ROY H. ERICKSON, Prop. 
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Squash—Butter Cup No. 1; Improved Table Queen No. 2; Table Queen No. 3; 
Sweet Potato Squash No. 4. 
SQUASH (Cont.) 
Buttercup. Developed by Prof. A. F. Yeager of the North Dakota 
Experiment Station. The thick orange yellow flesh cooks 
as dry as a good sweet potato and is sweeter and finer 
flavored than any other kind we know of. The fruit is of 
medium size, weighs from 4 to 5 pounds. This is a winter 
squash and will keep a long time. Everyone who appreciates 
squash of high quality should try some of this kind...... 
Sweet Potato. A valuable addition to the list of small squashes 
which are becoming so popular a feature of fall and winter 
menus. It is an improved Delicata, as sweet as Table Queen 
and of exceptionally fine flavor. The fruits average 6 to 8 
in. long and they are thick fleshed. When baked and served 
with melted butter it is a table delicacy of the first order 
Cocozelle (Italian Vegetable Marrow). A bush summer variety. 
Fruits oblong, ribbed, 12-16 in. in length. Color dark green 
marbled with yellow and dark green stripes. Very fine flavor 
Banana. This squash grows from one to two feet in length. 
Flesh firm and solid of beautiful orange-yellow and excel- 
lent quality. It keeps from one season until another...... 
Giant Summer Straightneck. A selection of summer squash with 
a straight neck instead of the usual crookneck. It grows 
about 18 to 20 in. in length, is very thick meated and has 
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SALSIFY or OYSTER PLANT 
20 
15 
15 
5 
4 Lb. 
$0.65 
.60 
50 
50 
.50 
1 Lb. 
$2.25 
2.00 
1.50 
1.50 
1.50 
Culture. Sow as early as the ground can be worked, in drills 12 to 15 in. apart, 1 In. 
deep. One ounce to 100 feet of drill. About 180 seeds to the packet. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify. This is an improved type 
of Salsify and the best sort. The roots are double the size 
of the old long smooth variety, less likely to branch, and 
are of equally good quality and delicate flavor............ 
$1.75 
