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SQUASH 
1 pkt. 12 hills; 1 oz. 50 hills. Sow only after the soil — 
has warmed up. 6-8 seeds per hill. Bush varieties 4’ 
apart, vine varieties 8’ apart. Use about a 14 lb. of 
fertilizer and 3 or 4 shovelfuls of manure, compost, 
or peat per hill, well worked in. Thin seedlings to the 
3 strongest plants. 
SUMMER SQUASH Cucurbita pepo 
(All listed are bush types, var. condensa) 
CASERTA 50 days. The earliest and best 
flavored of any summer squash. Fruits are 
glossy green with darker areas. A cocozelle 
type. pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 55¢ 
COCOZELLE 60 days. This Italian Veget- 
able Marrow will grow to 14”, but is best 
when picked at 6” or 8”. 
EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK 52 
days. Fine productive light yellow summer 
squash. 
EARLY SUMMER CROOKNECK 58 days. 
The familiar summer crookneck squash 
with warted skin and deep yellow flesh. 
WHITE BUSH SCALLOP 52 days (Patty 
Pan or Cymling) Pale green to creamy 
white, pie shaped fruits. 
The four varieties above: pkt 10¢, 1 oz. 30¢ 
YANKEE HYBRID 50 days. A true hybrid 
straightneck summer squash, outyielding 
Early Prolific Straightneck. 
pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 90¢ 
ZUCCHINI BLACK 56 days. Dark green 
fruits of exceptional flavor. 
pkt 10¢, 1 oz. 35¢ 
WINTER SQUASH Cucurbita maxima 
(All vining or running varieties except for UConn) 
ACORN or DES MOINES (C. pepo) 80 days. 
The popular little squash for home baking 
in the shell. It must be allowed to mature 
thoroughly for best flavor. 
BUTTERCUP 100 days. A small “turban” 
type squash, dark green with lighter mot- 
tling; 4-5 lb. fruits. Superb sweet flavor, 
dry fleshed and stringless. 
The two above: pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 35¢ 
BUTTERNUT (C. Moschata) 85 days. Bottle 
shaped, coffee colored fruits. Fine tex- 
tured, sweet orange flesh. Fine for freezing. ~ 
pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 50¢ 
DELICIOUS 100 days. Top shaped, deep 
green fruits running to 7 or 8 lb. Finest 
flavor. pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 35¢ 
HUBBARD—BLUE, GREEN or GOLDEN 
100-110 days. The familiar big winter 
squashes running from 8 to 15 lbs. or more. 
The blue is the largest and smooth; the 
green, heavily warted; and the golden, 
smaller and earlier than the other two. 70 
pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 30¢ 
UCONN (C. pepo) 90 days. A bush type 
ACORN for the home garden. A Gold Medal 
Winner. A real space saver. 
pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 40¢ 
TURNIP Brassica rapa 
1 pkt. 50’; 1 oz. 250’. Plant the Early Milan or Golden 
Ball in April for an early crop; for fall and winter, 
in July or August. Rows should be 18” apart and 
the plants thinned to stand 6” apart. 
KARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN 42 days. 
Small flat white roots for early use. 
GOLDEN BALL 65 days. Fine deep yellow 
314,” spheres. 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE 57 days. 
The flesh is mild, sweet and white. While 
the roots will grow to 5” across, they are 
better quality at 2-3”. 
SEVEN TOP 35 days. Used for greens only 
WHITE EGG 60 days. Pure white, small ova 
turnips. 
YELLOW GLOBE 80 days. 414” pale yellow 
globes. Large and late. 
All the above at: pkt 10¢, 1 oz. 25¢ 
RUTABAGA Brassica napobrassica (The 
Swede Turnip) needs a month’s more grow- 
ing time than regular turnips. 
AMERICAN PURPLE TOP 90 days. Large 
5” yellow roots. Fine textured, good flavor 
and perfect for storage. 
MACOMBER WHITE 85 days. White fleshed 
and superb cooking quality. 4” roots. 
The above at: pkt 10¢, 1 oz. 25¢ 
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