WINTER SQUASH 
W4lb. for 50 hills; 4 pounds per acre 
Blue Hubbard, Special New England Strain. 
An improved strain with more vigorous disease- 
resisting vines and much heavier, gray-blue 
fruits. They have large, elongated, rounded 
ends, much thicker flesh, give more tonnage 
per acre and store better. 105 days. 
Butternut. The light tan, smooth, straight, 10- 
inch fruits have solid necks and enlarged blos- 
som ends with small seed cavity. The flesh ts 
yellow, dry, and sweet. They mature from 
August to frost on very prolific vines and store 
very well. This is a profitable crop. 100 days. 
Green Delicious. A hard to beat, strong-vined 
variety with broad, top-shaped fruit, 8 tnches 
long with fairly smooth, very dark green skin 
and thin, hard rind. The extra thick, orange 
flesh is dry, and sweet. 103 days. 
Mammoth Des Moines. A larger type Des 
Moines or Acorn with heavily productive vines 
and black-green Squashes, 7 inches long by : 
5 inches wide. These sell readily. 90 days. . 
Warted Hubbard XXX. A select stram with eas 
large, extra heavily warted, hard, dark green round fruits with elongated ends. 
Dry orange-yellow flesh. Vines give a huge yield, keeps well. 110 days. 
Blue Hubbard. Vines with hard shelled, | Des Moines. Vigorous, running vines, laden 
long-keeping, rounded, blue-gray, warted with black-green, acorn hard shelled fruits, 
fruits with elongated ends, often 18 inches 5 by 4 inches which store unusually well. 
long and 12 inches across. Thick yellow The flesh is rich yellow, dry, mealy and 
flesh of fine flavor. 105 days. delicious when baked. 80 days. 
Boston Marrow. Large, irregularly oval | Golden Delicious. Top-shaped fruits, 11 by 
fruits, about 9 by 14 inches, weighing 6 to 8 inches, come on vigorous vines. The skin 
9 pounds, with a hard orange shell. The is reddish orange, thin and hard. The thick 
thick flesh is deep orange, fine-grained and orange flesh Is sweet, fine-grained and 
fine for pies. The vines will mature moderately dry making it fine for freezing. 
Squashes in 95 days. 103 days. 
Buttercup. Gray striped and spotted dark | Golden Hubbard. The typical Hubbard | 
green flattened fruits, turbaned at blossom vine and shape, moderately warted, about 
end, 4% by 6% inches, weighing 3% 8 by 11 inches, with deep orange-red skin 
pounds freely produced on vigorous vines. striped with cream. Flesh is orange-yellow, 
Flesh is very dry and sweet. 100 days. fine-grained and sweet. 105 days. 
SUMMER SQUASH 
\4lb. for 80 hills; 3 pounds per acre 
Caserta. The prolific, vigorous bushes, in 58 days give a huge yield of fine, very 
early Squashes. They are of a blunt Cocozelle shape, light glossy green with dark 
green broken stripes, and fmest when small. Of extra quality and appearance. 
Cocozelle Long XXX. Cylindrical, straight, smooth Squashes, dark green with 
lighter stripes, mature mn 65 days. Use when 6 to 8 inches long. Strong bushes. 
Early Prolific Straightneck. The compact bushes provide a heavy, early yield of 
smooth, straight, creamy yellow fruits, usable when 6 inches Iong. 50 days. 
Uconn. A bush type with early yields of very | White Bush Scalloped. Vigorous bushes; 
small, dark green acorn Squashes of rich cream-white, flat round fruits with scal- 
meaty flavor. 65 days. loped edges. Flesh white, moist. 50 days. 
Zucchini, Dark Green. Smooth, long slender, | Zucchini, Gray. These are straight, very 
very slightly fluted, black-green Squashes. nearly cylindrical and the smooth surface 
Best when 5 to 6 inches long; then they are is mottled with light and dark green, giving 
unusually tender. Flesh is greenish white. a gray appearance. The flesh is very firm. 
Strong bushes; mature in 65 days. Vigorous bushes. 65 days. 
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