ROBSON QUALITY SEEDS, HALL, NEW YORK 
Summer squash should be planted after danger of frost anytime up to June 15th, 1 inch deep in hills 4 feet 
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SUMMER SQUASH 
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Pkt. will plant 10 hills 
2 Ibs. will plant | acre 
by 4 feet. Plant 6 to 8 seeds in each hill and thin to 3 plants. 
Yankee Hybrid and Early Prolific are the two most popular Summer straightneck varieties. 
is a first generation cross made every year on our farms. 
ten days of bearing as Early Prolific. 
Yankee Hybrid 
It will yield about twice as many fruits in the first 
Early Crookneck is largely used in the South. 
Caserta is a new early Italian cocozelle-type squash that won an All-America Gold Medal Award and should 
become increasingly popular. 
555 CASERTA: 46 days. A new, extra early, prolific 
Cocozelle summer squash, developed by Dr. L. C. 
Curtis, at the University of Connecticut; that re- 
ceived an All-America Gold Medal Award in 1949. 
Fruits are light green with small dark stripes, shorter 
and thicker than Cocozelle, very good flavor. The 
ow irf bush plants are amazingly prolific. Pkt. 15c; 
.40c; 1% Ib. $1.05; % lb. $1.65; lb. $3.00; 
lZ oz. 30c; oz 
10 Ibs. $29.( 10. 
*550 YANKEE HYBRID: 50 days. Similar in ap- 
pearance to Early Prolific, this hybrid is distinctly 
earlier, more uniform, and more productive than 
either of its inbred parents—Connecticut Straight- 
neck and Early Prolific. The plants are bush type. 
Fruits are medium yellow, straight and _ slightly 
warted. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 45c; oz. 65c; % Ib. $1.85; 
Y% lb. $3.00; Ib. $5.50; 10 Ibs. $52.50. 
553 EARLY CROOKNECK: 55 days. Plants very 
prolific. Fruits curved at neck, light yellow at early 
eating stage, and covered with warts. Pkt. 10c; 
14 oz. 206; oz) 30334 db, 55037 Ib, 90c ibs 51.50: 
10 Ibs. $14.50. 
556 LONG COCOZELLE: 65 days. Italian marrow 
bush type. Fruits are cylindrical, straight, smooth, 
dark green with light green stripes. Very prolific. 
Phts 15tit4-02020C; Oz, 356+ 44 IDL SUG. eslbawiego 
lb. $2.25; 10 Ibs. $22.00. 

Early Prolific Samer Squash is reconiimenaen where earliness 
is not a factor; otherwise, we suggest Yankee Hybrid. Early 
Prolific is shown above. 
554 EARLY PROLIFIC: 55 days. Plants dwarf, 
bush type. An attractive, productive strain of 
Giant Straightneck; though the fruits are somewhat 
smaller, they are earlier and of bright lemon-yellow 
color. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 20c; oz. 30C334¢ieeee 
% Ib. 90c; lb. $1.50; 10 Ibs. $14.50. 
‘‘May I add to the others that Seneca Chief was tops.”’ 
Feb. 26, 1949 . Schulz 
33-23-71 St. 
Jackson Heights, N. Y. 
WINTER SQUASH 
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Pkt. will plant 6 hills 
2 to 4 Ibs. will plant 1 acre 
Winter squash seed should be planted as soon as all danger of frost is past, so as to give the squash plenty of 
time to mature. 
Plant in hills 6 feet by 8 feet, 6 seeds per hill. 
Each year we have been growing more of our squash seed on our Eastern farms. 
Thin seedlings to 3 plants per hill. 
This Eastern seed is better 
isolated and more carefully selected. ‘Ihe cost is considerably higher; however, we have found that our trade 
demands this high quality seed and gladly pays the difference in price. 
Butternut, Table Queen, and Royal Acorn should be classed as pumpkins but as they are commonly prepared 
and eaten like Winter squash, we list them together. 
squashes. 
bard are the most popular for commercial growers. 
family. 
These varieties are not as fine quality as the real Winter 
The best quality Winter squash is Seneca Buttercup while Quality, Green Delicious and Green Hub- 
Blue Hubbard yields well but is too large for the average 
For the gardener who does not grow squash because of the room the vines take up in the garden, Uconn, 
All-America Gold Medal Winner for 1950 is just the variety to try. 
that is a heavy producer. 
Rotenone dust will control the striped cucumber beetle. 
It is a compact bush acorn or Table Queen 
Write the New York State Experiment Station, 
Geneva, N. Y., for Circular 127 on Control of Squash Borer. 
*570 UCONN: An entirely new winter squash that 
produces an acorn type fruit on a small compact 
bush plant. Uconn was developed by Dr. L. C. 
Curtis at Univ. of Conn.; it received an All-America 
Gold Medal Award for 1950. It is early and a heavy 
producer; fruits are slightly smaller than Table 
Queen and are borne in clusters at the base of the 
bush which is only 30 inches across and 24 inches 
high. It promises to become a popular home garden 
variety. Pkt. l5c ; % oz. 30c; oz. 45c; % lb. $1.20; 
V4 Ib. $1.95; lb. $3.50; 10 Ibs. $34.00. 
560 GREEN DELICIOUS: 103 days. Fruits are 
broad top-shaped, commonly 7 to 8 inches long. Skin 
is very dark green, fairly smooth. Rind is thin but 
hard. Flesh is extremely thick, bright yellow, fine 
grained and dry, without fibre, and of highest quality. 
Pkt.) 15034 02: 336;07,-306% ¥X% Ib. $1.30; % lb. $2.10 
lb. $3.75; 10 Ibs. $36.50. 
567 GOLDEN DELICIOUS: 103 days. On account 
of its extremely dry flesh it is highly desirable for 
canning and home use. Fruits top-shaped, about 7 
pounds. Skin bright reddish orange, with deep green 
tip at blossom end. Flesh thick, medium grained, 
golden orange, sweet anddry. Pkt. l5c; % oz. 25c; 
OZ. Hi. Y% |b. 95c; &% |b. $1.60; Ib. $2.75; 10 Ibs. 
$26.50. 
