SQUASH 
Squashes exhibit greater variation in plant and fruit char- 
acter and hybridize or cross and become mixed more readily 
in seed production than any other vegetable. Consequently 
squashes are given special care and attention in our breeding 
grounds and production fields in the north and west. Pedi- 
greed lines are established by covering buds on most desirable 
plants with bags to control pollination and prevent crossing. 
Market seed is grown from these pedigreed lines in fields well- 
isolated from any other squash variety. In this way we are 
able to supply our customers with uniformly true-to-type 
strains of squash seed. 
Cutture. This is one of the quickest and easiest crops that 
can be grown, and usually proves very profitable. The earliest 
varieties begin bearing in six or seven weeks from time of plant- 
ing the seed. Squashes can be grown on almost any kind of soil. 
Use from 800 to 1,200 pounds of fertiliizer per acre. 
For bush varieties, have rows at least 3 to 4 feet apart and 
hills 3 feet apart in the row. Plant 5 to 6 seeds in each hill, 
and thin out to two plants when 3 inches high. Bush squash 
in Florida is a good paying crop for fall or spring. Plant for 
spring, during January, February and March; for fall, from 
August until October. The early squash brings the big money. 
Mosaic disease has become a most serious disease of squash in 
many sections of Florida. For the control of squash insects 
and diseases see pages 53, 55, 57 and 62. 
The number of days in parentheses after each variety repre- 
sents the average time required from seed planting to edible 
or marketable fruits. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
Bush Varieties 
Plant 2 to 3 pounds per acre. 
In the garden plant one packet to 50 feet for a family 
of 3 or 4 people. 
COZINI (mew). (50 days.) This new variety was developed 
from a cross of Cocozelle and Black Zucchini. It is a little 
later than our improved selection Black Zucchini, but makes 
a heavy yield of slightly longer fruits than Black Zucchini. 
The smooth, straight fruits are very uniform in size, shape and 
color, the color being a very dark green. The plant is of vigorous 
growth, holding up and producing fruits over a long period. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.75 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.65 per Ib. 
COCOZELLE (Italian Vegetable Marrow). (50 days.) This 
is the true Italian Vegetable Marrow. When ready for market, 
the fruit is 10 to 12 inches long, slender, 1 to 144 inches in 
diameter, cylindrical in shape, straight, smooth, dark green 
with lighter green stripes. Our stock of this variety produces 
a small, bushy, open type of plant, with small, deeply cleft 
leaves, but with an immense yield of uniformly true to type 
fruits. We have devoted many years to the development of 
this superior strain, and we can say with full confidence that 
our Cocozelle is the earliest, most prolific, and uniformly true 
to type strain you can secure anywhere. 
Seed supply extremely limited. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.75 
5 to 25 lbs. $1.65 per Ib. 


We have worked for many years 
on our Early Yellow Summer 
Crookneck, and we are now of- 
fering Florida growers a _ very 
early and exceedingly prolific, 
light lemon-yellow color strain 
with a more open type of plant 
growth. No better strain of this 
most popular variety can be se- 
cured for Florida planting. 
Early Yellow Summer Crookneck or Baby Croekneck 
EARLY YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK (BABY 
CROOKNECK). (45 days.) It is the most extensively grown 
of any variety of squash in Florida. The fruits are small, with 
thin, curved neck. Its rich, bright, lemon-yellow color gives it 
a very good market appearance, and it is in big demand on all 
southern markets. Our stock of this popular variety is very 
early and exceedingly prolific. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢e; 4 lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.15 per Ib. 
BLACK ZUCCHINI (Kilgore’s Improved Selection). 
(45 days.) The plant of this improved selection, instead of de- 
veloping a large, vigorous growing bush like the regular Black 
Zucchini, forms a short, single semi-runner, and produces an 
enormous yield of fruit over a long period. The plant is an open 
type of growth, with small, deeply cleft leaves, allowing the air 
and sunlight to circulate and prevent fruit rot. The fruits are 
dark green in color, six to eight inches long at market stage. 
A very early, extremely prolific, improved strain of Black 
Zucchini. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 14 Ih. 45e; 1 Ib. $1.50 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.40 per Ib. 

Cocozelle Squash, or Long Slender Italian Vegetable Marrow 
A typical specimen of Kilgore’s stock grown in our Proving Grounds 
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For Best Results Plant Kilgore’s ““Bred-Rite’’ Seeds 
