Pumpkin 
CULTURE: Plant when ground is warm in hills 
8 feet apart each way. One ounce will plant 25 hills; 
3 to 4 pounds per acre. Thin to 2 or 3 plants per hill. 
@ SMALL SUGAR 
(Days to Maturity, 115) 
Uses: Outstanding pie pumpkin. Also known 
as New England Pie. Used widely in 
home and market gardens. 
Fruit: Approximately 8 inches deep and 10 
inches in diameter, round but flattened 
at the ends, slightly grooved, hard shell; 
very dark orange. Weighs about 6 
pounds. 
Fiesu: Thick, fine textured, comparatively dry; 
orange-yellow 
e@ STRIPED CUSHAW 
(Days to Maturity, 115) 
Uses: Market gardens. Used as a pie pumpkin 
and also as stock feed. 
Fruit: Approximately 20 inches long and 9 
inches in diameter, white, smooth skin 
with mottled green stripes, curved neck. 
Weighs about 12 pounds. 
FiesuH: Yellow, thick, and solid. 
@ VIRGINIA MAMMOTH 
(King of the Mammoths; Potiron) 
(Days to Maturity, 120) 
Usss: Generally recognized as the largest of all 
pumpkins. It is valuable as stock feed 
and is used for home-garden purposes. 
Fruit: Approximately 20 inches long, 24 inches 
in diameter, flattened and _ slightly 
grooved, yellow skin mottled with orange. 
Weighs up to 100 pounds, but ordinarily 
about 60 pounds. 
Fiesu: Deep yellow, thick, hard and coarse. 

Radishes, Scarlet Globe 
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Radishes, White-Tipped Scarlet Turnip 
Radish 
CULTURE: Sow in the open ground as soon as the 
soil can be worked. One ounce will plant 100 feet; 
10 to 12 pounds per acre. 
® FRENCH BREAKFAST 
(Days to Maturity, 24) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Also used as 
a forcing type. 
SHAPE: Oblong, blunt, slender tap-root, smooth, 
tops small. 
Cotor: Rose-scarlet with white tip; wkite flesh. 
@ SCARLET GLOBE 
(Days to Maturity, 22) 
Usss: This is the most widely used variety for 
both home and market gardens, It is 
also very adaptable for forcing under 
glass. 
SHAPE: Olive shape, smooth, thin tap-root. 
Cotor: Bright scarlet; tender white flesh. 
@ WHITE-TIPPED SCARLET 
TURNIP 
(Days to Maturity, 25) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. 
SHape: Almost round, slender tap-root. 
Cotor: Crimson with a distinct and clear white 
area about the tip; clear white flesh, 
brittle. 
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