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SQUASH 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
3 oz. will plant 100 hills, 3 to 4 lbs. per acre. 
1 oz + bb. 1 lb. 10 Ibs. 
Cocozelle, Italian Vegetable Marrow $ .20 $ .60 $2.00 $19.00 
Fruits straight, almost cylindrical, 16 to 18 inches long and 6 
inches diameter at maturity: usually picked for market when 6 
to 8 inches long. Color dark green with lighter green stripes ; 
flesh pale greenish white, prolific, early and excellent quality. 
60 days to maturity. 
Caserta (Bush) ........... LOR ae ae20 60 2.00 19.00 
A new, extra early, prolific Cocozelle type developed by Dr. L. C. 
Curtis at University of Connecticut. Fruits are light green with 
small dark stripes, shorter and thicker than Cocozelle, very good 
flavor. Plants dwarf and very prolific. 46 days to maturity. 
Early Prolific Straightneck (Bush) ........ .20 60 2.00 ‘19.00 
A high yielding squash of the Summer Straightneck type. It is 
earlier and uniformly productive over a long period of time. The 
fruits are firm and marketable when only 4 or 5 inches long and 
are excellent when they attain full length of 12 to 14 inches 
They are straight, smooth and delicate creamy yellow in color, 
have no trace of green when very young. 50 days to maturity. 
White Bush Scallop (Bush) .............. eee WAY 60 1.70 16.00 
Very early; fruit-flattened and scalloped, about 8 inches in dia-. 
meter, Comparatively smooth on the surface and creamy-white in 
color. 68 days to maturity. 
Wicchinis (Bush) itch. cio therisgece ee ee 60 1.70 16.00 
Straight, almost cylindrical, 18 inches long, 4 inches diameter, 
medium green with grayish-green mottling. In best edible condi- 
tion when 6 to 8 inches long. 65 days to maturity. 
FALL OR WINTER VARIETIES 
3 oz. will plant 100 hills, 2 to 3 lbs. per acre. 
1 oz. 4} bb. 1 Ib. 10 Ibs. 
Blue Hubbard (Running) cesses .20 $ 60 $2.00 $19.00 
One of -the best Hubbards for sweetness, flavor and keeping qual- 
ity. Fruit 16 inches long, 10 inches diameter, slightly rough and 
ridged; rind very hard and strong, blue-green color. Flesh orange 
yellow, thick, dry and fine-gained, sweet. 115 days. 
Warted Hubbard (Running) on. 20 60 2.00 19.00 
Fruit 15 inches long, 10 inches through at widest diameter, 
densely covered with worts, thick and hard shelled, very dark 
green. Flesh dark golden-yellow, thick, dry, fine grained, sweet 
ak and good quality. Very good yielder and keeps well. 115 
ays. 
Butternut (RUNNING) occ 020 70 2.30 22.00 
An ideal baking type of highest quality, prolific yielder and good 
keeper. Fruits 3 to 4 pounds, 8 to 10 inches long, bulbous at 
the blossom end, pear shaped; rind thin, tough, smooth and creamy 
yellow color. Flesh, neck end is solid meat, quite dry, light cavity 
iocated in the bulbous blossom end. 100 days. 
Table Queen or Des Moines (Running) .20 60 41.80 17.50 
Also known as Acorn, Fruit acorn-shaped, 5 inches long, 4 1/2 
inches diameter, pointed at blossom end, ribbed, smooth, thin- 
shelled, dark greenish-black. Flesh medium thick, pale orange, 
tender, dry and sweet. 80 days. 
