





WINTER SQUASH | 
Sow the seed when the ground is warm and danger of frost has passed. 
Plant in groups that are 6 feet apart, the seeds planted 3 inches apart, 
6 to the group, and 1 inch deep. Thin to 4 strong plants. Spray and 
dust to prevent injury from fungous disease and from insects. Seed of 
these winter kinds should be sown 10 days later than the summer va- 
rieties. A package of seed will make 5 hills, an ounce 15 hills. 
* Buttercup. Productive—High Quality. No doubt one of the high- 
est quality, most deliciously flavored winter Squashes. Medium small, 
averaging 3 to 5 Ibs. Dark green with prominent “button.” Flesh yel- 
low, exceptionally thick, dry, sweet and never stringy. Don’t fail to 
try this new Squash. It’s a great favorite whenever tests are made for 
quality. ~- Pkg. 15c; oz. 45¢; YW Ib. $1.25 
Butternut. A splendid new winter Squash, whose medium size fruits 
are of a yellowish brown color and bottle-shaped. Outer shell is smooth 
and hard. Flesh is clear yellow, fine textured, dry, sweet, and of very 
excellent flavor, An unusually large proportion of this Squash is edible 
as the seed cavity is so small. Vining kind. ’ 
Pkg 15c; oz) oben, Ib. $1285 
Delicious. The meat is so dry and fine grained that it greatly re- 
sembles that of a good Sweet Potato. Delicious does not grow as large 
as Hubbard, usually weighing from 5 to 10 Ibs., but is very heavy, as 
the orange colored flesh is so thick that there is but. very little seed 
cavity in the center. A splendid winter keeper and one_you should grow 
Blue Hubbard 
in the garden. Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; VY Ib. $1.00 
*Golden Delicious. The fruit is of medium size, weighing from 5 Table Queen. (Des Moines, Queen Ann, Acorn.) The well pte | 
to 10 pounds, skin orange-yellow; the flesh thick, fine grained, dry, and and very popular ‘individual’ Squash shaped like on ree tag | 
of fairly good quality. Plant is strong growing and a most prolific bearer. fruit is about 5 inches long and 4 inches across, deeply rit ae wi 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; Y%4 Ib. $1.00 dark green skin and thick orange flesh that cooks deliciously dry 
and sweet, and is never stringy. Keeps well all winter. 
Royal Acorn (Mammoth Table Queen). 25% larger than the Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; V4 Ib. 80c 
older variety. People who have tried this Squash claim its quality superior 
to that of any other. It is about’ the size of a cocoanut, 7% inches long 
and 6 inches througn, thin skinned, with thick meat, dry and mealy. 
To cook, cut in half, place a lump of butter on one half, top with the 
other, and then bake whole. Half a Squash serves one person. An enor- 
mous yielder—a few hills will supply a good sized family. Best when 
allowed to mature, when the shell is hard. Keeps well all winter. 
Pkg. 15c; oz. 40c; Y%4 Ib. $1.15 











THE FOUR HUBBARD SQUASH 
Blue Hubbard. Most Popular on the Market. Here is a Hub- 
bard Squash of gray-blue color whose meat is thicker, of better 
quality, and keeps longer than the original Hubbard. It will pay 
you to try it in your garden. Pkg. 10c; oz. 35¢; YW Ib. $1. 
Golden or Red Hubbard. Medium size, weighing from 6 to 8 
pounds; in shape like the Hubbard, although in condition for use 
decidedly earlier. They are long keepers and can be held in good 
condition for spring use. The flesh is deep orange-red, dry, fine 
grained and richly flavored. Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% Ib. $1.00 
* Hubbard. Very productive. The fruits are large, heavy and 
moderately warted, with a very hard shell; skin dark bronze- 
green; flesh bright orange-yellow, fine grained, thick, dry and 
richly flavored. This Squash can be kept in good condition until 
spring. Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; YW Ib. $1.00 
Warted Hubbard. Similar to the Hubbard, but with thicker 
flesh, deeper color and densely warted. A good variety for winter 
storage. Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; VY Ib. $1.00 

The New Butternut Winter Squash 
SUMMER SQUASH 
These varieties of Summer Squash may be planted with the hills rather close together about 3 or 
4 feet each way, as the plants do not make runners but are of bush form. Keep the fruit closely 
picked as it matures and it will bear all season long. A package of seed will make 
12 hills, 6 seeds to the hill; one ounce 35 hills. 
Cocozelle. italian Vegetable Marrow. Compact bushy growing plants that 
take up little space in the garden. They bear fine crops of oblong, dark green fruits 
that are at their best when picked for the table when 5 inches long. This is the 
Vegetable Marrow so largely grown in Europe, and its fine qualities as a garden 
vegetable make it worthy of room in your own garden. Cook and serve same as 
Asparagus. Cut in small pieces and creamed, sliced and fried, or used as a salad, 
it is very delicious. Plant in hills in May and every 2 weeks until July. Ready in Mammoth Table Queen 
65 days. Pkg. 10c; oz. 30c; Y%4. Ib. 85c 
Connecticut Straightneck. 50 days. A very light yellow, rather smooth- 
skinned summer Squash, with tne straight neck now so popular with both private 
_and commercial gardeners. The flesh is of splendid quality and fine flavor. 
: Pkg 10csiozii25e> Varlb. 85¢ 
Early Prolific Straightmeck. 50 days. Bush type plants that don’t spread; 
excellent for the home garden. The fruits are smooth, straight, of delicate creamy 
color when only 4 to 5 inches long, and until they are 12 to 14 inches long. Early, 
have crops of very high quality. Pkg. 10c; oz. 30c; %4 Ib. 85c 
Mammoth Summer Crookneck. 50 days. The largest and one of the 
earliest of the crookneck summer Squashes. Vines are of bush habit, larger and 
more vigorous than Summer Crookneck. When mature, the fruits are often 114 to 
2 feet long, with:exceedingly warted surface. Its large size and attractive deep 
yellow color make this variety a favorite. Pkg slOC0z,025C, l/4elba foc 
Early White Bush Scallop. 55 days. A patty-pan scalloped edged variety 
with creamy white skin and flesh of extra fine quality. Vines are free bearers. 
Pkg. 10c; 0z..30c; 4 Ib. 85¢ 
Yankee Hybrid Squash. All-America Winner, 1941. 45 days. This new 
Squash showed up particularly well in our trials again last summer. It was the 
earliest kind and certainly a heavy bearer. The fruits are straight, light yellow in 
color, of splendid appearance and very high quality. A good kind for either the 
home garden or for market. Pkg. 15c; oz. 70c; %4 Ib. $2.00 
Dark Green Zucchini. Bush Form. This is the longer type of this splendid 
Squash. The very dark green-skinned, cylinder-shaped fruits will grow 18 inches 
long, but are best eaten when 6 to 8 inches in length. Baked, fried, creamed— 
delicious in many ways. Bush form; does not take up much room in the garden. 
Ready in 56 days. Pkg. 15c; oz. 30c; 1% Ib. 85c Cocozelle—italian Vegetable Marrow 
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Connecticut 
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