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SQUASH 
1 pkt. 12 hills; 1 oz. 50 hills. Sow only after the soil 
has warmed up. 6-8 seeds per hill. Bush varieties 4’ 
apart, vine varieties 8’ apart. Use about a 14 lb. of 
fertilizer and 3 or 4 shovelfuls of manure, compost, 
or peat per hill, well worked in. Thin seedlings to the 
3 strongest plants. 
SUMMER SQUASH Cucurbita pepo 
(All listed are bush types, var. condensa) 
CASERTA 50 days. The earliest and best 
flavored of any summer squash. Fruits are 
glossy green with darker areas. A cocozelle 
type. pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 55¢ 
EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK 52 
days. Fine productive light yellow summer 
squash. 
EARLY SUMMER CROOKNECK 53 days. 
The familiar summer crookneck squash 
with warted skin and deep yellow flesh. . 
WHITE. BUSH SCALLOP 52 days (Patty 
Pan or Cymling) Pale green to creamy 
white, pie shaped fruits. 
e three varieties above: 
pkt 10¢, 1 oz. 30¢ 
ZUCCHINI BLACK 56 days. Dark green 
fruits of exceptional flavor. 
pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 35¢ 
WINTER SQUASH Cucurbita maxima 
(All vining or running varieties except for UConn) 
ACORN or DES MOINES (C. pepo) 80 days. 
The popular little squash for home baking 
in the shell. It must be allowed to mature 
thoroughly for best flavor. 
BUTTERCUP 100 days. A small “turban” 
type squash, dark green with lighter mot- 
tling; 4-5 lb. fruits. Superb sweet flavor, 
dry fleshed and stringless. 
The two above: pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 35¢ 
BUTTERNUT (C. Moschata) 85 days. Bottle 
shaped, coffee colored fruits. Fine tex- 
tured, sweet orange flesh. Fine for freezing. 
pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 50¢ 
HUBBARD — BLUE, 100-110 days. The fa- 
miliar big winter squashes running from 8 
to 15 lbs. or more. The blue is the largest 
and smooth. pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 30¢ 
UCONN (C. pepo) 90 days. A bush type 
ACORN for the home garden. A Gold Medal 
Winner. A real space saver. 
pkt 15¢, 1 oz. 40¢ 
TURNIP Brassica rapa 
1 pkt. 50’; 1 oz, 250’. Plant the Early Milan or Golden 
Ball in April for an early crop; for fall and winter, 
In July or August. Rows should be 18” apart and 
the plants thinned to stand 6” apart. 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE 57 days. 
The flesh is mild, sweet and white. While 
the roots will grow to 5” across, they are 
better quality at 2-3”. 
SEVEN TOP 35 days. Used for greens only. 
YELLOW GLOBE 30 days. 414” pale yellow 
globes. Large and late. 
All the above at: pkt 10¢, 1 oz: 25¢ 
RUTABAGA Brassica napobrassica (The 
Swede Turnip) needs a month’s more grow- 
ing time than regular turnips. 
AMERICAN PURPLE TOP 90 days. Large 
5” yellow roots. Fine textured, good flavor 
and perfect for storage. 
MACOMBER WHITE 85 days. White fleshed 
and superb cooking quality. 4” roots. 
The above at: pkt 10¢, 1 oz. 25¢ 
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