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SQUASH, TABLE QUEEN 

SQUASH, HUBBARD 

ZUCCHINI, or ITALIAN SQUASH 




SQUASH, BANANA 

SQUASH 
Summer, 2 oz. to 100 ft., 4 lbs. per acre. 
Winter, 1 oz. to 100 ft., 2 Ibs. per acre. 
CULTURE—Squash plants are very tender and sensitive 
to cold, and planting must be delayed until warm weather. 
The general methods of culture are the same as those given 
for cucumbers and melons, but squash is less particular as 
to soil. The summer vyarieties should be planted 4 to 6 
feet apart each way, and winter sort 8 to 10. Three plants 
are sufficient for a hill. In gathering the winter sorts care 
should be taken not to bruise or break the stem from the 
squash as the slightest injury will increase the liability to 
decay. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 60c. 
Summer Varieties—55 Days 
Table Queen, also Danish. In size, Table Queen equals a 
fair sized husked cocoanut, and a half, baked, serves one 
person amply. This avoids the waste often resulting from 
the use of larger varieties. The shell is unusually thin 
and it does not require over 20 minutes for baking or 
boiling. A good way to prepare it is to cut in half, place 
a lump of butter on one half, top with the other and then 
bake whole. This squash is ready before the Hubbards and 
yet stores equally well. The color is dark green. 
Giant Summer Crookneck. Our strain of this popular squash 
produces fruit nearly double the size of the old standard 
“Crookneck.”’ The plants are healthy, husky and compact; 
they produce in quantity fruit that is heavily warted and 
true to type. The flesh is a rich golden yellow. 
Giant Straightneck. Similar to Crookneck, but long. 
Zucchini or Italian. The favorite Italian squash. It should 
be eaten when quite young, 4 to 6 inches long. It is a 
delicious summer variety; do not hesitate to plant it. It is 
very prolific. 
Black Zucchini. Newer Italian squash. Wonderful flavor. 
Long greenish black. Flesh white. 
Vegetable Marrow. White, tender flesh used for baking and 
frying. Distinctive flavor. Bush or vine. 
Delicata. Small fruited variety, suitable for both summer and 
winter use, flesh thick and solid, very rich flavor. 
Golden Table Queen (New). Similar to regular Table Queen, 
except a beautiful golden yellow color. Has clear yellow 
flesh, which is sweet and fine grained. 
White Bush Scallops. The best summer sort for the home 
garden or market; very productive and of good size. 
Green Tinted Bush Scallop. Plants large and prolific. Fruits 
uniform in scalloping and in the shade of pale green. 
Winter Varieties—100 Days 
Improved Hubbard. The best seller and most popular variety 
on our list. Rind dark green, warty and very hard. Flesh light 
orange, very dry, sweet and rich flavored. Has no superior. 
Marblehead. Large slate colored variety of fine quality. It 
produces heavy yields of thick meated squash. Popular ship- 
ping variety. 
Blue Hubbard. The fruits are an attractive blue-gray color, 
larger than the True Hubbard. The shell is rough and very 
hard, so keeping qualities are good. Flesh is bright yellow- 
orange, fine grained, dry and exceptionally sweet. Squashes 
grow 15 to 18 inches long and 9 to 12 inches across; average 
weight, 15 lbs. each. 
Banana Squash. Grows from 1 to 2 feet in length. Flesh firm 
and solid, of beautiful orange-yellow, and excellent quality. 
Rind or shell smooth and grayish-green color. Resists heat 
of the sun better than the Hubbard and is a good keeper. 
Golden Hubbard. The same in size, shape and quality as the 
well known Hubbard Squash, except that it is bright red or 
golden color, and somewhat earlier. Good keeper. 
Boston Marrow. Skin yellowish, very thin; flesh dry and fine 
grained; of unsurpassed flavor. 
Green Delicious—For quality. A squash of exceptional merit 
for table use. A fall and winter variety, but is fine in all 
seasons, though its best quality is not attained until winter. 
The fruit varies in shape and size, weight ranging from 5 to 
10 pounds each. The rind is very thin, uniformly green, and 
the flesh is very thick and dark orange color. 
Golden Delicious. Similar to above, but a deep golden color. 
VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI 
A most unusual viny squash with creamy white fruits, § 
inches long and 4 to 5 inches in diameter. To prepare: 
When matured, boil whole 30 minutes. Cut open, remove 
the center seed core and season the flesh, that appears as 
spaghetti, with salt and butter. Mild, delicious flavor, Keeps 
well. Pkt. 10c. E 

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