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McCULLOUGH’'S SEEDS 


Table Queen Squash 
TOBACCO 


SQUASH 
Summer Squash; 1 oz. to 30 hills. Winter Squash, 1 oz. to 15 hills; 3 to 4 Ibs, per acre. 
Culture. Plant when the weather has become settled and the ground fairly warm. 
Bush varieties are planted 3 by 4 feet; running varieties 6 by 8 feet; about 4 to 6 
seeds per hill, and thin out later leaving the strongest plants about 3 to the hill. Hills 
similar to those made for Cucumber with well-rotted manure or fertilizer are best. 
Winter varieties may be stevred in a moderately warm dry place of even temperature. 
CALLED CYMLING 
IN THE SOUTH 
Summer Varieties 
314 COCOZELLE GREEN BUSH or ITALIAN VEGETABLE MARROW. 
(60 days.) This is a most delicious and fine flavored sort of Squash. The color is a 
deep green when young, ripening with alternate stripes of green and gold. The 
shape is long and slender. It is used when 10 to 12 inches long and is boiled or cut 
in slices and fried in butter. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; %4 Ihb., 90c. 
315 EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK. : 
high-yielding summer Squash, earlier than Giant Summer Straight- 
neck. Plants strictly bush and compact with ample foliage, per- 
mitting close planting. Fruits straight, smooth, and of delicate 
(50 days.) New 
Culture. The seed is sown from February to April in creamy color; firm and usable when only 4 to 5 inches long and 
open beds. Ground must be clean, very finely pulverized, until 12 to 14 inches long. Quality unsurpassed. Su-table for home 
raked fine and smooth. It is customary to burn over the and market garden, and for shipment. Pkt., 10c; ©z., 30c; 











