Squash, Golden Summer Crookneck 
® BENNING’S GREEN-TINTED 
WHITE BUSH 
(Days to Maturity, 52-65) 
Usrs: Market gardens. Similar to Early White 
Bush. 
Fruit: The skin turns pale brown when fruit is 
fully matured. 
Swiss Chard 
CULTURE: Sow in spring as soon as ground can 
be worked, in drills 18 to 24 inches apart, covering 
the seed with about 1 inch of soil. Later thin plants 
to about 4 to 5 inches apart in the row. One ounce 
of seed will plant 100 feet of drill; 6 to 8 pounds 
per acre. 
@ LUCULLUS 
(Days to Maturity, 55) 
Uses: Widely used for home gardens, also very 
satisfactory for market use. Excellent for 
freezing. 
Stems: Light green in color, broad and thick; 
leaves light green, fleshy, crumpled. 
Swiss Chard, Lucullus 
Richmond, Virginia 
Tomato, Marglobe 
‘Tomatoes 
CULTURE: Start early tomato plants indoors, 
allowing 4 to 6 weeks to produce plants for setting 
out. Sow in hotbeds or shallow boxes in rows early 
in the year. Seed should be 4 to 6 inches apart and 
14 inch deep. When the plants are about 2 inches 
high, transplant into 3-inch pots or shallow boxes 
4 inches apart each way. Transplant in the open 
ground when all danger of frost is past, 3 to 4 feet 
apart each way. Cultivate frequently. An ounce 
will produce about 3,000 plants, or enough for 44 
acre. 
@ BONNY BEST 
(Days to Maturity, 53) 
Uses: Market gardens and shipping. 
Vines: Medium height and medium green 
foliage. 
Fruit: Scarlet-red, oblate to nearly round, 
medium sized and smooth. 
® BRIMMER 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: Home gardens. 
Vines: Large, coarse, spreading, broad, medium 
green foliage. 
Fruit: Purplish pink, extremely large, flat, 
very solid, somewhat irregular, with very 
few seeds. 
@ JUNE PINK 
(Days to Maturity, 68) 
Uses: Market gardens and shipping. 
Vines: Rather short and spreading. 
Fruit: Purplish pink, somewhat flat, medium 
size, solid. 
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