Summer Squash Early Bush Varieties 



1 Oz. to 25 Hills; 4 lbs. per Acre — 
Summer Squashes are not suited for 
Winter storing. Use when young 
either baked, boiled and mashed, or 
fried. They are ready for table use 
while their skin is tender and soft 
which can be determined by an im- 
pression of the finger nail, Avoid 
planting near pumpkins. 
Culture—Sow in May or June ind 
warm, richly fertilized soil. Plant 
in hills 1 in. deep, 4 ft. apart each , 
way, thin out to 3 plants per hill — 
and dust with air-slacked lime or ~ 
tobacco dust to control insect at- _ 
Early Yellow Summer Crookneck Squash 
EARLY YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK 
50 Days—The most popular of the yellow varieties 
and a favorite for home gardens, truckers and ship- 
pers. Fruits curved at neck, golden yellow, 3 ins. 
thick and 10 ins. long, thickly covered with warts. 
Flesh pale cream, firm, tender and richly flavored. 
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK 
55 Days—A very large type of the Early Yellow 
Summer Crookneck, not as prolific but double in 
size; 414 ins. in diameter and 16 to 20 ins. long. 
EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK 
50 Days—A small straightneck with smooth, creamy 
fruits. A heavy early yielder of excellent quality 
and a valuable shipper. 
GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK 
55 Days—Fruits lemon-yellow, 3% ins. thick and 12 
to 16 ins. long. Straight, tapering at the stem end 
and well warted. Flesh light yellow, thick and good 
quality. 
tacks. Cultivate shallow without 
disturbing the roots. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH OR PATTY PAN 
53 Days—The most popular early variety used ex- 
tensively for home, market gardens and for ship- 
ping. Fruits creamy-white, flattened, smooth with 
scalloped edges; 3 ins. thick and 8 ins. in diameter. 
Flesh milk-white and firm. 
MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH 
56 Days—lIdentical in every respect to the Early 
white Bush except size which measures 10 to 12 ins. 
in diameter. 
COCOZELLE GREEN STRIPED 
60 Days—A popular variety, deep green when 
young, ripening with alternate stripes of green and 
yellow. Fruits smooth, long and cylindrical tapering 
at the stem end; 5 ins. in diameter and 12 to 15 ins. 
long. Flesh greenish-white; thick and firm. ; 
BLACK ZUCCHINI 
60 Days—Developed from the Zucchini types. Black 
green color with the fruit long and slender, 3 to 4 
ins. by 12 to 15 ins. showing slight ridges. Flesh 
greenish-white. . 

W nrer S q uas h Late Vining Varieties 
1 Oz. to 15 Hills; 2 Lbs. per Acre 
Winter Squash can be stored and 
are used only when they have 
been fully matured. They are 
especially fine for pies, stock 
feeding and canning. 
Culture—Plant the same _ as 
Summer Squash but since they 
are vines and like plenty of 
room, place the hills 6 to 8 ft. 
apart each way or further. 
BOSTON MARROW 
95 Days—Grown extensively in 
the Eastern States for pumpkin 
pie more so than true pumpkin. 
Fruits shaped like a Hubbard, 
weighing 6 to 8 lbs. Skin light 
orange, somewhat rough; rind 
hard. Flesh deep orange, thick, 
fine-grained and delicious. Ex- 
cellent keeper. 
BLUE HUBBARD 
110 Days—Same shape as Hub- 
bard. Skin blue-gray. Fruits 
weigh 12 to 14 lbs. 
IMPROVED GREEN 
HUBBARD 
105 Days—The True Hubbard 
and one of the best for home, 
market gardeners and shipping. 
Fruits medium in size, 10 to 12 
Ibs.; pointed at both ends. Skin 
bronze-green, slightly warted; 
rind hard, keeps well. Flesh 
orange-yellow, thick, dry, fine 
grained and sweet. 
GOLDEN DELICIOUS 
100 Days—Excellent small 
fruits, 7 lbs.; top-shaped. Skin 
smooth, bright golden with 
lighter stripes. Flesh orange, 
thick and sweet. 
TABLE QUEEN OR ACORN 
58 Days—The only Winter squash 
early enough to use during Sum- 
mer. Fruits a dark green about 
the size of a cocoanut, acorn- 
shaped, smooth and deeply fur- 
rowed. Flesh light yellow; bakes 
well with sweet, inviting flavor. 
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RED OR GOLDEN HUBBARD © 
100 Days—Fruits 8 to 10 lbs. 
Skin orange-red. Flesh deep 
orange, dry, and fine-grained. 
Improved Green Hubbard 
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