top of the bed by piling brush or litter to destroy weed 
seeds and add fertility for the young plants. After sowing, 
beds are protected with thin cotton cloth, similar to cheese- 
cloth, to protect them from Tobacco flies. About June Ist 
the plants are set in rich or highly fertilized ground in 
rows 4 feet apart each way. An ounce sows about 50 
square yards, sufficient to set 2 or 3 acres. 
FERMATE: 
in seed beds. 
Spray with Fermate to control blue mold 
Circular on request. See page 60. 
327 ROOT-ROT RESISTANT STAND-UP WHITE 
BURLEY. Developed by the Kentucky experiment 
Station. Suitable for all tobacco growing sections, it 
is a heavy yielder. The stocks are large and strong, 
holding the leaves well above the ground. It is easy to 
cure and produces rich bright colored leaves. 
Pkt., 20c; 44 0z., 60c; oz., $1.00. 
328 KELLY’S IMPROVED TYPE WHITE BUR- 
LEY. A heavy yielder of rich, bright leaf, large, long 
and broad. Pkt., 10c; %4 0z2., 25c; oz., 75c. 
328A JUDY’S PRIDE TYPE WHITE BURLEY. 
The leaf is broad, long and tapering, with prominent 
white ribs. The stalk is strong and holds the leaves well 
up off the ground. Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 25c; oz., 75c. 
TURNIPS 
Culture. For early use, sow in March or April, 
either broadcast, or in drills, using preferably Milan 
or Purple Top Strap Leaf or Globe. 
Turnips for main crop are sown from July to Sep- 
tember 15th, broadcast 114 to 2 lbs. per acre. An ounce 
will sow about 300 feet. Turnips for greens can be 
sown as late as October 1st, and require 2 lbs. per acre. 
365 EXTRA EARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN. 
(40 days.) Extra early variety which is very sweet 
and particularly valuable for sowing in early spring. 
Roots are medium size, plants purple, top flat. Best 
for private gardens and preferable to grow for early 
market crop. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 15c; % Ib., 40c. 
366 PURPLE TOP STRAP-LEAVED. (45 days.) A well known early sort 
which is largely used in all sections. Our stock is extra choice. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; %4 Ilb., 35c. 
367 PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE. (55 days.) A very superior strain, pro- 
ducing large, smooth roots, which are sweet and tender. One of the best for early 
or main crop use. Excellent either when young or fully matured. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; % 1b., 35c. 
368 POMERANIAN WHITE GLOBE. (75 days.) Flesh white. firm and crisp: 
a very desirable variety. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; %4 Ib., 30c. 
3869 SEVEN TOP, FOR TURNIP 
greens; popular in the South. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 15c; %4 Ilh., 30c. 
Giant Summer 
Straightneck Squash 
GREENS. (45 days.) Used entirely for 
Rutabaga or Swedish Turnips 
Rutabagas require longer to mature than the common Turnips and should be sown 
earlier. To get heavy crops of large Turnips sow the seed June 15 to July 1, in rows 
2 to 244 feet apart. Thin the plants to a foot apart. Rutabagas make excellent 
winter feed for sheep. For table use, Rutabagas can be sown later and will be of 
better quality, but not as large as when sown early. 
370 AMERICAN PURPLE TOP. (90 days.) Our stock of this is extra choice 
and can be depended on by the most critical growers. Rutabagas, besides being 
the best food for stock, is the sweetest of all Turnips for table use. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 15c; %4 Ib., 40c. 
318 GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK. 
slim, pear-shaped fruits with curved necks. 
juicy and creamy white, early and productive. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 14 1b., 85c. 
% 1b., 90c. 
316 GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK. (55 days.) This sum- 
mer Squash has almost entirely replaced the Crookneck type, in 
both home and commercial gardens. It differs from Crookneck only 
in shape; the “neck” instead of being curved is straight and more 
attractive in appearance and much easier to pack in crates for 
shipping. The fruit is lemon-yellow in color—about 14 inches long 
and 814 inches in diameter. 
317 EARLY YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK. 
An extensively used summer sort, with bush type of plant, and 
very prolific. Fruits curved at neck and weigh about 3 pounds. 
Color is light yellow at early stage and covered with warts. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 1%4 Ib., 90c. 
(52 days.) 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; %4 Ib., 85c. 
(60 days.) Long, 
The flesh is firm, 
319 EARLY WHITE BUSH (White Fatty Pan). (54 
days.) Squashes are creamy white and scalloped around the 
edges; milk-white, deliciously flavored flesh. Widely used 
for stewing or boiling. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 4% lb., 75c. 
320 MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH. (58 days.) Color is 
creamy white with comparatively smooth surface, somewhat 
flattened and scalloped. Vines are bushy, vigorous and very 
productive. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; % Ib., 90c. 
Winter Varieties 
321 TABLE QUEEN or DES MOINES. (58 days.) Also 
called Acorn. Trailing in habit, with acorn-shaped fruits, 
which average about 6 inches long by 4 inches wide, just 
right to serve one-half to a person. Color dark green, except 
when over-ripe, when it changes to buff. Flesh is orange 
color and sweet. PkKt., 10c; 0z., 30c; %4 1b., 85c. 
322 IMPROVED HUBBARD. (105 days.) One of the best 
winter Squashes, flesh bright orange-yellow, fine grained, very 
dry, sweet and richly flavored. Fruit large, pointed at both 
ends; slightly warted. Skin bronze-green. Excellent keeper. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; 1% Ib., $1.10. 
323 GOLDEN HUBBARD. (100 days.) Similar to the old 
Hubbard excepting the skin is of a rich orange-red and 
heavily warted, flesh of extra fine quality. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; %4 1hb., $1.10. 
324 WARTED HUBBARD. (105 days.) Similar in fruit 
and shape to Hubbard except that the surface is very much 
warted. Very handsome in appearance and of extra quality. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; % Ib., $1.10. 
325 BLUE HUBBARD. (120 days.) The fruits are an at- 
tractive blue-gray color, larger than the True Hubbard. The 
shell is rough and very hard, so keeping qualities are good. 
The flesh is bright yellow-orange, fine grained, dry and ex- 
ceptionally sweet. Squashes grow 15 to 18 inches long and 
9 to 12 inches across; average weight 15 lbs. each. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 35c; 1% Ihb., $1.10. : 
326 BANANA. (105 days.) Excellent winter Squash. Fruit 
18 to 24 inches long and about 7 inches in diameter. Skin 
gray-blue, not so hard us that of the Hubbards. Flesh deep 
yellow, fine grained, dry, sweet. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 40c; %4 Ilb., $1.10. 
TAMPALA | 
326A TAMPALA (Tam-pal-a). A delicious green vegetable, 
the leaves of which are cooked and served like Spinach. It 
does well in hot weather. Ready to eat in 6 to 8 weeks 
after sowing seed. Plants 114 feet across, 2 feet high. 
Pkt., 15c; % oz., 45c; %4 oz., 75c. 
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