SQUASH 
Summer Varieties (Continued) 
Zucchini Black — Also available in Zucchini Gray 
which has gray-green mottled shell. Black Zuc- 
chini is similar to Cocozella but smaller and solid 
greenish black in color. Fruits are about 10 inches 
long by 3 inches thick, smooth, straight, cylindrical. 
Flesh is greenish-white, fine quality. 60 days. 
WINTER VARIETIES:— 
Banana — Available either in Slate (Blue) or Red, 
which are the same except for outer color. Banana 
ls fairly popular with home gardeners. Fruit is 
about 22 inches long by 6 inches thick at maturity, 
cylindrical, smooth, slate blue in color, with thin 
hard rind. Flesh is yellow, thick, and of good qual- 
Ph Plant is vining in growth and vigorous. 115 
ays. 
Butternut — An excellent variety for pies and bak- 
ing. Fine flavor, with dry, sweet, finely textured 
meat, yellow-orange in color. Shaped like a dipper 
gourd but with thick neck and small seed cavity 
in bulb end. Fruits are about 12 inches long by 
5 inches thru bulb. Rind is deep golden, tough, 
smooth, attractive. Plant is vining, vigorous, early, 
and productive. 100 days. 
Hubbard, Improved — Also called Green Hubbard. 
A leading Winter squash variety, keeps well, and 
has sweet-flavored, thick, dry, orange-yellow flesh. 
Fruit is a rough football shape, tending more to 
round than long, and bulging in the middle. Sur- 
face is irregular, slightly warted and ribbed, dark 
green with faint lighter striping toward tip. Plant 
is vining type. 115 days. 
Blue Hubbard — Similar to Green Hubbard in 
shape, but rind color is slate-blue. Surface is un- 
even but not warted. Rind is tough. Flesh is good 
quality. 115 days. 
Golden Hubbard — Shaped like Green Hubbard, 
but a little smaller and earlier. Thickly covered 
with warts, and more nearly round than the other 
Hubbards. Outer color is bright orange-red with 
faint lighter stripes near end. Flesh is thick and 
sweet. 105 days. 
Warted Hubbard — Larger than the other Hubbards 
and heavily warted. Similar in shape. Very dark 
green, almost black, in color. Flesh is golden, thick, 
dry, and sweet. Plant is vining and hardy. 120 
days. 
Table Queen, Mammoth — Excellent shipping, stor- 
ing, and home garden variety. Fruits are acorn 
shaped, measuring about 6% to 7 inches long by 
5 inches thru. Fruit is smooth with uniform ridges, 
dark green, tough rind. Flesh is bright yellow, 
thick, tender, and excellent when baked. 75 days. 
Plant is vining. 
Uconn — A bush or dwarf type of Table Queen 
with early, very prolific, slightly smaller fruits 
borne in cluster at base of plant. Requires only 3 
feet of space in the garden and yields 5 to 6 fruits 
per plant. Fruits are acorn shaped, dark green, 
about 2/3 the size of Table Queen. 70 days. A very 
fine, new variety for home gardens. 
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