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Viking or Heavy Pack (Round seed) 
45 days 
Plant type—hardy, vigorous grower, 
spreading to somewhat upright, very 
slow bolting and heavily productive. 
Leaf character—very large, broad arrow- 
shaped with short petioles; firm, tender, 
juicy and smooth, medium dark green, 
excellent quality. The thickest leaf of 
the large leaved types. 
A selection from Giant Nobel rapidly 
growing in popularity with canners and 
market gardeners. Well adapted to freez- 
ing, canning and home or market garden 
use. 
Virginia Blight Resistant (Bloomsdale 
Blight Resistant——Virginia Savoy) 
(Round Seed) 39 days 
Plant type—vigorous, semi-upright a 
rapid grower, fairly compact, seeding 
rather early; smoother and more sparse- 
ly leaved than Bloomsdale. Resistant to 
cold. 
Leaf character—thick, broad and taper- 
ing to a rounded point, moderately 
crumpled, medium dark green. 
This variety was developed at the Virginia 
Truck Experiment Station for resistance 
to blight or Mosaic disease. In demand 
where disease-infested soils curtail 
growing of other strains. Mainly used as 
a fall erop or for autumn seeding. 
SQUASH 
Our squash seed is all western grown, the important varieties at our own Oregon grow- 
ing station. 
Squash are largely insect pollinated and because many of the varieties and species 
groups cross readily, considerable care must be given to maintain varietal purity. 
At our Minneapolis trial and breeding grounds, we keep our basic stock seed true and 
vigorous by a program of continual selection, controlled pollination, and rigid rogueing. 
The summer squash mostly have bush or upright plants and belong to the Cucurbita 
pepo (pumpkin) group, whereas most of the winter squash are vining in habit and belong 
largely to Cucurbita maxima species. The notable exceptions to this are the Table Queen 
and Fordhook types which belong to C. pepo and the Butternut variety which is a variety 
of C. moschata. 
Maturity figures indicate time from field planting of seed to edible maturity, and fruit 
size data are based on fully grown fruits. 
Summer Varieties 
Black Zucchini 55 days 
Fruit—13% inches long x 3% inches in 
diameter when mature, long, straight 
and slender with slight ridges, a black- 
green color, very attractive—no strip- 
ing or mottling. A continual producer. 
Pick when 6 to 8 inches long. 
Flesh—greenish-white when edible, firm, 
delicate flavor of fine quality. 
Plant—bush type. 
A more recent development in the Italian 
Marrow group. The fruit should be 
picked when but a few days old. Tender, 
distinctly flavored and a table delicacy 
that can be prepared in a number of 
appetizing ways. 
Cocozelle, Long Green Bush or 
Italian Vegetable Marrow 
Green Striped 60 days 
Fruit—18 inches long x 4 inches in diame- 
ter when mature, straight, tapering 
slightly, with more pronounced ridges 
at the stem end, smooth skinned, light 
green mottled with yellow and lighter 
green stripes, becoming dark green with 
dull yellow background at maturity. 
Flesh—pale, greenish-white, very firm, fine 
textured and delicious in flavor when in 
edible stage. (Up to 6 inches in length 
and with rind still soft.) 
Plant—bush type. 
Prolific, early, excellent quality. 
Early Prolific Straightneck 50 days 
Fruit—8 to 10 inches long x 2% inches in 
diameter, slender, club-shaped with a 
rounded tip, smaller at stem end, sparse- 
ly warted, delicate lemon-cream color 
in edible stage becoming deep golden- 
yellow when mature. 
Flesh—cream-yellow, firm, tender and 
succulent. 
Plant—bush type. 
Very early, prolific, uniform and of high- 
est quality. Excellent for home and 
market garden and for shipping. 
Cocozelle 
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