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DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO. 

Squashes 
CULTURE—1 oz. for 20 to 40 hills, 4 to 6 lbs. to one acre, 
depending on the variety whether small or large seeded. 
Squash does best on heavy well manured and moist soil. 
Plant about May 10th. To escape the ravages of stink bugs in 
our locality the growers delay planting and plant squash be- 
tween June 20th and July ist in hills 3 by 4 feet, dropping 5 
seeds in each hill. The winter varieties, like Hubbard, require 
more room and the hills should be 8 by 6 feet. Cultivate often 
but shallow. 
SUMMER SQUASH 
ENGLISH VEGETABLE MARROW (5 days)—Large, white 
oblong fruit, striped light green. A most delicious vegetable. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1 1b. $1.40, prepaid. 
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK (55 days)—Fruit rich yel- 
low, thickly warted. Of dwarf bush habit, heavily productive. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1 1b. $1.20, prepaid. 
EARLY SUMMER CROOKNECK (48 days)—A week earlier 
but not as big as Giant Summer Crookneck, exceedingly pro- 
lific. A fine and very popular variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1 
lb. $1.20. 
White Patt 
EARLY WHITE BUSH (52 days) pan. A pro. 
ductive bush variety, fruit rounded, creamy white, scalloped, 
about 10 inches in diameter. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1 Ib. $1.20, 
prepaid. 
EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK (60 days)—Smaller and 
considerably less warted than Giant Straightneck. Lemon 
yellow in color. Very uniform in shape and size, very heav- 
ily productive producing fruit over a long period of time. Sells 
well on the market. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; lb. $1.20. 
GIANT STRAIGHTNECK (55 days)—Is the same as Giant 
Crookneck but without the curved neck. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 
COCOZELLA VARIETIES 
Cocozella squashes, also known as Italian Vegetable Mar- 
row, are a distinct type, the fruit highly flavored and tasty. 
Consumed when well developed or in their baby stage, rightly 
prepared for the table, Cocozella squash is a first rate deli- 
cacy. The most widely grown is the Gray Zucchini, Black 
Zucchini is the earliest, Green Cocozella is favored by the 
French and Italians. All Cocozellas offered by us are bush, 
not vining. 
GRAY ZUCCHINI (60 days)—Fruit foot long, four inches 
through when well developed, dark green mottled with light 
green. : 
BLACK ZUCCHINI (52 days)—Well developed fruit, 14 inches 
long, four inches through, black-green when young. 
GREEN COCOZELLA (60 days)—Fruit 16 inches long, four 
inches through, deep green when young, ripening with alter- 
nate stripes of green and gold. 
ANY VARIETY OF COCOZELLA: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; lb. $1.40. 
SPAGHETTI SQUASH (60 days) 
When ripe this squash is white-skinned 8 in. long and 4 
in. through. Boil the whole squash for 20 minutes then take 
out of water, cut open and place the mass of spaghetti-like 
strands on a dish. Seasoned with salt, pepper and butter 
will be found truly delicious. Stored in a dry frostproof 
place Spaghetti Squash keeps in prime condition for several 
months. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; lb. $1.40, prepaid. 
BUTTERCUP (100 days)—Of attactive turban shape, 6% in. 
across, 414 in. through with the seeds centered in the blossom 
end. Flesh thick, deep orange, sweet, dry; of very pleasing 
flavor, in fact the smoothest, best flavored squash now in 
existence. Rind thin, but though dark green, mottled and 
striped with gray. First rate winter keeper. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 
lb. $1.60. 
» 9 Ibs. 
WINTER SQUASH 
TABLE QUEEN OR ACORN (58 days) 
After many years of effort, we finally are rewarded and 
offer perfectly fixed seed producing nothing but dark green 
Fruit of uniform size of unequaled quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15¢; 
Ib. $1.40. 
MAMMOTH TABLE QUEEN—In shape and quality the 
same as Des Moines Table Queen but much larger in size. 
The fruit is about 8 inches long and 6 inches across dark 
green with flesh almost 2 inches thick. Pkt. 10c; 0z. 20c; 
lb. $2.00. 

CHICAGO HUBBARD (115 days)—Fruit dark green, thickly 
covered with warts, average weight 16 lbs. Flesh thick, dry, 
sweet. Fine for sorting. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Ib. $1.80. 
BLUE HUBBARD (115 days)—Of bluish-green color, heavily 
warted, average weight 15 lbs. per fruit. Quality high. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 15c; lb. $1.80. 
GOLDEN HUBBARD (105 days)—The color is bright golden, 
the rind covered with rather coarse warts. Weight per fruit 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; lb. $1.80. 
BANANA SQUASH (120 days) 
__ Produces a heavy crop even when other winter squashes 
fail, owing to _disease or unfavorable weather conditions. 
Noted for quality, high flavor and sweetness of flesh. There 
are two strains identical in shape and quality namely Pink 
Banana and Gray Banana. The Gray strain is also called 
green and sometimes Blue Banana Squash. We have both 
strains and offer pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Ib. $1.80. 
GREEN DELICIOUS (115 days)—One of the best for quality. Top 
shaped, green, striped with a lighter green, rind hard and smooth. 
Hxcellent keeper. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c, prepaid. 
GOLDEN DELICIOUS (115 days)—Fruit top shaped of bright red- 
dish-orange color with deep green tip at blossom end. Flesh thick, 
golden ken sweet and extremely dry. High class for canning 
Cc. 
and storing. kt. 10c; oz. 20 
euwe Squash is divided into two 
About Squash Varieties broad classes, summer squash 
or those prepared (as a rule) by slicing, rolling in flour, 
cracker crumbs, ground parched sweet corn, etc.; and winter 
squash, which is cut or broken into moderate sized pieces and 
baked in the oven or made into pies. 
If you want a real treat in Summer Squash try COCO- 
ZELLA. It is in its prime when about 8 inches long. At this 
stage they are very tender and sweet and have no hard rind. 
If prepared like Egg Plant you'll find a dish you'll truly like. 
The finest flavored and best squash for baking and pies is 
DELICIOUS; for storing for winter the old standby, HUB- 
BARD, has no superior. Banana ifs of large size and wherever 
this feature is particularly desirable it is the sort to plant. 
About the handsomest of all squashes is Golden Delicious. 
Its vivid orange color catches the eye. 
