SQUASH 
Squashes exhibit greater variation in plant and fruit character 
and hybridize or cross and become mixed more readily in seed 
production than any other vegetable. Consequently squashes 
are given special care and attention in our breeding grounds 
and production fields in the north and west. Pedigreed lines 
are established by covering buds on most desirable plants with 
bags to control pollination and prevent crossing. Market seed 
is grown from these pedigreed lines in fields well isolated from 
any other squash variety. In this way we are able to supply our 
customers with uniformly true-to-type strains of squash seed. 
Culture. This is one of the quickest and easiest crops that 
can be grown, and usually proves very profitable. The earliest 
varieties begin bearing in six or seven weeks from time of plant- 
ing the seed. Squashes can be grown on almost any kind of soil. 
Use from 800 to 1,000 pounds of fertilizer per acre. 
For bush varieties, have rows at least 3 to 4 feet apart and 
hills 2 feet apart in the row. Plant 3 to 5 seeds in each hill, and 
thin out to two plants when 3 inches high. Bush squash in 
Florida is a good paying crop for fall or spring. Plant for 
spring, during January, February and March; for fall, from 
August until October. The early squash brings the big money. 
Mosaic disease has become a most serious disease of squash in 
many sections of Florida. For the control of squash insects and 
diseases see page 54. 
The number of days in parenthesis after each variety repre- 
sents the average time required from seed planting to edible 
or maketable fruits. 
All prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
Bush Varieties 
Plant 2 to 3 pounds per acre. 
In the garden plant one packet to 50 feet for a famil 
of 3 or 4 people. 
COCOZELLE (Italian Vegetable Marrow). (50 days.) This is 
the true Italian Vegetable Marrow. When ready for market, 
the fruit is 10 to 12 inches long, slender, 1 to 1% inches in 
diameter, cylindrical in shape, straight, smooth, dark green 
with lighter green stripes. Our stock of this variety produces 
a small, bushy, open type of plant, with small, deeply cleft 
leaves, but with an immense yield of uniformly true-to-type 
fruits. We have devoted many years to the development of 
this superior strain, and we can say with full confidence that 
our Cocozelle is the earliest, most prolific, and uniformly true- 
to-type strain you can secure anywhere. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 4 Ib. 45c; 1 Ib. $1.50 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.40 per Ib. 
We have worked for many years 
on our Early Yellow Summer 
Crookneck, and we are now of- 
fering Florida growers in our 
new crop seed for 1953 planting, 
a very early and exceedingly pro- 
lific, light lemon-yellow color 
strain with a more open type of 
plant growth. No better strain of 
this most popular variety can be 
secured anywhere for Florida 
planting. This is absolutely the 
finest strain for Florida that 
money can buy. 
Early Yellow Summer Crookneck or Baby Crookneck 
EARLY YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK (BABY CROOK- 
NECK). (45 days.) This is the most popular and most ex- 
tensively grown of any variety of squash in Florida. The fruits 
are small with thin, curved neck and exceedingly uniform as to 
type. Its rich, bright, lemon-yellow color gives it a very good 
market appearance, and it is in big demand on all southern 
markets. Our stock of this variety is very early and exceedingly 
prolific, and has been selected for uniformly shaped fruits 
with a pronounced crook. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 14 Wb. 45c; 1 Ib. $1.50 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.40 per Ib. 
BLACK ZUCCHINI (Kilgore’s Improved Selection). (45 days.) 
The plant of this improved selection, instead of developing a 
large, vigorous growing bush like the regular Black Zucchini, 
forms a short, single semi-runner, and produces an enormous, 
yield of fruit over a long period. The plant is an open type of 
growth, with small, deeply cleft leaves, allowing the air and 
sunlight to circulate and prevent fruit rot. The fruits are dark 
green in color, six to eight inches long at market stage. A very 
early, extremely prolific, improved strain of Black Zucchini. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 1% Ib. 45c; 1 Ib. $1.50 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.40 per Ib. 
Cocozelle Squash, or Long Slender Italian Vegetable Marrow 
A typical specimen of Kilgore’s stock grown in our Florida Proving Grounds 
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For Best Results Plant Kilgore’s “Bred-Rite” Seeds 
