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SQUASH, Continued Days to 
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Long Green Bush. Produces a large, long fruit in fairly good abund- 
ance. Almost cylindrical, sometimes is a little thicker at the blos- 
som end, 15 inches long by 4 to 4% inches in diameter. Color of 
skin is medium dark green with lighter green stripes. Flesh pale 
greenish white, very good flavor. 56 
Long White Bush. Similar to the Green Bush but of a creamy white 
color. Usually smooth surface but occasionally has distinct ridges. 
Fruit not quite so thick as the Green variety but is a very good 
yielder. 56 
Long Green Vining or Trailing. Fruits are larger than the Bush and 
are a darkish green with scarcely any distinguishable striping, 18 
to 20 inches long by 5 to 6 inches in diameter when fully grown. A 
great marketing variety. 60 
Long White Vining or Trailing. A large fruited variety, very smooth, 
light creamy yellow in color, esteemed for its delicate flavor. Does 
not make such large fruits as the Green Vining, but is an excel- 
lent yielder. 60. 
SQUASH, WINTER AND AUTUMN 
(Cucurbita Maxima, unless specially named) (Annual) 
All Winter Squashes Are Vining Types 
Banana Grey. Cylindrical shape, rather pointed at blossom end. About 
20 to 24 inches long, 5 to 6 inches thick. Skin is smooth, greenish 
grey; rind is thin and brittle. Flesh is firm and solid, yellowish 
orange in color, delicious sweet flavor, often used for pies. 105 
Banana, Orange. (Released by the Division of Truck Crops, University 
of California, Davis, December, 1949.) Product of straight selec- 
tions over six years and careful self-pollination. 
This is a bright orange skinned variety which has a high color and 
very thick flesh with a seed cavity that is remarkably small. The 
fruits are slightly sickle-shaped and are rather more pointed at 
both ends than is characteristic of the existing strains. Very pro- 
lific, with fruits weighing up to 50 lbs. each. 105 
Banana Pink. Similar to Banana Grey but has a deep pink exterior. 
Perhaps not quite so long a fruit but is 6 to 7 inches in diameter. 
Very good quality. 105 
Boston Marrow. Fruits are most like the Hubbard Squashes, some 12 
to 15 inches long and 9 to 12 inches diameter in the center. It has 
a rather rough skin of a duil orange color; the flesh is thick and 
moist, finely grained and sweet, has an orange tinted yellow color. 
Used largely for canning. 97 
Buttercup. Fruits are turban shape, circular flattened shape with a 
“Turks Cap” formation at the blossom end. Color deep green with 
silvery green stripes. Weight about 312 pounds. Flesh orange, 
dry and pleasantly flavored. 100 
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