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SQUASH 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
3 oz. will plant 100 hills. 3 to 4 lbs. per acre. 
1 oz. 4 lb. 1 lb. 10 Ibs, 
Cocozelle, lialian Vegetable Marrow §$ .20 §$ .50 $1.60 $15.00 
Fruits straight, almost cylindrical, 16 to 18 inches long and 6 
inches diameter at maturity; usually picked for market when 6 
to 8 inches long. Color dark green with lighter green stripes; 
flesh pale greenish white, prolific, early and excellent quality. 
60 days to maturity. 
Early Prolific Straightmeck (Bush) ........ .20 45 1.50 14.00 
A high yielding squash of the Summer Straightneck type. It is 
earlier and uniformly productive over a long period of time. The 
fruits are firm and marketable when only 4 or 5 inches long and 
are excellent when they attain their full length of 12 to 14 inches 
They are straight, smooth and delicate creamy yellow in color, 
have no trace of green when very young. 50 days to maturity. 
Giant Summer Straigineck (Bush) ........ .20 45 1.50 14.00 
A selection from Crookneck with a straight neck, being more 
easily packed for shipment. Fruit intensely warted, 18 to 20 inches 
long, deep orange in color with a thick, meaty neck, 60 days to 
maturity. : 
White Bush Scallop (Bush) «ee 220 45 1.50 14.00 
Very early; fruit flattened and scalloped, about 8 inches in dia- 
meter. Comparatively smooth on the surface and creamy-white in 
color. 68 days to maturity. 
Ate coini ey Bushs & ai. iccssccacchars eee et eee 50 1.60 15.00 
Straight, almost cylindrical, 18 inches long, 4 inches diameter, 
medium green with grayish-green mottling. In best edible condi- 
tion when 6 to 8 inches long. 65 days to maturity. 
FALL OR WINTER VARIETIES 
3 oz. will plant 100 hills. 2 to 3 lbs. per acre, 
1 oz. i Ib. 1 lb. 10 Ibs. 
Blue Hubbard (Running) ...........cccccce 20 $ 60 $2.00 $19.00 
One of the best Hubbards for sweetness, flavor and keeping qual- 
ity. Fruit 16 inches long ,10 inches diameter, slightly rough and 
ridged; rind very hard and strong, blue-green color. Flesh orange- 
yellow, thick, dry and fine grained, sweet. 115 days. 
Warted Hubbard (Running) .........0....... 25 60 2.00 19.00 
Fruit 15 inches long, 10 inches through at widest diameter, den- 
sely covered with worts, thick and hard shelled, very dark green. 
Flesh dark golden-yellow, thick, dry, fine grained, sweet flavored 
and good quality. Very good yielder and keeps well, 115 days. 
Butternut (Running)... ide 640° 9°1.00° 3.50 enag ae 
An ideal baking type of highest quality, prolific yielder and good 
keeper. Fruits 3 to 4 pounds, 8 to 10 inches long, buldous at 
the blossom end, pear shaped; rind thin, tough, smooth and creamy 
yellow color. Flesh, neck end is solid meat, quite dry, light yellow, 
nutty flavor and excellent baking quality. Small Seed cavity 
located in the bulbous blossom end. 100 days. 
Table Queen or Des Moines (Running) .20 45 1.50 14.00 
Also known as Acorn. Fruit acorn-shaped, 5 inches long, 41/2 
inches diameter, pointed at blossom end, ribbed, smooth, thin-shel- 
led, dark greenish-black. Flesh medium thick, pale orange, tend- 
er, dry and sweet. 80 days. 
Uconn (Bush) ...... opoonscscestrternesessereseurspeatserte. . e4U 5, 1 Ommaney 50) gmeannnes 
A bush type of Table Queen developed by Dr. Lawrence C. 
Curtis. Fruits are practically the same as Table Queen. The out- 
standing characteristic is, being a bush type, it can be planted 
much closer, 
