
Buttercup 
Boston Marrow Special 
Identical to Boston Marrow except that it 
has a much brighter, more intense brick- 
red exterior skin color. Color is similar 
to Golden Delicious. 
100 days 
Fruit—4% inches deep x 6% inches diame- 
ter, turban shaped with distinctive pro- 
truding button at blossom end of many 
fruits, slightly ribbed, rind thin but hard 
and tough, skin dark green with silvery- 
white lines and flecked with dull gray 
spots. 
Flesh—deep golden-yellow, thick, dry and 
very sweet. 
Buttercup 
Plant—vine. 
This excellent variety was developed by 
Professor A. F. Yaeger at North Dakota 
Agric. Exper. Station. Considered by 
many the standard of excellence in 
quality, it is also prolific, early and a 
fairly good keeper. 
Butternut 100 days 
Fruit—12 inches long x 5 inches at largest 
diameter, shape similar to elongated 
pear, rind hard but tough, skin smooth, 
light cream-buff. 
, Flesh—the stem or neck end averages 7 
inches long by 8% inches through and 
interior is solid meat. Flesh quite dry, 
light yellow with sweet nutty flavor and 
excellent quality. The small seed cavity is 
located at the bulbous blossom end. 
Plant—vine. 
An ideal home garden baking type of high- 
est quality introduced by Joseph Breck 
and Sons. A prolific yielder and fairly 
good keeper. 
Chicago Warted Hubbard, 
N. K. & Co. Strain 115 days 
Fruit—15 inches long x 10 inches through 
at widest diameter, largest of the green 
Hubbard types, densely covered with 
warts, thick and hard shelled, very dark 
green. 
Flesh—dark golden-yellow, thick, dry, fine- 
grained, sweet flavored and of good 
quality. 
Plant—vine. 
A popular type of Hubbard because of 
large fruit size and yielding ability, 
good quality and fact that it keeps well. 
Recommended for home or market 
gardens. 
Golden Delicious 100 days 
Fruit—10 inches long x 8 inches diameter, 
top shaped, skin hard, fairly smooth, 
reddish-orange with lighter stripes lead- 
ing to a distinctive green tip at the 
blossom end. 
Flesh—deep orange-yellow, dry, medium 
grained with a high starch content, out- 
standing in flavor and quality. 
Plant—vine. 
Originated by Gill Bros. Seed Co., and now 
widely used and popular with home 
gardeners as well as in the canning and 
freezing industry. Well known for its 
Ae, and excellent keeping character- 
istics. 
Gregory’s or Green Delicious 
115 days 
Fruit—81% inches deep x 7% inches in 
diameter, top-shaped, rind thin but hard, 
dark green mottled, with lighter green 
stripes leading to the blossom end. 
Flesh—bright yellow-orange, good quality, 
extremely thick, fine grained, dry and 
without fiber. 
Plant—vine. 
Similar to Golden Delicious except for size 
and skin color and maturity. An excel- 
lent variety for the home garden. Keeps 
well in storage. 
Improved Hubbard or Green 
Hubbard, N. K. & Co. Strain 
110 days 
Fruit—15 inches long x 10 inches diameter, 
thick, hard strong rind, surface has 
broad shallow irregular ribbing with 
moderately shallow warting, dark ivy- 
green skin frequently striped at tip 
with paler green becoming bronze at 
maturity. 
Flesh—deep orange-yellow, medium thick, 
tender, dry, fine grained, sweet, crisp, 
fine flavored and of good quality. 
Plant—vine. 
The standard popular true Hubbard and 
still the leading winter squash for home 
or market gardener and shipper in most 
areas. A good keeper. 
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