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 varieties. A package of seed will make 5 hills, an ounce 15 hills. 
Blue Hubbard. Most Popular on the Market. Here is a Hubbard 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. 40c; 14 Ib. $1.15 
-*Buttercun. productive—High Quality. No doubt one of the highest quality, 
most deliciously flavored winter Squashes. Medium small, averaging 3 to 5 pounds. 
Dark green with prominent “button.” Flesh yellow, 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. Pkgs l>e70z, 4563 4 iby SatS: 
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. 65c; Y% Ib. $1.85 
Delicious. The meat is so dry and fine grained that it greatly resembles 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 in the garderr Pkg lOc Nozas56501/4 lbs o100 
«Golden Delicious. The fruit is of medium size, weighing from 5 to 10 pounds, 
skin orange-yellow; the flesh thick, fine grained, dry, and of fairly good quality. 
Plant is strong growing and a most prolific bearer, Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% Ib. $1.00 
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; VY Ib. $1.00 
: ‘»Hubbard. Very productive. The 
i : fruits are large, heavy and moder- 
ately warted, with a very hard shell; 
skin dark bronze-green; flesh bright Mammoth Table Queen 
oranage-yellow, fine grained, thick, 
‘dry and richly flavored. Can be kept in good condition until spring. Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; VY Ib. $1.00 
Royal Acorn (Mammoth Table Queen). 25% larger than the older variety. People who 
have tried this Squash claim its quality superior to that of any other. It is about the size of a 
oe ‘ cocoanut, 71> inches long and 6 inches through, thin-skinned, with thick meat, dry and mealy. 
oe ay To cook, cut in half, place a lump of butter on one half, top with the other, and then bake whole. 
oe Half a Squash serves one person. An enormous 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. 45c; Y% Ib. $1.15 
Table Queen. (Des Moines, Queen Ann, Acorn.) The well known and very popular “‘indi- 
vidual’ Squash shaped like an acorn. The fruit is about 5 inches long and 4 inches across, deeply 
ribbed with dark green skin and thick orange flesh that cooks deliciously dry and sweet, and is 












a 5 ‘never stringy. Keeps well all winter. Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; \% Ib. $1.00 
The oie e PorGenieed Dry, Warted Hubbard. Similar to the Hubbard, but with thicker flesh, deeper color and densely 
nm warted. A good variety for winter storage. Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% Ib. $1.00 
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 Connecticut Straightneck. 50 days. 
space in the garden. They bear fine crops of oblong, dark green fruits that are at their best when A light yellow, rather smooth-skinned sum- 
picked for the table when 5 inches long. This is the Vegetable Marrow so largely grown in Europe, mer Squash, with the straight neck now so 
and its fine qualities as a garden vegetable make it worthy of room in your own garden. Cook popular. The flesh is of splendid quality and 
and serve same as Asparagus. Cut in small pieces and creamed, sliced and fried, or used as a fine flavor. Pkg. 10c; oz. 30c; 4 Ib. 85c 
it i icious. in hills in May and every two weeks until July. Ready in 65 days. 
salad, it is very delicious. Plant in hills in May ry Pkg. 15c; oz. 40c; Y4 Ib. $1.00 
Early Prolific Straightneck. 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; 0z. 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 at- 
tractive deep yellow color make this variety a fa- 
vorite. E Pkg. 10c; oz, 35¢; Y% Ib. 75c 
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. 15c; oz. 45ce; Y% Ib. $1.15 
Yankee Hybrid Squash. A\!-America Win- 
ner, 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. 15¢; 0z. 75c; Y Ib. $2.15 
Dark Green Zucchini. Bush Form. This is the 
jonger 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. : 
Cocozelle—Italian Vegetable Marrow Pkg. 15c; oz. 40c; YJ Ib. $1.00 Connecticut Straightneck Summer Squash 
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