WINTER SQUASH 
I4lb. for 50 hills; 4 pounds per acre 
Blue Hubbard, Special New England Strain. 
An improved strain with more vigorous disease- 
resisting vines and much heavier, gray-blue 
fruits. They have large, elongated, rounded 
ends, much thicker flesh, grve more tonnage 
per acre and store better. 105 days. 
Butternut. The light tan, smooth, straight, 10- 
inch fruits have solid necks and enlarged blos- 
som ends with small seed cavity. The flesh is 
yellow, dry, and sweet. They mature from 
August to frost on very prolific vines and store 
very well. This is a profitable crop. 100 days. 
Green Delicious. A hard to beat, strong-vined 
variety with broad, top-shaped fruit, 8 inches 
Iong with fairly smooth, very dark green skin 
and thin, hard rind. The extra thick, orange 
flesh is dry, and sweet. 103 days. 
Mammoth Des Moines. A larger type Des 
Moines or Acorn with heavily productive vines 
and black-green Squashes, 7 inches long by 
5 inches wide. These sell readily. 90 days. 
Warted Hubbard XXX. A select strain with 
Butternut Squash 
large, extra heavily warted, hard, dark green round fruits with elongated ends. 
Dry orange-yellow flesh. Vines give a huge yield, keeps well. 110 days. 
Blue Hubbard. Vines with hard _ shelled, 
long-keeping, rounded, blue-gray, warted 
fruits with elongated ends, often 18 inches 
long and 12 inches across. Thick yellow 
flesh of fine flavor. 105 days. 
Boston Marrow. Large, irregularly oval 
fruits, about 9 by 14 inches, weighing 6 to 
9 pounds, with a hard orange shell. The 
thick flesh is deep orange, fine-grained and 
fine for pies. The vines will mature 
Squashes in 95 days. 
Buttercup. Gray striped and spotted dark 
green flattened fruits, turbaned at blossom 
end, 41% by 6% inches, weighing 3% 
pounds freely produced on vigorous vines. 
Flesh is very dry and sweet. 100 days. 
Des Moines. Vigorous, running vines, laden 
with black-green, acorn hard shelled fruits, 
5 by 4 inches which store unusually well. 
The flesh is rich yellow, dry, mealy and 
delictous when baked. 80 days. 
Golden Delicious. Top-shaped fruits, 11 by 
8 inches, come on vigorous vines. The skin 
is reddish orange, thin and hard. The thick 
orange flesh is sweet, fine-grained and 
moderately dry making it fine for freezing. 
103 days. 
Golden Hubbard. The typical Hubbard 
vine and shape, moderately warted, about 
8 by 11 inches, with deep orange-red skin 
striped with cream. Flesh is orange-yellow, 
fine-grained and sweet. 105 days. : 
SUMMER SQUASH 
lb. for 80 hills; 3 pounds per acre 
Caserta. The prolific, vigorous bushes, in 58 days give a huge yield of fine, very 
early Squashes. They are of a blunt Cocozelle shape, light glossy green with dark 
green broken stripes, and finest when small. Of extra quality and appearance. 
Cocozelle Long XXX. Cylindrical, straight, smooth Squashes, dark green with 
lighter stripes, mature in 65 days. Use when 6 to 8 inches long. Strong bushes. 
Early Prolific Straightneck. The compact bushes provide a heavy, early yield of 
smooth, straight, creamy yellow fruits, usable when 6 inches Iong. 50 days. 
Uconn. A bush type with early yields of very 
small, dark green acorn Squashes of rich 
meaty flavor. 65 days. 
Zucchini, Dark Green. Smooth, long slender, 
very slightly fluted, black-green Squashes. 
Best when 5 to 6 inches long; then they are 
unusually tender. Flesh is greenish white. 
Strong bushes; mature in 65 days. 
Vegetable Seeds 
White Bush Scalloped. Vigorous bushes; 
cream-white, flat round fruits with scal- 
loped edges. Flesh white, moist. 50 days. 
Zucchini, Gray. These are straight, very 
nearly cylindrical and the smooth surface 
is mottled with light and dark green, giving 
a gray appearance. The flesh is very firm. 
Vigorous bushes. 65 days. 
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