SQUASH 
HOW TO GROW SQUASH.—Plant 8 to 10 seeds in each hill and have hills of bush varieties 
3 to 4 feet apart and vining late sorts 6 to 8 feet apart each way. After danger of bugs is over, thin 
out all but four of the best plants. Before planting seeds, work manure in each hill. Dust with Slug- 
Shot to kill the Squash-bug. Squash can also be grown like pumpkins in the cornfields at the same time you plant the corn, in 
every fourth hill. The ‘‘neck”’ varieties are delicious when sliced thin and fried as you would eggplant. All are used for stewing 
and for pies. Winter varieties should be left on vines until fully matured. Gather before frost and leave a little of the stem on. 
Keep in dry, moderately warm place during winter. Do not bruise or it will start to spoil. Ounce plants 25 hills, 4 pounds an acre. 

Schell’s Table Queen or Acorn 
Z Green. Also called 
Scnell’s-Table: Queen. choc" (Also called 
customers are having remarkable and profitable success with 
our strain of Table Queen. The Squashes are just about 6 inches 
long, 4 inches in diameter, dark deep green in color; when 
fully ripe the rind turns to bright orange-yellow. However, 
they may be used just as well before as after ripening, served 
by halves and used for sauce or for pies. 58 days. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
0z. 25 cts.; 14lb. 60 cts.; Ib. $1.75; 4 Ibs. $6. 
Golden Table Queen. Like the above with skin a beautiful 
golden color. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 4lb. 60 cts.; Ib. $1.75, 
Schell’s Early Prolific Straightneck. 
Winner of All-America prize. Its fruits are borne very pro- 
fusely on every plant and the plants are strictly bush type and 
compact, very suitable for the home-garden, and this allows 
close planting. The fruits are smooth. of delicate cream-yellow 
and they may be used when any size from 4, 5, 6 to 12 and 14 
inches long. The quality is unsurpassed. Ready to use in 40 
to 50 days. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; 14lb. 85 cts.; Ib. $2.25. 
New Squash, Fordhook Zucchini. Bush type. Awarded 
prize as one of best new varieties. Long and slim (12 by 
2 inches), is the best marketable size which it attains in about 
60 days. Mature fruits are 18 to 24 inches long, best to use 
when 5 to 6 in. long. Dark green. Midseason. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
oz. 25 cts.; M4lb. 60 cts.; lb. $1.75. 
Schell’s ‘Giant Straitneck.”” New 2rd auite 
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Flesh is salmon and of very delicious quality. It is like its 
parent, the Crookneck, in every way except, as the name im- 
plies, it has bred to a straight neck, which is quite an advantage 
—easier to prepare. 55 days. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; lb. 
60 cts.; lb. $1.75; 4 Ibs. $6. 
Golden Custard or Mammoth Yellow Bush (Yellow 
Pattypan). Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 14lb. 60 cts.; lb. $1.75. 

Squash, Golden Hubbard 
In shape this is quite like the Im- 
Golden Hubbard. proved Hubbard, but earlier. The 
skin is a rich orange-red and the flesh a deep orange of the best 
quality. An excellent keeper and a good sort for market. Very 
highly recommended. 100 days. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 
Alb. 75 cts.; Ib. $2; 4 Ibs. $7.40. 
3 This variety was devel- 
Schell’s Blue Hubbard. oped from eh original 
Hubbard Squash. Its skin is a dark bluish gray; flesh thick, 
orange-yellow. A good keeper. The quality of the flesh is of 
the very best. Large size. 115 days. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.5 
Alb. 75 cts.; lb. $2; 4 lbs. $7.40. 
Warted Hubbard. In size and quality it is much like the well- 
known Hubbard, but is more heavily warted and has very 
dark green, almost black skin; flesh orange-yellow. Very 
fine. 115 days. Pkt. 10cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 4lb. 75 cts.; lb. $2. 
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Schell’s New Scarlet Pear Squash. 3,>° 
—light and dark green, splashed with scarlet markings—makes 
this by far the most handsome and attractive of all Squashes. 
The quality of the thick yellow flesh is absolutely tops for 
baking. Shaped somewhat like a pear. Pkt. 15 ects.; '4oz. 
25 cts.; oz. 45 cts.; 14lb. $1.25; Ib. $3.25. 
Schell’s Early Golden Summer Crookneck. Similar to 
Giant Crookneck but only about half as large, fruits measur- 
ing about a foot long, of bright orange color inside and out. 
48 days. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 4b. 60 cts.; lb. $1.75. 
Schell’s Improved Hubbard. One of the best 
and most popular 
Squashes. They are large, moderately warted, with dark green 
skin and flesh of richest orange. Very prolific. 100 days. Pkt. 
10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts.; lb. $2; 4 lbs. $7.40. 
Giant Summer Crookneck. The largest golden yellow 
Squash, being 16 inches long and 41% inches wide. Average 
4 pounds. Ready in 55 days. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; Mlb. 
65 cts.; lb. $1.75; 4 lbs. $6. 
A fine winter sort, shaped like 
Boston Marrow. Hubbard, smoother skin. The skin 
is a bright orange and the flesh deep orange. A good keeper; 
yields heavily. Used widely for delicious pumpkin pies. Pkt. 
10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 14]b. 65 cts.; lb. $2; 4 Ibs. $7.40. 


Squash, Cocozelle or Vegetable Marrow 
COCOZELLE or ITALIAN VEGETABLE MARROW. Fruits 
are 15 inches long, 4 inches wide. An excellent summer va- 
riety of bush habit. When young, skin is dark green, but at 
maturity they are alternate green and orange stripes. Ready 
to use 55 days from planting. When used quite small as 
shown in the picture, they are called ““Summer Asparagus.” 
Try them. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; Mlb. 65 cts.; Ib. $2. 

Squash, Schell’s ‘‘Giant Straitneck’’ 
Schell’s Zucchini Grey. Zucchini grows about 12 inches long 
and 4 inches in diameter, is light, mottled gray when matured 
and light green when in the edible stage. When served as 
asparagus, they are excellent, and for pie-making also. Flesh 
is creamy yellow. Used mostly when small and tender. 60 
days. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 4b. 65 cts.; lb. $1.75; 4 lbs. $6. 
Zucchini Black. Increasing in popularity every year. Fruits 
are 13x 4 inches. Rind is black-green. Usually harvested 
when 4 to 6 inches long, but good at any size. 55 days. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; M4lb. 65 cts.; lb. $1.75. 
Schell’s English Vegetable Marrow. A popular variety 
of splendid quality. Shape oblong, from 10 to 15 inches in 
length; 4 inches wide; color a cream-yellow. Very prolific. 
55 days. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 4lb. 65 cts.; lb. $1.75. 
= Schell’s Early 
y White Bush 
Scalloped 
also called ‘Dollar 
Squash.” This is the popu- 
lar ‘‘Pattypan” or ‘‘Cym- 
ling.’’ Fine when picked 
immediately after being set 
on and when not much 
larger than a dollar, and 
when served as is asparagus 
they are delicious. Their 
fruits average 6% inches in 
diameter and 21% inches thick, They bear until frost. A small 
space in your garden will produce a large number. Pkt. 10 cts.5 
oz. 25 cts.; Ylb. 65 cts.; lb. $1.75; 4 lbs. $6. 
Squash, Schell’s Early 
White Bush Scalloped 
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