
SUMMER SQUASH 
CULTURE. Sow the seed in fertile, deep soil when the 
ground is warm and dry and after all danger of frost has 
passed, in hills about 4 feet apart each way. Allow about 
4, plants to remain in each hill. 

ASPARAGUS SQUASH 
AN INTRODUCTION OF EXQUISITE 
FLAVOR AND TENDERNESS 
Does not grow on 
a vine but on a 
compact bush, 4 or 
5 hills will keep a 
family supplied all 
summer with the 
best squash it ever 
tasted. The fruits 
can be used any 
size but to obtain 
the real delicate 
“asparagus-like” 
flavor they should 
be picked when 
about 4 to 6 inches long, quartered (without 
peeling) and served like asparagus. They are 
delicious, too, fried in butter, prepared like 
French fried potatoes or used as common 
varieties. No. 145, Pkt. 15¢3 oz. 35¢. 

Tasmanian Butter Fruit 
My cer (AAS Zucca Pergola 
lyse —This imported 
H curiosity pro- 
= duces fruits 2 to 
4 feet long, can 
be fried like egg 
er plant, is delicious 
oes). stewed and fine 
msi for pies. Fruits 
grow on a vine 
similar to squash 
but much more 
vigorous in 
growth. If given 
support vines will 
climb, causing 
the fruits to be 
straight and sym- | 

metrical. Butter 
Fruits have the 
finest flavor if 
used when young, 
5 while they weigh 
| from 5 to 8 Ths, Recipes sent upon request. 
| No. 129, Pkt. 10¢; 0z. 35¢; %4 lb. $1.00. 









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EARLY WHITE BUSH 
Scallop or Patty Pan 
A creamy-white squash with delicious milk- 
white flesh. Widely used for stewing or boil- 
ing. Vines are vigorous and produce heavy 
crops 
No. 388, Pkt. 10; oz. 25¢; 14 Ib. 75¢e. 
LONG COCOZELLE 
Italian Vegetable Merrow—Popular with mar- > 
ket gardeners and shippers. The straight, cyl- 
indrical dark green fruits with lighter green 
stripes, change to deep yellow at maturity; 
flesh firm and greenish white. 
No. 557, Pkt. 10¢c; oz. 25¢; %4 lb. '75e, 
CROOKNECK SQUASH 
The most popular 
summer, curved neck 
squash. Bright yel- 



ie 6 vig 



low fruits are small, ne ae 2 
averaging 10 in. in - i jes mt tb 
length, with salmon- (@igt NUON 
orange flesh of lus- 
cious flavor and fine 
texture. Plants are 
of bush growth; very 
productive. 
No. 534, Pkt. 10¢; 
oz. 25¢3-%4 lb. 75¢. 
