4’ if to be staked and pruned or 
3 to 314 x 4’ if to be left on the ground. 
TURNIP 
Purple Top White Milan — An early vari- 
ety for forcing or field culture. Tops are small 
and compact with strap leaves. Roots have 
purple top with white base, grow 3 to 4” in 
diameter, deep but flat, white-fleshed, sweet 
and tender. For the early crop sow seed from 
April 1 to May 1; late crop July 15 to August 1. 
Purple Top White Globe —Should be 
planted in late July to August 1, as it makes its 
best development in cool fall weather. The root 
is globular in shape, 3 to 4’’ in diameter, purple 
above ground and white below. The flesh is 
crisp, white, fine-grained, sweet, mild and 
tender. Tops are dark green, lobed, large and 
erecis 
Amber Globe — A yellow-fleshed variety for 
fall planting. Later maturing than Purple Top 
White Globe so should be planted correspond- 
ingly earlier. When grown in midsummer, flesh 
becomes bitter. Roots semi-globular, 5 to 6’” 
in diameter. Flesh pale yellow, fine-grained, 
tender and sweet. 
(Also see Rutabaga varieties. ) 
Turnip Culture, 
As for all root crops, the seedbed should be 
deeply prepared and well fertilized. One ounce 
of seed will plant 300’ of row —2 lbs. per 
acre. For early crop, seed as early as ground can 
be prepared, for late crop, in late July or in 
August or just in time to allow maturity before 
hard freezes. Sow 4"’ deep in 12 to 18”’ rows. 
Thin seedlings to 4 to 6’. Removals may be 
used for greens. For late crop, seed is sometimes 
broadcast and raked in lightly, using 2 to 4 
Ibs. per acre. For storage, leave roots in the 
ground until late fall, then harvest before a 
hard frost and store in a cool, moist cellar. 
