Spinach, Virginia Savoy 
e VIRGINIA SAVOY 
(Bloomsdale Blight Resistant) 
(Round Seeded) 
(Days to Maturity, 35) 
Uses: Developed by the Virginia Truck Experi- 
ment Station for blight resistance. Valuable for fall 
planting when blight is severe. It is the fastest-grow- 
ing curled type and matures a crop in the fall 
where other varieties fail. Resembles Bloomsdale 
Savoy, but in spring bolts to seed quickly and must 
be harvested when first ready. Adapted to freezing. 
e OLD DOMINION, BLIGHT 
RESISTANT 
(Round Seeded) 
(Days to Maturity, 41) 
Uses: Introduced by the Virginia Experiment Sta- 
tion; resistant to mosaic and a good shipper. 
Fairly long-standing period before seeding. Recom- 
mended for late fall planting for a spring crop. 
Adapted to freezing. 
Plant: Similar to Bloomsdale, slightly smoother in 
appearance and a little flatter, spreading growth. 
Leaves: Likened to Bloomsdale, slightly less blis- 
tered and somewhat more pointed. 
SQUASH 
CULTURE: Plant as soon as the ground is warm, 
8 to 10 seeds in a hill, with hills 4 to 6 feet apart. 
Later thin out, leaving 3 strongest plants in each 
hill. One ounce will plant 25 hills; 3 to 4 pounds 
per acre. 
Richmond, Virginia 
Squash, Golden Summer Crookneck 
e GOLDEN SUMMER CROOKNECK 
(Early Summer Crookneck} 
(Days to Maturity, 52) 
Uses: Most widely used Summer Squash. Particu- 
larly qood for home, market gardens and freezing. 
Bush-type vine; fruit to be used when immature. 
Fruit: About 10 inches long and 3!/y inches in 
diameter, small crooked neck with enlarged blos- 
som end where seeds are borne, rich yellow in 
color and thickly covered with warts. Weighs about 
2 pounds. 
Flesh: Yellow and thick. 
Squash, Benning's Green-Tinted White Bush 
e BENNING'S GREEN-TINTED 
WHITE BUSH 
(Days to Maturity, 52-65) 
Uses: Market gardens. Similar to Early White 
Bush. 
Fruit: The skin turns pale brown when fruit is 
Fully matured. 
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